Wes Boyd wrote: -snippage- But pull into a parking lot full of kayakers with a Nordkapp on top of your car and most people are going to think that you're a kayaker that's a few cuts above the norm. That'll put those jokers with those plastic boats in their place! ;-) What's more important -- form or substance? -- Wes Well, I might say both. Sure, one wants a boat that will perform well for one's particular and/or varied purposes, but aesthetics are very important as well. I might even go so far as to say that, to *some* degree, an aesthetically beautiful boat will [often] be a good performer. Of course, aesthetic preferences are subjective, but personally, I haven't paddled any (IMO) *ugly* boats that met many of my other requirements (handling, outfitting, etc.). The opposite (with exceptions, of course) is [generally] true of the *beautiful* boats I've paddled. I once read in a chess book that "The best moves will also be the most aesthetically pleasing ones." I've found that to be true in chess, and I seem to be finding it true with boats as well. Melissa __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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