Re: [Paddlewise] Illorsuit, Anas Acuta, Nadgee, Max, ....

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

Rob Gibbert wrote:
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, as told by the article you shared with me, there's also a long
story between the original 1959 SOF and the first plywood Anas Acuta
iteration.

And the Pintail begat the Avocet, which then begat the Aquanaut and
Argonaut.

And somewhere in the early 80's, the Nordkapp begat the Selkie.  So
more like 7 glassfiber iterations based on the original SOF, and
probably several plywood iterations in the 60's based on the original
SOF, and before the Anas Acuta came into being.  I am also very, very
glad of Mr. Taylor's and Mr. Heath's interest in Greenland way back
then.

It's a long way from the original 1959 kayak built for Ken Taylor by
Emanuele Korneilesen, but even Mr. Taylor has suggested upon (recently)
learning of the long chain that possibly some support be given to Mr.
Korneilesen's descendents in Illorsuit.

I've tried a SOF built to a close design of the original Ken Taylor
kayak, and the SOF replica that Harvey Golden built of the 1959 SOF
built by Emanuele Korneilesen at the same time for John Heath.  The
newer boats are fun, but the originals handle very well in their own
right!

Shawn
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