[Paddlewise] baidarka building

Several comments have appeared concerning the building of a baidarka.
One asks the name/number of a person who offers classes in the NW - I
know of an excellent instructor in the mid-west, Mark Rogers of Superior
Kayaks (who designed the Arctic Hawk by the way).  Mark & his wife,
Celeste, offer classes at various times during the year in construction
of skin & hard shell boats - Aleutian and Greenland styles.  In both
classes, you walk away with a finished or near finished boat for the
cost.  His number is (920)732-3784 in Wisconsin.  Also Brink's book is
an excellent read and full of useful information though the craft, as
described, is reportedly more unstable than it needs be.

Stay on the dry side,
D. A. "Skip" Higgins of RASKA
"http://www.execpc.com/~raskal"

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