2006-07-30 03:16:05 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
umiak
An umiak is an open decked boat made with seal skins and wood. It was paddled with single bladed paddles and typically had more than one paddler. It ranged in size from 17 feet to 60 feet. The umiak was typically seaworthy.
Some groups lived nomadically to follow animal migrations. In these groups, the umiak was used primarily for transporting household goods, children, elderly and those unable to paddle a kayak. The women of the village would paddle the umiak since the men were paddling their kayaks. In other groups it was used for hunting walrus and whale. It was paddled by men and sometimes women during these hunts.
It is thought the kayak originally started out as a decked over umiak and evolved into its traditional form.
It is also called a baydar.
Sometimes the umiak was used to hunt together with the kayaks.
2006-07-30 03:22:36 · answer #1 · answered by nashvillecarter 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Two kinds of boats were common. The umiak was a large open boat consisting of a wooden frame covered usually with walrus hide; it was used both to transport people and goods and, especially in northern Alaska, to hunt whales.
The other type of craft distinctive of the Eskimo and their cultural relatives, the ALEUTS, was the kayak. This one-man hunting vessel was entirely decked over with sealskin or caribou skin. The hunter sat in a cockpit inside, dressed in tight-fitting waterproof clothing made from seal or walrus intestine.
The kayak glided silently through the water and enabled the hunter to move very close to his prey.
2006-07-31 06:08:06 · answer #2 · answered by Steve 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An umiak ("women's boat) is a larger open decked boat ranging from 17 feet to 60 feet, made with seal skins and wood. It was paddled with single bladed paddles and typically had more than one paddler. It is thought the kayak originally started out as a decked over umiak and evolved into its traditional form.
2006-07-31 10:36:21 · answer #3 · answered by raymond d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-19 00:47:04 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-30 03:19:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-30 03:19:31 · answer #6 · answered by jurydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
umiac - got it now? lol
2006-07-30 14:23:52 · answer #7 · answered by jyd9999 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋