On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 11:52:53 EST, Goffma_at_aol.com said: > I enjoyed the pictures a lot, > particularly the Traditional Kayak gathering. I'm also a "larger" paddler and have > recently switched over to Greenland style as well. I'm trying to finish > my first skin-on-frame boat but am having trouble locating a good source for skin. > Here in the Northeast, skin-on-frame culture hasn't really taken root yet. I > envy you Left coasters! I respectfully disagree. There's a fair number of SOF in this area. If you are in the Boston area look into the PondScum - based on Walden Pond - a group worth travelling to meet. Should you get the chance to spend time with some of the pond scum crew (particularly Dan Asmussen, Will Bigelow, Dan Segal, Turner Wilson, Cheri Perry), do not miss it. To me Turner stands in a class by himself as an instructor. In the fall we've got the arctic kayak symposium at Mystic Seaport. I hosted 8 or 10 gatherings getting up to 30 SOF boats. Mystic's weekend has taken over for the Northeast's get together. Six of the 14 board/advisor committee members for QajaqUSA are in the northeast. Willow Kayaks on Cape Cod sold somewhere around 50 SOF boats commercially. The north shore paddlers network (http://www.nspn.org) have a fair number of SOF builders. There are also groups of SOF paddlers in southern Maine, northern Vermont, Montreal, Connecticut, and NYC. I'm sure there are more - those are the ones I know how to contact. As for buying a skin. It depends on what you are building. If you are building a folder I would follow the building/skinning methods of Tom Yost - http://www.yostwerks.com If you are building wood with nylon or polyester contact George Dyson, in Bellingham WA and get him to send you fabric I think this is the current Dyson information: Dyson, Baidarka and Co. 435 W. Holly St Bellingham WA 98225 360- 734- 9226 Kirk moderator of the basically defunct baidarka mailing list since 1992(?). *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Dec 24 2006 - 11:48:05 PST
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