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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Volume ... Freeboard ... ???
By:Shawn Baker
Date: 12/9/2002, 12:07 pm

: Even the larger Greenland kayaks have very low foredeck volume and the
: Greenlanders have to really wriggle into them. You paddle with very little
: knee-bend which can be very efficient and comfortable IF you have flexible
: hamstrings. Today, you will find Greenlanders over 6' tall, and the
: original anthropometric measurements still work for them.

: In short, a true Greenlandic kayak is not for everybody and would prove very
: uncomfortable to someone who is not flexible (many Greenlanders routinely
: sit on the ground with their legs splayed out in front of them).

Culturally, I think Greenlanders are more flexible than us "couch potato" Americans.

Look at the photos of men cleaning seals or whales on the beach. Rather than kneel to skin and clean them, they stand over the animal, and bend completely over at the waist. I heard this was warmer and easier on the joints than kneeling on the cold, wet ground...or having the fur of your polar bear pants freeze to the ground!

Do they ever need knees? Or is it just a joint that bends backwards to allow entry into the shallowest of qajaqs? ;)

Shawn

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Volume ... Freeboard ... ???
Rehd -- 12/9/2002, 3:19 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Volume ... Freeboard ... ???
Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/9/2002, 10:53 pm
Thanks!!!
Larry -- 12/10/2002, 1:16 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Volume ... Freeboard ... ???
Rehd -- 12/9/2002, 7:01 pm
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Mark Woodhead -- 12/9/2002, 9:27 pm
A few suggestions
Brian Nystrom -- 12/9/2002, 3:30 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Volume ... Freeboard ... ??? *Pic*
Greg Stamer -- 12/9/2002, 11:20 am
Well put Greg! *NM*
Kent LeBoutillier -- 12/10/2002, 6:16 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Volume ... Freeboard ... ???
Rick Allnutt -- 12/9/2002, 1:17 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Volume ... Freeboard ... ???
Shawn Baker -- 12/9/2002, 12:07 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Volume ... Freeboard ... ??? *Pic*
Mark Woodhead -- 12/9/2002, 10:38 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Volume ... Freeboard ... ???
Randy -- 12/9/2002, 10:03 am
Porch Sitting Talk
Rick Allnutt -- 12/9/2002, 8:19 am
you got me...What does F2 mean? *NM*
Frank Eberdt -- 12/9/2002, 10:21 pm
FlyFisher *NM*
Rick Allnutt -- 12/10/2002, 8:03 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Volume ... Freeboard ... ???
sing -- 12/9/2002, 5:21 am