Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 01:36:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: "H. Paul Jacobson" <hpj3@u.washington.edu>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: [baidarka] coamings
In-Reply-To: <35BEE9DE.7167@agora.stm.it>
I saw an interesting coaming the other day outside a kayak rental shop on
Orcas Island (WA). It was on a wood frame in the large volume Bering Sea
style (Hooper Bay?). The coaming was a bicycle wheel with some additional
wood strips lashed on. I don't recall the details, but the wheel stood
out. Of course this makes for a rather large cockpit. One of the books
shows an Eskimo couple back to back in one of these boats, The Orcas boat
may not have been full size though; I can't picture fitting any kids down
inside that boat.
Paul