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Get the book by George Putz.
It contains redrawn plans for a Greenland kayak taken from work done by a guy named Skeene in the early 1920's. Putz had the plans redrawn for his 17 foot long "Walrus". A large version is there, too.
In the back of the book are reproductions of Skeene's origial article, and the measurements are barely legible. Very slight differences between his numbers and Putz's, but you might consider this to be a 3rd set of plans -- or at least the original set of plans.
All of the above are based on using building forms that are as high as a table. If you are working on a table already they will be quite high!
I recalulated the height of the forms to make lower ones and posted them earlier.
There are two sheets with specifications for the two boats described in the book. The URL for the 17 foot Walrus is:
http://www.geocities.com/eureka/business/7882/walrus17.htm
The URL for the 18 1/2 foot walrus is:
http://www.geocities.com/eureka/business/7882/walrus18.htm
or you can read my entire posting at
http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/cgi-bin/KBbbsArchive.cgi?read=18318
(if you retype this URL, it is case sensitive)
Good luck with building your next boat.
Paul G. Jacobson
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