Skinboat Journal

This blog is about various boat and environment related topics that I care to comment on. First and foremost, this blog is about skin on frame boats, their construction and use, as well as paddle and other stuff related to skin boat use.

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Monday, August 15, 2016

Moses Dirks Reads out Aleut Kayak Parts in Unangam Tunuu

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Here's a video of Moses Dirks reading out the names of Aleutian Kayak parts in Unangam Tunuu, the Aleut language. The names and the kay...

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Saturday, June 23, 2012

Danes Build Baidarkas

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Danish kayak builder and teacher Svend Ulstrup, sent me some photos of the work he is doing in Denmark. Apparently, his students just fi...

Monday, April 2, 2012

Iqyax^ (Baidarka) Research

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I am currently working on the improved Bay Boat, that is, San Francisco Bay Boat. The baidarka I had been paddling most frequently is abou...

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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

The iqyax^ and the Sea Otter

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A few years ago, a friend of mine gave me a bronze model of an Unangan kayak. This year, my wife gave me a bronze sea otter. Coincidentally...

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Baidarka-Iqyax^ Interior

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Inside of the baidarka, newly built with the sun coming through the skin. Sure is pretty.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Another Iqyax^

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My friend Patty, Unangan bent-wood hat maker sent me this photo. Sharon, the young woman in the picture made a scale model iqyax^ by follow...

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Wolfgang Brinck: I like to look into old and mostly abandoned technologies that people used before the industrial age and also technologies that were used in non agricultural societies. I have a hunch that some of these technologies will again become relevant in a more resource-poor future. If you want to contact me directly, you can reach me at: my first name followed by nomadic at gmail dot com

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