Re: [Paddlewise] Baidarka thoughts

--- Doug Lloyd <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca> wrote:
> I was
> wondering if anyone has 
> experience with the differential between the
> reported fast speed of a 
> planning baidarka hull and that of a more typical
> Greenland SOF. 

I haven't compared them beyond noting that there are
fast Aleut kayaks, and there are fast Greenland
kayaks; fwiw, I'm pretty slow anyways.  Some of the
early reported speeds of baidarkas would be well
beyond most people's power out-put-- such speeds may
have been exaggerated. . . or not.  

> Also, does 
> the fork bow of a baidarka disadvantage a paddler in
> heavy kelp, in terms of 
> getting kelp stalks trapped during wave action?

The 'open-mouth' baidarkas apparently had thin strips
of baleen placed to prevent things from getting caught
in the mouth.  Other baidarkas have an upturned lower
portion, thus having an integral mouthgaurd as it
were.
All the best, and get well soon,
Harvey
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