Re: [Paddlewise] Nadgee, Max, Boat Copying/Nordkapp Family

In a message dated 8/10/2004 8:24:39 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
ptreby_at_ozemail.com.au writes:


> Copying earlier designs and building is the way a lot of
> kayaks have come to be what they are now. The Nordkapp was modelled on a
> Greenland boat in a museum. Frank Goodman makes the Nordkapp in the UK,
> around 1977. The design is made under royalty in New Zealand by Sisson
> kayaks. Noel Sisson designs the Arctic Raider, described as larger and
> faster, but unmistakably derived from the Nordkapp. The AR arrives in
> Australia, and Canoe Sports makes an Arctic Raider, which influences further
> boats based on the same general hull shape, Southern Raider, Ocean Raider,
> and Raider-X, this last being a longer boat, and is currently fairly
> popular: one was used in the first non-stop crossing of Bass Strait by
> Andrew Macauley. Do you think the Raider X is a copy of the original museum
> boat which inspired the Nordkapp? Are royalties due to the Greenlander who
> made the museum boat? Is this a chain based on a ripoff, with more along the
> way? There are many lines of boat development: another one leads from the
> Icefloe
> to the Pittarak in Australia. See the story on
> http://www.pittarak.com.au/news.html and go to "Pittarak, the Story". In
> fact, would kayaks designed by engineers and naval architects be in a small
> minority?
> The more I think about the issues raised in this hull copying business, the
> wider it gets.
> 
The Ken Taylor kayak from Igldorssuit Greenland (1959) was the prototype for 
the substantially modified Anas Acuta. Mr Goodman bought the design. He 
altered that even for expedition purposes (Nordkapp Expedition) and the Nordkapp was 
born. The Pintail followed to improve on the playful aspects of the Anas 
Acuta. 3 kayaks from one SOF. Pretty darn good. Am quite glad Mr Taylor went to 
Greenland.

Rob G
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