From: Patrick Pierquet <ppierquet@teltech.com>
To: "'baidarka@lists.intelenet.net'" <baidarka@lists.intelenet.net>
Subject: RE: [baidarka] Kayak plans/design required
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 07:05:44 -0500
There's a guy by the name of Platt Monfort, who has developed a method
called "Geodesic Airolite" boat construction.....he sells plans/kits for
many different small boats, including his "Rob Roy" kayak. It's about
27 inches wide, a nice design. He advertises in the classified section
of Wooden Boat magazine.
- Patrick Pierquet
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ranald Gault [SMTP:gaultr@cadvision.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 1998 2:05 AM
> 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