: Hi, is there anyone who can help me with finding som good drawings to work
: with. Im looking for a Greenland design. I have never buildt a kayak
: beefore, but I have done several other things.
SOF's are not built to plans or "blueprints". per se. They are built using a basic construction method and dimensions taken from the paddler's body. There are three popular books on the subject - from Morris, Starr and Cunningham - that take you through the entire process. You can see them at the link below. Any of these will do the job, but I recommend reading more than one in order to gain additional perspective on the process. Petersen's books are also excellent, but they lack some detail in the process, so are better suited to people who've built an SOF or as secondary sources of information. Boucher's videotape is also instructive, as it allows you to see the process from end to end. I found his methods rather crude and don't use many of them, but I still thinks it's a useful reference.
The Greenland Forum on the Qajaq USA site is a terrific source of SOF and Greenland paddle building information.
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Bjørn Idar Næss -- 8/18/2003, 2:00 pm- Re: Skin-on-Frame: looking for good "blueprints" *LINK*
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Paul Probus -- 8/19/2003, 1:03 pm
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