On Wednesday 21 March 2007 18:57, you wrote: > Good Day Tord; Hi John, > Being new to your site i am not knowing of the term "ama" used in the > emai below. An outrigger is an 'ama' and the hull you sit in is a 'vaka' and the arms connecting the two is the 'akas'! >From some Pacific language, I gather, but pretty standard in English, when talking of proas (sailing outrigger canoes). > The safety ama would have made the boat roll slower (in the > reenactment it took les than a second - amazing!). With the > gang sitting on the safety ama it would have been possible > to roll it back. Then they would have faced a water-filled vaka, > so they would have needed pumps and other safety equipment > in dry bags, like some warm clothes, maybe warm fluid & food. > Spare paddles would have been essential (all the others had > floated away), in short things Scott, and many others, think are > totally redundant. > Would appreciate clarification, thank you. I'll try: a safety ama is one that normally is 'flying' (not touching the water, ever), except when the outrigger canoe is rolling. Here it is used as a backrest: http://foldingkayaks.org/gallery/Boeing-ized-outrigger/A64_Safety_Ama_aft?full=1 The outrigger that's in the water is the 'ama'. > Also, as i recall you are the one, or one of several, who created this > site. Thank you. i am very glad to have discovered this site and to > receive the communications (emails). Alas, no! I didn't even create the Bagboater yahoo group that I moderate and 'own' - that means I have full control over it. A 'bagboat' is a folding boat of some sort, like Long Haul's folding kayaks, Ally's folding canoes, et cetera. > While i may not always agree with > the views expressed. It does give me pause to stop, read, and listen to > another prespective that i may not have thought of previously. i believe > so strongly about this that i have encouraged others in my local > paddling (Petaluma Paddlers, California) club to sign up on PaddleWise > to follow the discussions. If many of you have interest in folding kayaks, why not join my group, too? > Now on our weekly paddles it is one of the > topics of discussion. Thank you again for your efforts to make this site > possible. Now, if you aren't the one responsible ... oops... please > forward it on to the party responsible or let me know and i will. > > Safe and happy paddling, > John Horrell > Santa Rosa, CA > seajohnkayak_at_yahoo.com > Arluk III > Tofino > LongHaul MK1 I'll mail a copy to Paddlewise, hope you don't mind, Tord S Eriksson, Sweden *************************************************************************** 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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