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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Baidarka's sterns
By:Eric
Date: 1/26/2011, 1:46 pm
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: Baidarka's sterns (Dan)

I'll give this one a shot.

Traditional Baidarka have many different stern designs. The designs vary from area to area and family to family. There is some debate over the functionality of the split stern, but some think that the split serves to keep the boat from riding over the top of large waves, thereby improving performance in rougher seas. In a traditional Greenland kayak, you can pitch-pole against the face of a steep wave, and this might solve the problem by allowing the kayak to dig into the top of the wave more easily.

Some of the designs above the deck are purely decorative while some serve a utilitarian purpose, essentially a built in handle.

Eric

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Skin-on-Frame: Baidarka's sterns
Dan -- 1/26/2011, 10:49 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Baidarka's sterns
Kudzu -- 1/26/2011, 12:31 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Baidarka's sterns
Eric -- 1/26/2011, 1:46 pm
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Dan -- 1/26/2011, 6:21 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/27/2011, 12:31 am
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ancient kayaker -- 1/27/2011, 1:32 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/27/2011, 3:20 am
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David Bynoe -- 1/27/2011, 10:19 am
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ancient kayaker -- 1/27/2011, 7:33 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/27/2011, 7:56 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 1/27/2011, 11:13 pm
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David Bynoe -- 1/28/2011, 10:11 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/28/2011, 3:20 am
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ancient kayaker -- 1/28/2011, 1:23 pm
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Glen Smith -- 1/27/2011, 12:43 pm
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John Roberts -- 1/27/2011, 7:21 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/26/2011, 4:54 pm
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David Bynoe -- 1/26/2011, 5:42 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Baidarka's sterns
Bill Hamm -- 1/27/2011, 12:42 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Baidarka's sterns
Bill Hamm -- 1/27/2011, 3:18 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Baidarka's sterns
Dan -- 1/27/2011, 10:30 am