Wednesday, October 31, 2012

The Water We Eat

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One of the things that traveling does is give one a broader perspective on the world than is available from staying in one place.  My recent...

The Giant Sequoia and Some Random Thoughts on Trees and Wood

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It is one thing to see wood at a lumber yard and it is quite another thing to see it in the form of a living tree.  Unlike the stuff in the ...
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...