At 01:06 PM 1/16/02 -0500, Michael Daly wrote: >From: "John Fereira" <jaf30_at_cornell.edu> > > > > I realize that it's fashionable to bash Derek, but for someone that > wrote a > > lot of "inaccurate" information about boat design, he sure has designed a > > lot of really nice kayaks. > >It is possible to design perfectly good kayaks without correctly >understanding the true functioning. I agree with you and Nick on this. While an understanding of the technical details on boat design might be interesting to a few, I would guess that most paddlers are just happy that there are perfectly good kayaks available to paddle. That's all I was saying. Derek has designed a lot of boats that people like to paddle. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jan 16 2002 - 10:22:02 PST
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