Subject: Re: [baidarka] Rescues in Non-bulkheaded Hulls
From: MICHAEL SILVIUS (M.Silvius@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Mon Apr 18 2005 - 19:13:44 EDT
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From: "wolfgang brinck" <nativewater@yahoo.com>
> I think I get the idea behind and the origins of the walrus pull.
> What I couldn't figure out was where the rope was attached at the
> kayak and what was doing the pulling.
Wolfgang:
for a good diagaram of the set up see:
http://www.qajaqusa.org/common_images/walrus_pull7.JPG
if you go to:
http://www.qajaqusa.org/Movies/movies.html
is an other viedo of Maligiaq Padilla performing this manouver.
as for what was pulling?? that was 5 or 6 of us recruited as willing
antagonists on about a 100 foot length of 5/8 climbing rope. I hear tell in
Greenland they use and ATV on the pulling end.
> Could you give us some
> background on how to replicate this particular stunt and what some of
> the finer points are for judging its execution.
better than I could ever explain from the Qajausa roling list at:
http://www.qajaqusa.org/QK/rolls/rolls.html
Walrus Pull ("Pulling")
Nusutsinneq kinngunani iluarisamut -"pulling as long as possible without
capsizing".
Prevent a capsize with five men pulling the kayak sideways from shore. Line
travels from attachment point just aft of the cockpit, away from shore,
under the kayak, and into hands of the men on shore. You must steer to keep
kayak and line perpendicular or control will be lost. Steering is done by
twisting the paddle and/or by sliding the paddle forward or backward along
the gunwale (the shaft is held against the gunwale). A detailed article on
the technique is found in the first volume of the Qajaq USA Journal. Kayak
must be pulled at least fifteen meters. This is a very dangerous maneuver
and injuries have occurred. Paddles and kayaks are occasionally damaged.
Nine points, perform one side of your choice.
History/Purpose: Direct holdover from the hazards of hunting large marine
mammals with line.
In the performance Chery provided us at the Vermont Madness meet she did it
twice and on both occcations the tuiliq blew off the coambing. She described
a sudden rush of warm air rushing up her torso and past the face seal on her
tuiliq as the water poured in to the stern of the kayak, thus the resulting
endo.
all the best: Michael
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