[Paddlewise] Derek

John wrote:





>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.  I know that a lot of people find Derek strongly 



>opinionated but in the class that I took with him, and the time my wife and 



>I spend with him just chatting I found him to be quite charming.








You do not need to know anything about fluid dynamics to design a good boat.
You should, however, know something about it to write as an authority about
it. 





Yes, Derek is a charming person but that does not mean that everything he says
or writes is gospel. 





Cheers,





John Winters





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