Subject: Re: [baidarka] Greenland kayak beam calculation
From: Michael Daly (michaeldaly@home.com)
Date: Fri Jun 08 2001 - 21:07:04 EDT
From: "Andrew Lukban" <lukbaa15@bmec.hscbklyn.edu>
> >
> > > (4)Has anyone collected a complete set of anthropomorphic rules for any of
> > > the greenland kayak types? If so, where can I find it?
>
> Cool!
>
> such a collection of rules would have to be based on oral
> tradition - to verify the oral tradition by looking at
> museum boats, you would have to know the actual dimensions
> of the builder
>
> it would be interesting to just ask current builders in
> greenland what rule they use and contrast that with the size
> of their boats and how big they actually are - you then a
> have a measure of how closely they adhere to the "rule"
>
> you can then try to collect the same data from builders here
> in north america and compare - THAT would be interesting -
> it may give an indication of how "stiff" we are as far as
> being hung up on rules
Given that the Inuit are short and stocky, while we southerners are
rather tall and skinny (well, those who aren't couch potatoes), how
relevant would the Inuit rules be? It seems they'd need a bit of
tweeking to make them fit our bodies.
Mike
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