If anyone is interested I just posted a bunch of photos from the Northeast Skinboat Gathering (held June 10,11 on Cape Cod USA) on http://people.ne.mediaone.net/jkolsen/gather2000_rehash.html If anyone wants further elaboration, or has captions they want in place of those I put up, please let me know. Also for anyone who attended if you have more digital photos and you would like me to add them send them along... kirk *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Bill Hansen wrote: > Kirk - Thanks for posting the photos from the skinboat gathering. One of > them looks like a S&G or a glass boat - is that so? I got nailed on that one. I've updated the caption... > I've built two S&F boats about 17-18 years ago, and four S&Gs in the last > four years. I need to read up on S&F building technique, and look for plans > if any exist. I'd be interested in building a S&F greenland style boat, > about 18 ft X 21 or 22 inches, low decks. > If you know of sources of plans or have any other hints on how to get > started, please pass them on. The most common way of starting out is to get a copy of the Greenland style kayak plans from Sea Kayaker magazine. Then modify the plans to your dimensions. Sea Kayaker magazine has also had a couple of more recent articles, with plans for building smaller recovery style boats, such as the north alaskan retrieval kayak, which is in the pictures that I posted. For books, Wolfgang Brinck's "Building the Aleutian Kayak" is a decent how to manual. It's about building a aleutian boat, but the same skinning and sewing techniques can be used for any style of boat. There are other books around for more detailed information on historical craft, which could be built or modified. http://www.pacifier.com/~qayaq is a great site of what one person, Harvey Golden, has built. http://robroy.totalsports.net/baidarka should be a searchable index of past posts to the skin/frame mailing list. How to skin the boats is a constant debate. pvc, canvas, polyester, nylon, hemp, kevlar as skin. Latex paint, hypallon, neoprene, varnish, bees wax epoxy, sno-coat rubber roofing, aliphateic urethane, are all being used as coatings. kirk *************************************************************************** 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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