Sorry if this has been covered before, but I am curious as to which baidarka bow type is "best". Looking once again to Zimmerly's site http://www.arctickayaks.com/plans.htm there are the MAE593-76 - both pieces straight LM2-14886 - the upturned fore piece Kodiak3-holeMAE536 - both upturned Perhaps Zimmerly covers this somewhere ( my copy of the book will be here later this week ). Apparently the first example ( both pieces straight ) fell out of style about 1850. So I assume that the others are technologically "more advanced". A change in style usually comes from new needs or perhaps different seas or even materials/tools. Does anyone here have hands on experience of what the differences are in the styles? Paul Montgomery paul_at_paddleandoar.com http://paddleandoar.com *************************************************************************** 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 Aug 05 2007 - 20:50:00 PDT
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