books.google.com - Paper discussing the hydrodynamics of the Aleut baidarka (skin kayak) touching on design, speed, divided bow, wide-tailed stern, hull speed and structural dynamics....http://books.google.com/books/about/Form_and_Function_of_the_Baidarka.html?id=oGFHP-79tnQC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareForm and Function of the Baidarka