Tuilik
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A Tuilik is a traditional Greenland paddling jacket, used when paddling a kayak
. It is a jacket and a spray shirt integrated into one piece of clothing, which is sealed at the face, at the wrists and around the cockpit coaming
. In this way the paddler can do an eskimo roll without getting wet, and without getting any water into his kayak. Traditionally, a tuilik was made from seal-skin, although, outside Greenland, the modern tuilik is made from neoprene or from waterproof, breathable fabric.
Kayak
A kayak is a small, relatively narrow, human-powered boat primarily designed to be manually propelled by means of a double blade paddle.The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each seating one paddler...
. It is a jacket and a spray shirt integrated into one piece of clothing, which is sealed at the face, at the wrists and around the cockpit coaming
Coaming
Coaming is any vertical surface on a ship designed to deflect or prevent entry of water. It usually refers to raised section of deck plating around an opening, such as a hatch...
. In this way the paddler can do an eskimo roll without getting wet, and without getting any water into his kayak. Traditionally, a tuilik was made from seal-skin, although, outside Greenland, the modern tuilik is made from neoprene or from waterproof, breathable fabric.
External links
- http://www.seacanoe.org/tuilik.htm Description of the Tuilik.
- http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/ixbin/goto?id=ENC9092&tour=lin A Tuilik from the British Museum.