Re: [baidarka] help finding plans

Jeffrey G Woodall (jeff.woodall@juno.com)
Sat, 30 May 1998 14:41:10 EDT

To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: [baidarka] help finding plans
From: jeff.woodall@juno.com (Jeffrey G Woodall)
Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 14:41:10 EDT

>edmund wrote:
>
> I'm trying to find plans/instructions from which to build a wood frame
> and skin baidarka this summer.....
>

You might want to look into some of these - I've also been looking into
alternative books/kits. This list was (mostly) gleaned from the FAQ at
http://www.gasp-seakayak.org/faq/credits.html

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Frame and Skin:
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Boucher Kayak Company
1907 Ludington Avenue
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Phone: (414)476-3787

- plans, kits, video. Greenland style

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Dyson, Baidarka & Company
435 W. Holly St.
Bellingham, WA 98225
Phone: (206)734-9226
FAX: (206)671-9736

- Aleut style plans, materials including heatshrinkable nylon
- (14, 15, and 26 ounces/sq yard, uncoated, approx 6ft width)

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Baidarka Historical Society
Box 5454
Bellingham WA 98227

- Distributes those 5 or 6 of David Zimmerly's plans that document Aleut
boats.
- Distributes some rather obscure books.

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R. Bruce Lemon
P.O. Box 54A
Jacksonville, NY 14854
Phone: (607)387-8000

- Aleut style, plans, kits, video

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Hand Crafted Kayaks
P.O. Box 580
Eastsound, WA 98245
Phone: (206)376-3677

- Traditional Eskimo wood kayaks

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Kayak Way
P.O. Box 451
Eastsound, WA 98245
Phone: (206)376-4754
Internet: [14]http://www.pacificrim.net/~kyak/front.html

- Design, prototyping, building

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Spirit Line Kayaks
274 Welch Lane
Anacortes, WA 98221 USA
(360) 299-0804

E-Mail to Spirit Line Kayaks at: umiak@anacortes.net
(Please put "Spirit Line" as the subject.)

-Aleut Kayak Building Workshops
-Custom boats
-Hand carved wood paddles, Spray skirts, Museum replica Aleut wood hats

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The Indian River Canoe and Kayak Company, Inc.
1861 So. Patrick Drive
Suite 200
Indian Harbor Beach, FL 32937
Phone: (800)237-8400

- Inuit based

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Good luck!

Jeff Woodall
Portland, OR o /
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