From: "Philip Jacobs" <jaco0253@gold.tc.umn.edu>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: baidarka lashing versus pegging
Message-Id: <iss.4acf.36d32747.67563.1@gold.tc.umn.edu>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 16:10:16 -0600
> Greenland frames are inherently more stiff than baidarkas, but this is
> not a matter of pegging vs. lashing. A lashed Greenland frame would
> still be stiffer than a nailed or riveted baidarka. The reason being
> that gunwales of Greenland kayaks were stouter, as were the ribs and
> the keelson was rigidly pegged into the gunwales.
>
> Ribs were pegged to the chine stringers and keelson in East Greenland
> and lashed in West Greenland. Why, I don't know. I do know that some
> people who teach Greenland kayak construction prefer pegging because
> it is faster than lashing, and time is of the essence in a nine day
> course.
>
> Wolfgang
Thanks Wolfgang. This is the insight I was looking for. It's so easy to get
caught up in small details, as well as to make overly broad generalizations.
Thanks.
Philip Jacobs