Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 01:05:18 -0600
From: Ranald Gault <gaultr@cadvision.com>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: [baidarka] Kayak plans/design required
Chris Brown wrote:
> I need to build a kayak with a 28 inch beam. But I have
> always wanted an Inuit style boat. So I should be grateful if anybody
> could point me in the direction of plans or information on how to design
> a skin or stitch and glue boat.
David Zimmerly published on a Bering Sea kayak that might meet your
needs. The best source would be "Hooper Bay Kayak Construction", Canadian
Ethnology Service Paper No. 53 (1979) -- if you can find it through a book
broker . The boat is only 15' long with a 30" beam, and the frame is on
the chunky side so the boat would be heavy, but it's a good looking
beast. An alternative published source that offers a less thorough but
still useful handling of that boat is Zimmerly's exhibition book "Qajaq"
which, as discussed so much lately, will soon be reprinted.
- Ranald