Friday, October 12, 2018

Dormancy

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If you were following this blog, you may have noticed that the frequency of posts has dropped to something like zero. Well don't despai...
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Thursday, December 14, 2017

Why a Skinboat

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There's no question mark in the title just like in Hillary Clinton's book What Happened because I'll tell you Why a Skinboat. T...
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Friday, January 27, 2017

Aleut Kayak Sail - sutu-x^

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Sails on Aleut kayaks were used early on though probably copied from western sailing craft.  Early sails were made of grass matting or sk...
Thursday, January 19, 2017

Deck Load, the Bailing Pump, muunhma-x^, muunma-x^, puunpa-x^, liivira-x^, liivri-x^, chxuusi-x^

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Aleut kayakers carried bailing pumps or bailing tubes on the decks of their kayaks.  To use the pumps, the kayaker would have to loosen the ...
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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Chag^a-n, Charms and Amulets

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For the linguistically curious, chag^a-n (amulets) is the plural of chag^a-x^ (amulet).  Charms and amulets probably varied quite a bit from...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017

ug^ada-x^, the Aleut Kayaker's Sea Bag in Unangam Tunuu

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I decided to fight my way through Knut Bergsland's Aleut Kayak Terminology a piece at a time. Rather than starting at the beginning wit...
Thursday, December 15, 2016

Handline Assembly for Kayak Fishing

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Here's some info on the handline rig I've been using to fish from my kayak.  I got the design from my friend Marc who introduced me ...
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