Harvey said (snip): > 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. Thanks Harvey; should have been obvious to me without asking, the answer being native ingenuity based on materials available. >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. I wasn't too sure about the claims of a planing hull for some of the original Baidarkas. I kinda figured what paddlers and historians were referring to was that the Baidarka hull probably displaced significantly less water than other native craft. I have heard they are very fast, including most of the modern do-it-yourself, built from strip plans baidarkas. Though some blogs suggest the SW Greenland configurations area bit more of a fun kayak to paddle - that being subjective of course. John Winters said (snip): > Has anyone documented that these boats could plane? I have Dyson's video > and > it is clear that the boat in question did not plane even when paddled by > an > Olympic paddler I think Dyson's video is where I first heard the "planing" hull mentioned. Scientific American Frontiers: Rebuilding the Legendary Baidarka has it on-line _at_: >http://www.pbs.org/saf/previous/watchonline203.htm< There does seem to be some recognized ability for the surfing attributes of the traditional Baidarkas, though I'm not sure how well they do in an actual steep, following sea, running downwind. Even though there is a reserve buoyancy lift in the bifrucated bow, I wonder how much of a problem this might be. The fishform must help. I hate loosing speed on good downwind runs due to submerging and loss of momentum. My original post was in the context of thinking about making a kayak for fast running, though I'll never have the bone length/strength of the ancient Aleutians. Doug Lloyd ----- *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 11 2007 - 15:21:41 PDT
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