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. This is in fact true for many other things. People have built houses and such for millenia without the least understanding of structural principles and the relationships between stress, strain and failure. Ptolemy's Earth-centered universe was pathetically flawed, yet correctly predicted planetary positions for over 1500 years. Skin on frame kayaks are built using only anthropometric measures, without the least resort to fluid mechanics. Nonetheless, these craft are often quite seaworthy and their modern builders consider them the best thing on water! Experience is a good teacher, survival a better one! > > Speaking of Derek's boat designs, has anyone paddled the new Current > Designs Andromeda or the poly version, Sirocco? Actually, the Sirocco is a poly version of the Gulfstream and I'd also like to know how it performs compared to a composite Gulfstream. It looks like it could be a decent, lower-priced alternative. Mike *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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/ ***************************************************************************
Michael Daly wrote: Ptolemy's > Earth-centered universe was pathetically flawed, yet correctly > predicted planetary positions for over 1500 years. > Pathetically? It was seemingly refuted by Galileo, but is certainly more relevant with theories of relativity and relevance of the position of the observer. In fact, I would venture to argue that New Jersey is the center of the universe- from my perspective, today anyway... -- ¤ Gabriel L Romeu ¤ http://studiofurniture.com + /diary or + /paint *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
At 11:52 PM 1/16/2002 -0500, Gabriel L Romeu wrote: > >In fact, I would venture to argue that New Jersey is the center of the >universe- from my perspective, today anyway... Now that's a scary thought, at least to a New Yorker. :-) *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
At 11:52 PM 1/16/02 -0500, Gabriel L Romeu wrote: >Michael Daly wrote: > Ptolemy's > > Earth-centered universe was pathetically flawed, yet correctly > > predicted planetary positions for over 1500 years. > > >Pathetically? It was seemingly refuted by Galileo, but is certainly >more relevant with theories of relativity and relevance of the position >of the observer. > >In fact, I would venture to argue that New Jersey is the center of the >universe- from my perspective, today anyway... Coincidently, I was just reading in a usenet newsgroup where someone claimed that god likes big hair because it's makes people closer to heaven. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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