I'm thinking of building a skin boat but I can't seem to find any explicit directions on the sewing technique. I've tried Harvey Golden's site, bidarka and some others but no luck. Any help out there? On the subject of speed and age, out on day trips with the local club, I,m always out in front and have to watch that I don't abandon the group,but on the few occasions that i've entered local races, I,m bringing up the rear. ( the races and the day trips are made up of completely different groups of people ) The big difference I've noticed, at the races, is cadence, I just can,t maintain the rate that the lead guys do. Age? I'm 61 and doing more day trips. Paul in Puget Sound *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
At 03:47 PM 1/30/01 -0800, you wrote: >I'm thinking of building a skin boat but I can't seem to find any >explicit directions on the sewing technique. I've tried Harvey Golden's >site, bidarka and some others but no luck. Any help out there? Wolfgang Brinck's, "The Aleutian Kayak: Origins, Construction, and Use of the Traditional Seagoing Baidarka", available at amazon.com, has good information on sewing the skin. The sewing technique can be adopted for a Greenland-style kayak. Also, the baidarka list can help you if you have specific questions. Greg Stamer Orlando, Florida *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
At 03:47 PM 1/30/01 -0800, Paul Grant wrote: >I'm thinking of building a skin boat but I can't seem to find any >explicit directions on the sewing technique. I've tried Harvey Golden's >site, bidarka and some others but no luck. Any help out there? Paul, There was just a discussion of this on the baidarka list. Bill Low has some instruction that he is refining and will soon be put on the list web page. As someone pointed out (in the following message below) there already is some information in the archives. Bill Leonhardt >Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 18:46:55 -0800 >X-PH: V4.4_at_bnl.gov >From: thomas-simpson <thomas-simpson_at_home.com> >X-Accept-Language: en >To: baidarka_at_lists.intelenet.net >Subject: baidarka Archive info >References: <009101c0872f$241e44b0$ab1b170c_at_polaris> > <004401c087a0$fa865a80$bebcd33f_at_billow> >Sender: owner-baidarka_at_lists.intelenet.net >Reply-To: baidarka_at_lists.intelenet.net > >Bill posted info on sewing polyester on Dec 30,1997 under "skinboats.com thread >", for his coating info go to April 6 1998 under the " Hypalon or urethane >coating" thread. > >Both available at > >http://rtpnet.org/robroy/baidarka/ > > > >- >Baidarka Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be >reproduced outside Baidarka or Baidarka archives without author's permission >Submissions: baidarka_at_lists.intelenet.net >Subscriptions: baidarka-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >Searchable archive: http://rtpnet.org/robroy/baidarka > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
this site has a little on sewing http://members.aol.com/buildaboat/current.html or at least the stitches used under "Covering the Frame" At 09:08 AM 1/31/01 -0500, Bill Leonhardt wrote: >At 03:47 PM 1/30/01 -0800, Paul Grant wrote: >>I'm thinking of building a skin boat but I can't seem to find any >>explicit directions on the sewing technique. I've tried Harvey Golden's >>site, bidarka and some others but no luck. Any help out there? > >Paul, > >There was just a discussion of this on the baidarka list. Bill Low has >some instruction that he is refining and will soon be put on the list web >page. As someone pointed out (in the following message below) there >already is some information in the archives. > >Bill Leonhardt > >>Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 18:46:55 -0800 >>X-PH: V4.4_at_bnl.gov >>From: thomas-simpson <thomas-simpson_at_home.com> >>X-Accept-Language: en >>To: baidarka_at_lists.intelenet.net >>Subject: baidarka Archive info >>References: <009101c0872f$241e44b0$ab1b170c_at_polaris> >> <004401c087a0$fa865a80$bebcd33f_at_billow> >>Sender: owner-baidarka_at_lists.intelenet.net >>Reply-To: baidarka_at_lists.intelenet.net >> >>Bill posted info on sewing polyester on Dec 30,1997 under "skinboats.com >thread >>", for his coating info go to April 6 1998 under the " Hypalon or urethane >>coating" thread. >> >>Both available at >> >>http://rtpnet.org/robroy/baidarka/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Bill Leonhardt wrote: > At 03:47 PM 1/30/01 -0800, Paul Grant wrote: > >I'm thinking of building a skin boat but I can't seem to find any > >explicit directions on the sewing technique. > > There was just a discussion of this on the baidarka list. Bill Low has > some instruction that he is refining and will soon be put on the list web > page. We just finished formatting Bill's writeup: http://www.imaginelan.com/aleut/polyester_skinning.html *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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