Saturday, September 22, 2012

Kayak Models

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A while back, an article on kayak models appeared in the journal Qajaq. The gist of the article was that models are not to be trusted since...
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Friday, September 21, 2012

Unangan (Aleut) Kayak Accessories - Sprayskirt and Kamleika

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Spray skirts on Unangan kayaks were affixed to the cockpit coaming of the kayak and stayed with the kayak when it wasn't in use. When t...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

The Americas Cup

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The Americas cup is one of those sailboat races that has been going on for a long time and happens again and again at various intervals.  Se...

Unangan (Aleut) Kayak Terminology

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Unangan kayak terminology has been set down in an article written by Knut Bergsland, Norwegian linguist, now dead, in Contributions to Kayak...
Monday, September 17, 2012

Paddle Dynamics

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Three Greenland style paddles on display at the boat ramp where I just got done testing them. The breakdown paddle on the left had the tip...
Sunday, September 16, 2012

Old Boat, Reverse Sheer

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I know what you're thinking. That boat was warped on account of that concrete pillar coming out of the cockpit. But not so. The concre...
Sunday, August 12, 2012

Old Kayak, Bent Ribs & Buckliballs

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  In my previous post, I described how one of my kayaks spontaneously changed shape in response to a shrinking skin.  While this type of r...
Friday, August 10, 2012

Old Kayak, Bent Ribs

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I've got one more set of photos on deck for the old kayak series.  Not that I don't have more old kayaks or old kayak photos, but it...
Thursday, August 9, 2012

Old Kayak, Old Paint, Part 2

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For the premise of this post, go back one post.  This post is about yet another instance of a paint job gone wrong.  Not functionally wrong,...

This Old Kayak, Old Paint, Part 1

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People occasionally write me to ask whether they can use this or that material or process in the building of their boat.  I sometimes have...

Yup'ik Science

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If you have $45 to spare you might want to pick up a book called The Way We Genuinely Live: Masterworks of Yup'ik Science and Surviva...
Sunday, July 29, 2012

Why not King Island?

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After I built my first King Island style kayak a few years ago, I realized that it had quite a few good features and would no doubt be a g...
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Kayak Seats

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While looking for something which I did not end up finding, I ran across these pictures taken several years ago at SSTIKS, the South Sound T...
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Kayak Stability

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Yesterday I had a prospective boat building student try out some kayaks so he could see what would be suitable for him.  Turned out he wante...
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Sunday, July 1, 2012

Urban Unangax^ Culture Camp

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Day 9, Saturday Culture camp is over. All that's left is the closing ceremonies and celebrations.  One last session with the lion. ...