> Never heard of such! Is there a purpose to the sturgeon nose--other > than the cool factor? > > Mark Sanders > www.sandmarks.net It was probably built that way because of the building materials used. Too far south for the good big birches, other trees with a thick fragile bark was used, and this probably necessitated sewing from the bottom up, keeping the bark wrapped as much as possible. After canvas was introduced the design continued on, but this was probably just from tradition. Just a guess. 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 Wed Aug 10 2011 - 19:58:09 PDT
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