Re: [baidarka] Interested in building a baidarka


Subject: Re: [baidarka] Interested in building a baidarka
From: Christopher Stewart (stewtone@msn.com)
Date: Tue Dec 20 2005 - 09:22:40 EST


Don,

By all means, get a used copy of Brinck's The Aleutian Kayak. Until you find
one, though, you can access a two-part article entitled "BUILDING<> THE
ONE-HOLE ALEUT BIDARKA" written by David Zimmerly at
http://www.arctickayaks.com/Bibliography/biblioT-Z.htm#z
<http://www.arctickayaks.com/Bibliography/biblioT-Z.htm#z > Scroll down to
1983. Each page is a separate .pdf file. It isn't as detailed or
comprehensive as Brinck's book, but you could build from it and a .pdf of the
lines from Zimmerly's site
http://www.arctickayaks.com/Lines/LinesAleutLM2-14886-18.pdf
ckayaks.com/Lines/LinesAleutLM2-14886-18.pdf> (The article has the lines, but
they are illegible). Zimmerly also sells plans, which I suspect are reproduced
in his article.

If you want speed, however, after building the Lowie museum baidarka, which is
what both Brinck's book and Zimmerly's article cover, and getting thoroughly
used to it, build the MAE 593-76 which is longer and narrower (19' x 17'" ).
Plans and the lines
http://www.arctickayaks.com/LinesAleutMAE593-76.pdf
om/LinesAleutMAE593-76.pdf> are available on Zimmerly's site.

Chris Stewart
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Don McCumber<mailto:
multiplants@earthlink.net>
  To: baidarka@paddlewise.net<mailto:baidarka@paddlewise.net>
  Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 11:06 AM
  Subject: [baidarka] Interested in building a baidarka

  (snip)

  I am not
  terribly intimidated by the skinnier boats, down to about 20" beam, and a
  length somewhere in the range of 18' to 20'. I would like to build a boat
  that is a fairly fast design, as I might consider entering some local
races.

  (snip)

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