[attributions may be messed up, this bounced to the moderator as a strangely formatted email] In a message dated 8/10/2004 2:59:48 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Rcgibbert writes: First Shawn: > 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. > Then John F: > So where does the Skerray fit in? > > It appears that the new Quarajaq resembles the Anas Acuta more than any > other offspring. > Is the Avocet a direct descendant of the Kornielsen/Illorssuit kayak? Or, was it a kayak produced after the successful Romany by Nigel Dennis? Nigel used the Nordkapp on his Great Britain circumnavigation, so how much influence did it impart on the Romany/Explorer? As for the Skerry, it is a hard sell to try to convince me it's similar to the Kornielsen kayak, but go ahead, I'm listening. : ) The Qarajaq, looks like a stretched Anas Acuta, but I thought I heard someone suggest the chines were changed to give it greater speed. Just one from the peanut gallery here, but from these bleachers it looks like someone wants a kayak to compete with the Greenlander Pro. Shawn, how different is the Kornielsen kayak and the Anas Acuta? How far removed from the source does one go before it really becomes a distant cousin. Play Crossroads by Cream and then the Robert Johnson original and you'll see what I mean. Too many questions, Rob G *************************************************************************** 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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