Re: [Paddlewise] Spare the gelcoat -- pros & cons of skin-coat boats

From: Michael Daly <michaeldaly_at_rogers.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 14:31:43 -0400
On 6 Jun 2003 at 8:50, jwd_at_acm.org wrote:

> [...] Now, I'm not talking about
> "strong enough to do the same job, but ultimately not as strong as the
> NDK and VCP designs" (which would imply he thought the Brit-boats
> overbuilt), but rather "just as strong as those other designs" (which
> implies he thinks the Brit-boats to be badly built. 

We can evaluate these statements only when we have an objective 
measure of what the "right" design is.   It's easy to make them 
strong, but how strong do they need to be?  Until then, these are 
opinions that can't be judged as true or false.

Mike

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