Free boat plans for building a strip-built baidarka style sea kayak. 19' long by 17 1/8" wide. a table of offsets for the aleut baidarka (mae 593-76) collected on akun island in the aleutian islands in 1845 by the russian explorer i. g. vaznesenskii. based on offsets published by david zimmerly in qajak: kayaks of siberia and alaska.these offsets have been developed with a minimum change from. Wood & canvas kayak building [george putz] on amazon.com. *free* shipping on qualifying offers. the design of the kayak comes from the eskimos of southwestern greenland, with dimension-sawn wood substituted for a frame of carved driftwood and bones.