Dryer - man you came to the right place. I have a medium sized library of polar peoples including one classic on skin covered kayaks, the whole skinny.

First off you know that the boat MUST be built for YOU. I'll dig up the book and the info. but just as exampple - perhaps the keel, should be twice your height pluse one upper arm including the outstretched fingers. Every dimension is taken from the body of the owner, the kayak is magical and must be properly made to please the seal god so the hunter will be successful.

There are a great many types of skin kayak - what type were you thinking of? Will you copy a traditional design?

Unfortuately the skin kayak is sort of a living thing and almost all of them in museums have been destroyed by drying out.

More later
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