Mr. K. Olsen and I were conjecturing off-line about the logic leap it took to come up with skinboats. We, independently, posited the 'recreating a dugout with materials at hand' theory of kayakal evolution, as opposed to the 'floating on a bloated seal' theory. The fact that both a really smart, competent kayaker and I came to the same conclusion pretty much cinches it. p.s. The original designs, carved from ice, didn't age well. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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