Flat Bottomed Kayaks of the Eastern Arctic

I am about to launch off on construction of a flat bottomed kayak of the Eastern Arctic type.  Since I know nothing about these kayaks, I dont know what to expect.  Supposedly they are reasonably fast in spite of their flat bottoms.  The big plus of these kayaks would be their stability.  Well see.

src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeizz1nnHvalZ8agdmaYPSfFdjJgMKPCfYBz5sKJQsQL6sHjIBX2XoE_SVJ_DK_cuygJP9rEeQ6NcE71oJSWJz0-Ry-1Eb8QM9bd8LsSET9Vu2XV2jyIbGpEGu3g2rbkuTB4_iL3VsCpQ/s320/eastern_arctic_kayaks.jpg" width="320">Eugene Arima has an article on this boat type HERE from which the illustration above was excerpted. The U of Alaska Press also has a book out on the kayaks of the Eastern Arctic. 
I also just paid ten bucks to get a manual from David Zimmerly on this type of kayak.
Zimmerly also has a reprint of his article in Sea Kayaker Magazine available.
And Harvey Golden has created a replica of the type of boat.
More to come.

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