Monday, February 22, 2010

Whence the Kayak?

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For over a week now, I've been on this detour from working on my book where I've tried to figure out where kayaks came from. The or...
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Thursday, February 4, 2010

Aleut Prehistory

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Prehistory is the time before written records. For the Aleuts that would be the time before the Russians appeared in the middle of the 18th...
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Louis Choris and the Uncertainty of the Past

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Over the course of the past few weeks, I have been taking artists' drawings of baidarkas and put them in chronological order to get some...

Wind-powered baidarkalounger

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I don't know how much I already revealed about the baidarkalounger project, but here's a recap and update on recent developments. Re...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Giving Credit

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model of three-hole baidarka by Sergie Sovoroff at the Alaska State Museum Mike Livingston, Unangan (Aleut) boat builder has been working on...
Sunday, December 27, 2009

Indigenous Boats and the Indigenous Soul

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Bob Holtzman's Indigenous Boats blog deals with, you guessed it, indigenous boats. The purpose of this blog entry is to link the indig...
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Thursday, December 17, 2009

David Zimmerly

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David Zimmerly was one of the early researchers in the field of kayaks and surveyed a whole bunch of them. His research is summarized in hi...
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Tim Anderson, Multihull Sailor

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I first met Tim Anderson a few years ago when I was out front working on a boat and he just happened to be driving by and stopped. Turns ou...

Old Town Canoe Restoration

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The canoe with the old skin before restoration. Turns out that Old Town actually covered this model with polyester to keep the weight down....
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Indigenous Boats

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Years ago, some friends and I started an organization called The Native Watercraft Society. Our intent was to research and document native ...
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Sandmarks

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I first met Mark Sanders at TAKS a few years ago. Mark not only has the camera gear but also knows how to use it. For some spiffy kayak ph...

Roll or Drown

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Roll or Drown is Duane Strosaker's website. See links at the right hand side of this blog for how to get to his site. Duane, in case y...
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Toxic Cleanup Part II

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While doing some research on the Aleutian Islands, I ran across this little tidbit on the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association site. Looks...

Unangam Tunuu - How to pronounce it

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If you're curious about how to pronounce Aleut words such as the ones you might find in Bergsland's article on Aleut kayak terms, cl...
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Knut Bergsland and Aleut Kayak Terminology

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Knut Bergsland, Norwegian linguist contributed an article entitled "Aleut Kayak Terminology" (AKT) to a book called Contributions ...
Thursday, December 3, 2009

How's the toxic cleanup coming?

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Glad you asked. As everyone probably knows by now, former military bases are the equivalent of toxic waste disposal sites. The military, a...
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Feeding Frenzy

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I don't have any photos of the feeding frenzy because as is usually the case, I don't have my camera with me when interesting stuff ...
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Monday, November 30, 2009

Followers

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I know that two, possibly three people follow this blog. Now you have a chance to announce the fact that you follow this blog. Announcing...
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Thursday, November 19, 2009

The Dolphin Club

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The Dolphin Club in San Francisco is a repository of wooden row boats besides also being a place where members do their swimming in SF Bay. ...
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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Spenger's Fresh Fish Grotto

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Berkeley has this restaurant called Spenger's Fresh Fish Grotto. I don't know how good their food is, but if you're ever in the...