Re: [Paddlewise] Inverbon and Bifid bows

   It must now be time for the good Dr. Peregrine Inverbon, Ph.D.,  
etc. to present his Vita. Has to be extraordinary.

BRC

Quoting John Winters <jdwinters_at_eastlink.ca>:

> Some thoughts on Baidarka bows from the eminent anthropologist Prof.
> Peregrine Inverbon.
>
> It is so gratifying that paddlers are taking an interest in the
> technological innovations of Inuit kayak builders and particularly that
> of bow development which exhibits such imaginative diversity. The Inuit
> were highly sensitive people who could detect small variations in force
> that they detected by testing fluid flow around various body parts.
> Although not always successfully nor comfortable for the testee. Some
> parts had no relevance to boats as they were shaped in such a way that
> they could never be used and others provided misleading results due to
> scale. Nevertheless, being an open minded people, they learned from
> their mistakes.

   ......lots more good stuff.....


> Why, then, did not other Inuit groups develop the bifid bow?  Klohr
> believes that the western Arctic promoted more hydrodynamic research
> than the central or eastern Arctic because they did not have the same
> large herds of caribou that made Crotch Dirigibles possible. Paulson,
> on the other hand,  suggests that Haplo group C lacked the genetic
> mathematical skills of  the M217 group thus explaining the lack of
> hydrodynamic research in the Eastern Arctic. We may never know. The
> Inuit were practical people and may have just seen no need to research
> hydrodynamics when they had the Crotch Dirigible and a thriving cocaine
> importing trade.
>

> I suppose we will never know for certain although we may speculate with
> certainty.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
>  Dr. Peregrine Inverbon, Ph.d., DD, LL.d, Ph.g
>
>
>
> Translated from the original by John Winters
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