Re: [Paddlewise] Intro and question

On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Dave Uebele wrote:

> One of the least expensive options for buiding is a skin on frame.

The cheapest (useful) skin/frame I know of was about $60 worth of materials.
Saplings with a blue tarp don't count ;-)

> Or I might try a a strip built or a skin on frame.

For anyone interested in pursuing skin/frame there's a mailing list
on the topic (also hosted by the marvelous folks at intelenet).  There
are archives of the list at http://robroy.totalsports.net/baidarka

http://www.pacifier.com/~qajaq  has lots of pictures of skin/frame boats
  put together by Harvey Golden
http://www.arctickayaks.com  is David Zimmerly's site, it is primarily 
  historical craft.  Zimmerly is selling the offset sheets and drawings for
  the craft on the site.

For books:
  "Building the Aleutian Kayak" by Wolfgang Brinck is a good builders manual
  "Baidarka" by George Dyson is good for inspiration and lots of pretty 
pictures
  "Qajaq" by David Zimmerly (which has just been released in the fourth 
printing) is basically the book on which the arctickayaks site is based.
  George Putz also has a book on building skin/frame kayaks (I prefer 
Brincks construction methods)
 

kirk
admin for the baidarka (skin/frame) mailing list

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