Re: [baidarka] two questions

Subject: Re: [baidarka] two questions
From: Tom Yost (tom_yost@msn.com)
Date: Sun Aug 01 2004 - 23:55:32 EDT

  Ryan Wrote:

>>>I am about to start a Greenland kayak as per the Cunningham book, but
before I
  start, I had a couple of questions that have been nagging at me.

>>>1). Has anyone done an aluminum tubing Greenland kayak, such as the
aluminum
  tube Baidarka? I'm not talking about a folding kayak, but one that's
  permanently assembled, like the baidarka.

>>>2). Has anyone thought about putting a layer of fiberglass on the
completed
  Greenland skin?

  Ryan,

  I've built several aluminum frame non-folding Baidarkas, but instead of
George Dyson's aluminum cross sections, have used instead 1/2" plywood
lashed/epoxied sections attached to the stringer tubes. As to Greenland
kayaks, mine are all folders, but the same process as above could be used here
also, though it would be a little more work to use wood/lashing/epoxy than to
use HDPE "snap-on" plastic cross sections. The LINK below shows an aluminum
folding Greenland kayak " Sea Rover" at the 2004 Greenland Nat'l
Championships. This boat won two first and two second place medals in rolling
and racing at the competition paddled by Mark and Becky Molina. Summertime in
Greenland. Brrrrr !
  http://yostwerks.com/Green2004.jpg>

  As to question two, why ruin a perfectly good skin boat by covering it with
fiberglass ?

  Have fun,

  Tom
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