tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post3472570606232528410..comments2024-03-13T08:16:23.560-07:00Comments on Indigenous Boats: Cork BoatBob Holtzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878339327766256094noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-29463110496970051502011-06-12T18:20:01.649-07:002011-06-12T18:20:01.649-07:00Edwin,
The thin cedar slats sandwiched between the...Edwin,<br />The thin cedar slats sandwiched between the bark and the ribs -- known as sheathing -- has always been standard proceedure for almost all N. American Indian bark canoes, as far as is known. That's what the earliest European descriptions showed (and there are no pre-European archaelogical examples from which to gather information). See here for photos of a build: https://picasaweb.google.com/RSHoltzman/CayardBarkCanoe?feat=directlink<br />Birchbark is a great flexible waterproof material, but not stiff enough to hold a boat shape on its own. The sheathing adds much strength and creates a much fairer shape than would occur if the ribs bore directly on the bark "skin."<br />Not all cultures used sheathing in bark canoes however. e.g., Australian aborigines' canoes used a stiffer bark, and so had little internal stiffening or other structure, other than a couple of thwarts.Bob Holtzmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05878339327766256094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-1815255796239858472011-06-12T08:02:50.402-07:002011-06-12T08:02:50.402-07:00Just spent some hours in the Falmouth National mar...Just spent some hours in the Falmouth National maritme Museum, Cornwall.<br /><br />They have THAT bark canoe on display. Interestingly it is boarded completely on the interior with thin slats with cross-members nailed on. So, apart from the nails, was boarding a native tradition or did a commissioning European feel more secure with interior "planks"?<br /><br />It has been noted that progress to full interior planking is something that currachs did.Edwin Deadyhttp://dark-age-boats.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-38920530806016592702011-06-02T06:22:21.842-07:002011-06-02T06:22:21.842-07:00Wow!! what a wonderful stories of Cork Boat by Joh...Wow!! what a wonderful stories of Cork Boat by John Pollock. I would like to buy this book.Keep posting such type of stories.Thank you so much for the post.Yacht Dubaihttp://www.charteryachtdubai.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-76888214849008788522011-05-28T10:12:42.807-07:002011-05-28T10:12:42.807-07:00The idea was a corker! (sorry)The idea was a corker! (sorry)Edwin Deadyhttp://dark-age-boats.co.uknoreply@blogger.com