Gregg wrote; (SNIP) > >I find it interesting that Petersen goes on to state that long overhangs >were not favored by seal catchers who hunted with harpoons since the long >ends slapped the water in choppy conditions and frightened the seals. I found this interetsing too. When I did my studies of the boats I found some that, with their long low angle bows, would have a "V'd" shape at the waterline as the flattish parts of the bottom lay well aft. Others had the flat portions almost at the waterline. I expected to find more uniformity in the boats based upon Eugene Arima's comment that he felt the Inuit were extraordinarily conservative people. One has to wonder if the variations resulted from the "by eye" method of building or from creative juices flowing. > >I looked through the text but could find no mention of the overhangs >covering early sonar devices on either the East or West Greenland kayaks. >I'm sure that the good doctor would have the scoop.... Talked to the Prof. yesterday and he plans to come over this evening and dictate a post. If I can keep him sober he may have something for tommorrow. Cheers, John Winters Redwing Designs Web site address, 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.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jul 29 1999 - 06:09:19 PDT
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