Re: baidarka New To List With Basic Questions

Barry E. Muller (bmuller@uoft02.utoledo.edu)
Tue, 06 Jul 1999 16:43:32 -0400

Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 16:43:32 -0400
From: "Barry E. Muller" <bmuller@uoft02.utoledo.edu>
Subject: Re: baidarka New To List With Basic Questions
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net

woodall wrote:
>
> Well Barry, the Klepper is hardly modern (and with the lines of a tugboat);

OK, more recently designed than aboriginal kayaks. Granted, the boat is
_very_ beamy - but not a tug!

> and the Feathercraft, while more modern, is basically modeled on the
> Greenland kayaks. That said, there are several more conventional skinboats
> along the lines of the Klepper. Check out the canoe/kayak sections of
> http://www.cyber-dyne.com/~jkohnen/boatlink.htm in the boat design/building
> section(s).

Thanks for the link.

One more thing: I've never heard the word baidarka pronounced. Is it
bay-darka or buy-darka?