Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 09:33:24 -0800 (PST)
From: Ve Smith <ve_hengda_smith@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: baidarka Attaching bow plate to gunwales
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net, baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
When I fitted the bow piece to my baidarka, the amount of lateral
movement seemed excessive, even though the arched portions of the bow
piece and bow block were a pretty good fit. I did the logical thing
and notched the bow block to recieve a small chamfer glued into the
angle of the bow piece. It worked so well and was such an obvious
thing to do that I wonder if Aleut boats werent constructed the same
way. This feature is not visible in an assembled frame; is there any
evidence pro or con from extant unassembled parts?
---wolfgang brinck <nativewater@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Ken,
>
> The bow plate sits in the notches cut into the top of the front ends
> of the gunwales. It is not doweled. The other connection is a lashing
> that runs between the front deck stringer and through the bow plate.
>
> Note that the hole in the deck stringer is an inch or two back of the
> holes in the deck plate so that the lashings pull the deck plate up
> against the gunwales.
>
> Although this hadn't ocurred to me at the time I wrote the book, I
> think that this lashing was done first and then sheer (curvature) of
> the gunwales was adjusted by playing with the length of the keelson.
> This also implies that lashing of the ribs to the keelson came after
> that step.
>
> All this is conjecture of course, at least I don't know of any
> historical accounts that document traditional assembly sequence. All
> we have is examples of the finished product and our own experience.
>
> Wolfgang
>
>
>
>
> ---Ken Winter <winter@cstone.net> wrote:
> >
> > OK gang, I've got a really silly question!
> >
> > I've been using Wolfgang Brinck's excellent book "The Aleutian
> Kayak" to
> > construct a boat and am stuck.
> >
> > I see how the curved front section of the keelson attaches to the
bow
> > plate, and how the rest of the keelson attaches to the tailfin. But
> how
> > does the bow plate attach to the gunwales?
> >
> > Is it doweled? Lashed? Both? Where?
> >
> > I can't find anything in the text or any photos in the book to help
> explain
> > this, though I may be missing something in my confusion.
> >
> > Thanks to anyone who can answer this question (including Mr.
Brinck if
> > you're tuned in) and Happy New Year!
> >
> >
> >
> > Ken Winter
> > See my web page "The Ultimate Directory of Kayak Links"
> > At this address http://www.cstone.net/users/winter/Kayakmain.htm
> >
>
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