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aukepalmhof
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INUIT KAYAK

Post by aukepalmhof » Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:43 pm

The Inuit Eskimos invented the KAYAK around 2000-3000 years ago and still use them for hunting and transportation.
The KAYAK is a narrow skin covered craft the frame was made of whalebone and driftwood. Seams were made watertight with whale fat or seal blood.
The word kayak means hunter’s boat.
She is propelled by a single or double bladed paddle.
The paddler sitting on the bottom with legs outstretched he wore a sealskin apron (annuraaq) to keep water from getting in the craft. When the KAYAK capsized he had to known how to roll back up.
They could weather heavy seas. The man and his light and speedy KAYAK were as one.
Length range from 2.2 – 10.4m but most fall within the 4.6 – 8 m. range; widths 0.3 – 0.7m. depth 0.15m.

Canada 1989 38c sg1317, scott1231.
Greenland 1971 50 ore sg 77, scott? 1997 4.75Kr. sg 320, scott373.

Source: Watercraft Philately. Canada Post Corp. Commemorative Stamp Bulletin. Aak to Zumbra, a dictionary of the World’s Watercraft.
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Arturo
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Re: INUIT KAYAK

Post by Arturo » Tue Dec 23, 2014 9:21 pm

Kayak or Inuit Kayak

This Canada stamp issued in 1955 depicts a kayak from the Baffin Bay region. It lies between Baffin Island and Greenland. The kayak is a skin canoe with a single manhole, used extensively by the Eskimos of the Arctic regions of North America and Greenland. It is admirably suited to the needs of the natives of the Far North, while the skins of numerous seals, sea lions and walrus provide ample material for its construction.

The canoe is made by covering a light, wooden frame with skins sewn together with sinews and stretched while ‘green’. When dry the covering becomes taut, and is kept watertight by being well oiled. The hull is decked over, the only opening being the circular opening, or hatch, in the center. To prevent its being filled with water if capsized, or high waves are encountered, the occupant’s outer garment is often snugly secured to the edge of the manhole.

In general the bow is long and very sharp, curving upwards from below; the stern sharp with vertical or flat. Double-bladed paddles are the usual means of propulsion. Average lenghts 15 to 18 feet. Width 19 to 30 inches, depth 7 to 18 inches.

Canada 1955, S.G.?, Scott: 351.

Source: Miscellaneous Watercrafts by Stirling Cameron (WP)
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Re: INUIT KAYAK

Post by Arturo » Thu Dec 25, 2014 10:25 pm

Kayak or Inuit Kayak

Kayaks were originally developed by the Inuit Eskimos. They used their kayaks to hunt on inland lakes, rivers and coastal waters of the Arctic area.

The word "kayak" means "man's boat" or "hunter's boat" in their language.

Kayak was and stil is one of the most important elements in their lives to survive such a hard to live area, so it became a personal craft.

Each kayak built by the man who used it with assistance from his wife, who sewed the skin.

Since it is a personal craft, all the Eskimos relied on their kayaks for hunting a variety of prey primarily seals, though whales and caribou.

Since it is a “man’s boa tor hunter’s boat” on the stamp you see an Eskimo while hunting to survive.

Greenland 1982, S.G.?, Scott: 149.
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