Subject: RE: baidarka Inuit boat plans - any firsthand experience?
From: Peter Graffunder (peterg@rmarchitects.com)
Date: Thu Apr 27 2000 - 14:44:48 EDT
I have had experience only with Chris Cunningham patterned boats, however
the five I have used are all very different from each other. The design is
not prescriptive, but has room for creating the performance you want. The
hard part is in knowing what will produce the boat you want. I have built 1
7/8 kayaks to this pattern. I am very pleased with the completed boat's
performance. I am also very anxious to try the second one when we finish
skinning it. It is sized for a 5' 1" woman so it will be quite small for me,
but I made sure that I could wiggle into the cockpit.
I used Chris's instructions for sizing and shaping the kayaks, but the
construction is whatever I felt would be strongest, easiest or prettiest.
The deck beams are doweled. The curved deck beams are laminated. I bed the
joints with polyurethane sealant.
Peter Graffunder
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From: owner-baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
[mailto:owner-baidarka@lists.intelenet.net]On Behalf Of dlwalke
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 1:28 AM
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: baidarka Inuit boat plans - any firsthand experience?
I am planning to build a Greenland style boat. Previous experience is one
stictch-n-glue. I will be sticking most closely to either the Cunningham
boat
plans published in SK, the plans/instructions in Bob Bouchet's video, or the
instructions in HC Petersens book. Unlike commercial boats, I will not be
demoing these in advance since they are not readily available. My questions
is
whether anyone here has paddled 1 or more of these boats, what you think,
and
if more than one....how do the alternatives compare (particularly
performance
wise).
Thanks,
Dave Walker
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