Colin wrote; (SNIP) I looked in at the Vittuden site and the stabilizers are esssentially outriggers with what appears to be inflatable bags on the ends. I would question the value of such rig since it was a similar type of outrigger that Lindemann blamed for his capsizes on his crossing of the Atlantic. Certainly it woud have to be used in conjunction with a sea anchor to keep the boat head to wind. It is not a rig that I would trust at sea. (SNIP about Peter Carter's site) (SNIP of Inuit discovery of Scotland.) > There are two other native kayaks in Aberdeen, which >definately did come from whalers, and a fair bit of information in the >literature and in the library special collections at the University. I'll do >some research, and if anyone is interested I'll post my findings here. Some information on these boats is in John Brand's Little Kayak Books. >So John, perhaps low volume single kayaks have been doing ridiculous things >for some time, and maybe a better question is what are reasonable >expectations of the paddlers ? I suppose one could say that but then we are faced with rationalizing a crossing of the Pacific in a squirt boat. No doubt that the boat could make it. :-) Cheers, John Winters Redwing Designs Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft http://home.ican.net/~735769/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Mar 12 1998 - 05:51:16 PST
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