tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post1697033146632002828..comments2024-03-13T08:16:23.560-07:00Comments on Indigenous Boats: Baffinland Inuit Kayaks, Settlement: Peabody Museum #1Bob Holtzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878339327766256094noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-68424004185324667332013-12-10T09:03:08.234-08:002013-12-10T09:03:08.234-08:00Interesting observation on length helping stabilit...Interesting observation on length helping stability which seems to be true of logboats.<br /><br />I can confirm that skin boats are attractive dogs as if our garage door is open and he is running free a large spaniel will pay my cowskin covered coracle a visit. Fortunately he has not yet had his teeth in the boat yet and our own dog appears indifferent to it.Edwinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-73615354846336490192013-12-06T12:17:34.032-08:002013-12-06T12:17:34.032-08:00Apart from the excellent impression of an Inuit se...Apart from the excellent impression of an Inuit settlement it does point up a problem for archaeologists and anthropologists. If we found such an abandoned site there would be virtually nothing to see with most items removed or edible. <br /><br />TC Lethbridge makes this point in his Herdsmen and Hermits comparing prehistoric Scottish hut sites with recent Eskimo ones, settlements of people at much the same level of technology.Edwinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-25096170162655320412013-12-03T08:55:02.454-08:002013-12-03T08:55:02.454-08:00I have experience in a fiberglass West Greenland-d...I have experience in a fiberglass West Greenland-design kayak (VCP's old Anas Acuta), which, I guess, you'd include as "Eastern Arctic." I'd say it is not a stable design, but it is a seaworthy one in the hands of a skilled and attentive kayaker (which doesn't necessarily describe me). I got accustomed to it, but unskilled kayakers found it terrifying -- partly the result of the authentically-scaled cockpit, which was round and small, requiring a conscious effort to wet-exit from, unlike most of today's huge cockpits, which take a concscious effort NOT to fall out of in the event of capsize. This boat was very narrow and it also had a great deal of rocker, which further reduced its stability.<br />It's interesting (and to some, counterintuitive) that long, narrow boats are more stable than short, narrow boats. To the extent that a boat of any length resists capsize to a degree, the longer the boat, the proportionally greater the resistance to capsize. Shorter boats of the same beam only appear to be more stable because of their greater beam-to-length ratio.<br />Bob Holtzmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05878339327766256094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-75546480779420142652013-12-03T08:41:40.479-08:002013-12-03T08:41:40.479-08:00Some further comments on the kayaks in the diorama...Some further comments on the kayaks in the diorama. The details on the kayaks are quite good and seem to be based on actual field notes or photographs. The kayak that is stored by itself seems to be one of the shorter styles and appears to be covered in about seven hides. According to Dr. Eugene Arima, kayaks were covered in the hides of bearded or ringed seals, the bearded being larger of the two. The kayak that appears by itself seems to be covered by a larger number of hides than the other kayaks which appear to be covered by five hides. <br />Dr. Arima's article on this kayak type can be found at http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic43-2-187.pdfWolfgang Brinckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314364206955412017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-2770709023470384342013-12-03T08:25:08.725-08:002013-12-03T08:25:08.725-08:00Thank you for this posting. I am coincidentally j...Thank you for this posting. I am coincidentally just starting on building an Eastern Arctic style kayak. Details at skinboatjournal.blogspot.com. I hope to be able to say more about the merits of this boat after I actually complete it and get it out on the water. But they are reportedly fast, stable and seaworthy. Usually, fast and stable are in opposition to each other, but we will see. <br />Flat, stable kayaks are available on the recreational market as plastic sit-on-tops and their stability makes them popular with sports anglers. However, they are not fast so I am curious to see whether the Eastern Arctic kayak type is able to combine reasonable speed with stability.Wolfgang Brinckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314364206955412017noreply@blogger.com