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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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

A Gift of Lead

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Sinkers off the street plus a few hooks. 5lbs 6oz total weight. Now that I've taken up kayak fishing, I need sinkers to attach to th...
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

14 Foot Baidarka Rebuild - New Ribs

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In the last segment of this series, I took everything off the boat that it didn't need.  In this segment, I'm putting in new ribs. ...
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Friday, September 9, 2016

Deckline Mods to my Sixteen Foot Baidarka to Facilitate Fishing

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After going out fishing in my 16 foot baidarka I decided to make some mods to the decklines to make it a better fishing boat.  The mods were...
Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Handlining from a Kayak

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Two kayak fishermen took me out fishing with them.  I was under the impression that to fish from a kayak you needed lots of gear like rod-ho...
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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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Fourteen Foot Baidarka Rebuild

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This particular boat suffered the indignity of shrinking skin which caved in a good percentage of its ribs.  So I decided that it was time t...