True. Not being a SOF builder/user yet, I was assuming the context for SOF use as outlined from other, more authoritative modern sources who gave a summary similar to what I posted. I would well imagine that there were a number of Inuit paddler over the millennia who were blown out to sea for days of survival paddling in their trusty steeds, returning to rub noses with the little women at home in the Igloo. Maybe the single guys just rubbed noses with their sled dogs. If I make a SOF (thanks Turner for more input), you bet it will be as watertight as I can make it, even if it weighs a bit more than the usual. Doug >> I'm aware of the SOF issue. I guess I realize the SOF's are better at >> shorter duration trips/outing - not long, dangerous crossing or rough, >> extended off shore paddling. > > Doug, if you can find a copy of Watkins' Last Expedition, by F. Spencer > Chapman, you should read his account of what I recall was a hundred-mile > or more trip in an Inuit-built SOF kayak in weather so rough that Chapman > was forced to roll several times. Even the Inuit he traveled with thought > it was a rough trip. Nonetheless, he stayed afloat, and without flotation > bags, at that. > > Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Apr 04 2007 - 10:42:44 PDT
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