> I am doing research on building a skin on frame kayak. I have read
> Wolfgang Brinck's book on the aleutian kayak. Great book, but I am looking
> to built a smaller kayak for rivers and small lake paddling. I have read
> the article on the alaskan recovery kayak in Sea Kayaker magazine. Does
> anyone have any additional building tips or performance information on
> this design? Also if there are other short designs out ther I am
> interested in finding out more information so I can make a good choice for
> my first building project! thank you for your time! Kurt

Look up Adneys book "Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America" Chapelle has a nice chapter on kayaks and umiaks in that book. There are all types of skin kayaks. You can even get plans from the Smithsonian on all of the boats in the book. Bob