Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 15:20:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Ve Smith <ve_hengda_smith@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: baidarka H.C. Petersen's Book
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
So that's why my baidarka trims so tailheavy! I'm 5'10" and weigh 150.
---Wolfgang Brinck <wolfgang.brinck@hksystems.com> wrote:
>
> I believe that Petersen never actually built a kayak which is why
his book
> is so vague.
>
> Also, Svend Ulstrup, a Danish kayak builder and teacher claims that
if you
> build a boat according to the plans that Petersen provides that the
boat
> will be unseaworthy. He went so far as to convince the Danish
National
> Museum not to distribute the book until Petersen put in better plans.
> Petersen then supposedly put out a second edition.
>
> Having said all that, I build my first Greenland boat according to
this
> book. It had a number of flaws, none of them fatal. The first was
too much
> rocker. The second was that for someone my size, (6 foot) the seat
was too
> far forward making the boat trim noseheavy. I later moved the seat
back 3
> inches and it trimmed much better. Finally, it nosed into the wind
which I
> solved by adding a skeg. So in the end, I had a usable boat.
>
> However, if you do want to build a Greenland kayak, I would
recommend Chris
> Cunningham's articles in Sea Kayaker or Bob Boucher's video - build
your own
> sea kayak, or a class by someone like Superior Kayak. Petersen
leaves you
> guessing what to do on a lot of the important construction details
which
> will leave you with a lot of headscratching. But it's a book I
would add to
> my library since it does have some pictures of real Greenland kayaks
and
> kayak construction.
>
> Wolfgang
>
> Will Sahli wrote:
>
> > I just received via Inter Library Loan, "Instructions on Building a
> > Kayak" by H.C. Petersen(spelling?). Wanted to know if anyone has
used it
> > for the basis of a kayak? I only had a few minutes to look through
it.
> > It seems to be fairly vague in some areas, and somewhat confusing.
Maybe
> > it's because the instructions are in Greenlandic, Danish, and
English,
> > and I have a difficult time tracking from page to page.
> >
> > Is it worth while to see if I can get a copy on the used market?
> >
> > Also I purchased a hoofknife intending to use it as a substitute
for a
> > crooked knife. It is clumsy and awkward to use. I think I will find
> > either plans to make one or purchase one from one of the tool
stores.
> >
> > Will Sahli
>
>
>
>
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