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by Wolfgang Brinck

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Wolfgang Brinck

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978-0070078932

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English

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McGraw-Hill (April 1, 1995)

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You don't need woodworking experience or an elaborate tool collection

You don't need woodworking experience or an elaborate tool collection. If you can learn to use a handsaw, a block plane, and a drill, you can build a baidarka. And you don't need exotic materials. Author Wolfgang Brinck has used scrap lumber from home remodeling projects for the deck beams of his last few boats.

The Aleutian Kayak book. This book offers the complete plans and detailed building instructions for an authentic Aleutian Kayak - the ancient voyaging and hunting craft of the nomadic Unangan of Alaska. This book offers the complete plans and detailed building instructions. Plans based on originals in museums in Oregon and California are included. Kayaks can be built to fit owner's exact dimensions using simple hand tools and readily-obtainable materials.

Wolfgang Brinck uses observations from his weekly, year-round paddling sojourns on Lake Michigan and points north to refine his kayak design and building techniques. His formal training in art and engineering led him to his love of both the beauty and the functionality of traditional baidarkas. He lives in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Aleutian Kayak: Origins, Construction and . This text provides a guide to building Aleutian-style kayaks in the traditional manner, using bent wood frames and canvas covering

This text provides a guide to building Aleutian-style kayaks in the traditional manner, using bent wood frames and canvas covering. Instructions for building paddles and customizing and repairing skin-on-frame kayaks are included.

Items related to The Aleutian Kayak: Origins, Construction, and Us. .Brinck, Wolfgang The Aleutian Kayak: Origins, Construction, and Use of the Traditional Seagoing Baidarka. ISBN 13: 9780070078932. This is a book for those whose love of things natural has made them long for a change from the perfect glossy sameness of the mass-produced boat. -Atlantic Coastal Kayaker. When I build my (baidarka), Wolfgang Brinck's book will be on the workbench.

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Baidarka by George Dyson Alaska Northwest Books, Seattle, WA, 98107 (A richly illustrated book covering the history of Aleut kayak development, George Dyson's adventures and philosophy and his method of building kayaks using aluminum tubing and nylon. Building the Greenland Kayak - A manual for its construction and use. by Christopher Cunningham Ragged Mountain Press, Camden, ME (ISBN: 0071392378) (A clearly written instruction for building a skin-on-frame kayak based on the style of the Greenland Inuits.

The Aleutian Kayak: Origins, Construction, and Use of the Traditional Seagoing Baidarka. Water Transport: Origins and Early Evolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Cote/Call number: GN440 H6 1946. Camden (Maine): Ragged Mountain Press. The First Use of the Sail by the Indians of the Northwest Coast". IN The American Neptune: A Quarterly Journal of Maritime History.

The baidarka or Aleutian kayak was the watercraft created by the native Aleut (or Unangan) people of the Aleutian Islands. The Aleut people were surrounded by treacherous waters and required water transportation and a hunting vessel. Due to the geography and climate of the Aleutian Islands, trees and wood were in scarce supply and the people relied primarily on driftwood to create the framework of the kayak, which was covered with the skins of sea mammals.

Wolfgang Brinck - The Aleutian Kayak Pretty obviously the primary reference for this project

Wolfgang Brinck - The Aleutian Kayak Pretty obviously the primary reference for this project. Robert Morris - Building Skin-On-Frame Boats Fantastic book, well written, and has a wealth of details buried within.

For true traditionalists, here are the first complete plans and detailed building instructions for authentic Aleutian Kyak--the ancient voyaging and hunting craft of the nomadic Unangan of Alaska. Based on originals in museums in Oregon and California, these lightweight (35 Pounds, 17 feet long) skin-on-frame sea kayaks can be built to fit the owner's exact dimensions, using simple hand tools and readily obtainable materials, for less than $200, including paddles, spray skirt, and traditional paddling jacket. Known as Baidarkas among the Russian settlers of Alaska, these unique native American craft evolved over centuries to carry heavy loads swiftly over long distances in wind and wave--ideal for modern sea kayakers looking for an alternative to plastic replicas of short-range Greenland-style boats.

VAZGINO

It is a must.
This book is very well-written, all the instructions and tips on building the baidarka are very clear.
It lacks the history part, this is a DIY book. If you are going to search for news about aleutian people and the way they used their boats, this is not your book.
Otherwise, if you look for a clear, well-written instruction manual on building a baidarka, buy it immediately.
The atmosphere into those pages is absolutely nice. This book should show from the bookshelf if your interest is SOF kayaks.

Gir

Great information!

Coidor

I've just completed a canvas covered Greenland kayak using G. Putz book, and I picked this one up along the way. Of four paperback books by the same publisher, this one is the least useful. There's a lot to be said about attempting to replicate native boat-building - and the author deserves praise for his research and efforts. However, I have trouble understanding why you would make a canvas covered boat on a frame that can't possibly be as good as an Aleutian's work when you exert just as much effort in a similar boat with a western frame. It seems to me also that this particular boat is a first-time effort by the author and there are things about it that make it seem unstable and uneven. The hull dimensions, for example, are not exact which can make a tippy boat or one that drags to one side. For a canvas covered boat I would strongly recommend G. Putz's book or for a strip boat, Mr. Shade's. Both individuals have built many many boats and their narratives are much more detailed.

Vivaral

This book helped me build a spectacular kayak. Beware, it can change your life. I am now a boatbuilder. Brinck's traditional methods are inspirational. The text left me with a few questions, but most of them were solved with re-reading, walking around the project a few times, or finding the Baidarka listserv on the net. Again, beware! If you buy this book you may spend the next six months in your garage.

you secret

This is an excellent book on how to build your own light weight kayak or "baidarka". If your'e looking to do it yourself, and looking to do it very inexpensively, you just cannot beat the way the original Aleuts did it. They had thousands of years to do it right. Those who did not drowned. Mr. Brinck walks you through the process with clarity, lots of pictures, and large doses of common sense. There is no need for brain cell killing epoxy or for that matter, hardly any synthetic material. I am in the process of building one now and I am very much enjoying the hand fitting and "hand" measuring. Best of luck.

Yanki

Within this book you will find the procedures for building a kayak in the traditional manner...but with a modern twist! I doubt you will use seal-hide for the exterior, but the ancient method of constructing the hull is well portrayed within these pages. As an amateur boat-builder, particularly of kayaks and sailboats, I found this book to be a unique gem among many similar titles.
I have always admired the ingenious craftsmanship of the Inuit people, and other dwellers of the Arctic and Tundra regions. Surviving in the most savage climate on Earth, they developed a unique and complex culture. Those people who live in such challenging environments invariably possess the sharpest wit for improvisation with limited resources.
A book of fourteen chapters, you will find within a narrative of the history of Inuit boat-building, detailed instruction of construction: tools and materials to make a modern re-creation, and all pertainent accessories: paddles, spray-skirt, paddling-jacket, and even some modern innovations: a rudder and sail. In general, the hull is built from a wood frame fastened together by string lashings, covered by a canvas skin. The end result: a traditional kayak, from mostly modern materials, (unless you really want to use seal-skin to cover the frame).

Uafrmaine

I just finished building a traditional west greenland sea kayak. I can't wait to move on and build a baidarka. This book is an important guide for the traditional construction of an Aleutian Baidarka. This is an awesome book for anyone interested in building an authentic Aleutian Baidarka whether they have experience working with wood or not. I highly recommend it!

W. Brinck hits the mark with this book. With little wood experience anyone can build this boat for less than $200 US. Although I am building a Greenland style kayak, Brinck's book provides invaluable information to get the job done quickly and easily. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in kayak building.

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