tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post5652031396950777020..comments2024-01-23T13:10:25.332-05:00Comments on Nails and Sawdust: Just when you thought . . . .Mike Silviushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-53488251030854156892014-03-14T17:14:03.428-04:002014-03-14T17:14:03.428-04:00No, that particular one was built by Brian Shulz. ...No, that particular one was built by Brian Shulz. It is a replica of a 1931 Disko bay Greenland kayak.<br />http://www.capefalconkayak.com/1931disko.html<br />I built six kayaks myself two stitch and glue plywood and 4 skin on frame kayaks but none were true scaled replicas of museum specimens as this one. Mine were just built using traditional anthropometric methods. I need to dig up some pictures and post them. I have sold all but one of them. Here are a couple more vids of yours truly doing a walrus pull.<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-o54h7ADrk<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsjXwZOuE_A<br />Walrus pull is a maneuver that simulates an entanglement with the harpoon line when hunting walrus. In competition as here 5 guys pull on a line that wraps under the kayak and is tide off on the aft deck, so the pull wants to flip you away form the direction of travel. Got me second place in the competition in Burlington.Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-37577074398511377712014-03-14T16:15:50.006-04:002014-03-14T16:15:50.006-04:00That kayak is awesome. Is it yours?That kayak is awesome. Is it yours?Mike Oscar Hotelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08449689716082153671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-16296698070942437622014-03-13T19:27:12.231-04:002014-03-13T19:27:12.231-04:00It'll disappear quickly when the heat-wave hit...It'll disappear quickly when the heat-wave hits!Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-75615526456664970892014-03-13T18:12:07.005-04:002014-03-13T18:12:07.005-04:00I suppose that explains why we never went to far f...I suppose that explains why we never went to far from shore and just spent hours flipping over practicing one of the 36 different maneuvers that the Greenladers use to right their Kayaks. The Pond Scum they called us. As for the messed up back, like I said the first time It happened I was carrying cinderblocks in my early 20s. But the injury and root case of the problem could have been caused by one of the numerous skateboard, pushbike, motorbike or car accidents.Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4229172837911249933.post-28462382679103203022014-03-13T16:56:54.543-04:002014-03-13T16:56:54.543-04:00That must be an exhausting way to move through the...That must be an exhausting way to move through the water in a canoe, surely paddling is easier? No wonder you have a dicky back!Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.com