: Watching at the origanal Lowe's museum baidarka and wondering
: what's the differences between that sort of "T" stern
: and the nikumi's one (sort of isosceles triangle).
: The Lowe's stern top view looks like this )--
: where the nikumi's one looks more like |>

: Lowe: http://tinyurl.com/6zw4ay9
: nikumi: http://tinyurl.com/6xa3poc

: Why?

I don't think anybody really knows why the original baidarka's have their stern shape. Let's just say it is traditional. Plenty of people probably have their guesses.

Best place to check for references to that shape would probably be George Dyson's book, "Baidarka" The author has a store in Bellingham, Washington: Dyson,Baidarka and Co. You can google the address and phone number. I don't think he does anything with a website or e-mail, though. He is a good supplier of materials for making SOF boats.

As for the Nikumi, just get the answer for that straight from the designer, Tom Yost. Check for his contact information at his website yostwerks.com.

Let us know what they say.

Hope this helps.

PGJ