Re: [Paddlewise] Re:Planing etc.

From: John Fereira <jaf30_at_cornell.edu>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 13:19:08 -0500
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.


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