Subject: [baidarka] New boat photos, and seat question
From: Cicotello, Gina (GCicotello@finsys.com)
Date: Wed Oct 24 2001 - 16:26:29 EDT
(Aaah, ain't it good to see a new thread starting...)
Hi folks,
No official launch yet, but let me introduce another new boat to the scene.
Photos at http://photos.yahoo.com/gcicotello (mostly construction pics)
Apologies for the few fuzzy shots, my little PHD camera doesn't do close-ups very well.
I built her with Bruce Lemon in Seneca Lake NY, the last week in September 2001. Remember, I was the one trying to track him down awhile back. Bruce
is alive and well, living in a gorgeous waterfront spot in the Adirondacks, and teaching on an individual basis only. I had a spectacular week up
there, and we worked fast enough to allow me some time for bike riding and winery hopping.
The boat is 17' long, 22" wide. Standard Bruce Lemon kit of douglas fir, white oak, yellow pine, and spruce. I've finished the gazillion coats of
Dura-Tuff and it looks beautiful; all it needs is some deck rigging (holes were pre-drilled in the gunwales, just have to get cord) and the seating
arrangement.
Speaking of working out my seating arrangement...
Bruce showed me one of his boats with a seat I'd like to duplicate, but can't find. The seat was very thin (1/4" thick, if that) and small, basically
a layer of foam covered in nylon, with straps attached. Low profile in the back to allow rolling, but unlike the typical back straps it extended down
under the paddler's butt for a little extra motion stability and cushioning.
Anyone know what this seat is, and if it's commercially available? I could try sewing one myself, but buying it might get me launched quicker.
Interesting - He had actually cut two holes in the bottom of the seat, under the paddler's sit-bones. It got you slightly lower in the cockpit, and
allowed a bracing point. Very comfortable. I've seen many rowing seats (even hard wooden ones) made that way.
The seat was placed over a flat, thin, closed-cell foam pad that covered the floor boards all the way forward to underneath the paddler's feet. That
piece I can scrounge or make with no problem.
Comments, suggestions welcomed!
- Gina
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