From: LVito55113@aol.com
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 00:05:13 EST
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: baidarka Children's Greenland Kayak
I am going to build a West Greenland syle of skinboat kayak with my 10 year
old daughter for her use. I have chosen a Greenland design because it is more
maneuvarable than a Baidarka, but still light, fast and straight tracking.
Anything other than skin is out of the question. (We have 2 baidarkas in the
family already)I have looked at reviews of the West Greenlander according to
Chris Cunningham's instructions featured in past issues of Sea Kayaker. (The
review was on the Southern California Boat Builder web site.) The lack of
primairy stability is a concern to me. I would like some suggestions on how to
make that boat more stable. Does anyone have suggestions on how to achieve
this? She is about 56" tall and 75 lb.