Re: [Paddlewise] boat design

From: John Winters <jdwinters_at_eastlink.ca>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 07:34:38 -0300
Peter wrote;

>And building on earlier design ideas was exactly what happened with the
>Nadgee, which as Matt noted, has different handling from the Mariner Max,
>and is a different boat, developed by its maker, and in no way a simple
copy
>of the Max.

Can you tell us how much a design must be changed before it becomes a new
design. Or, looking at it from the othe direction, how little you need to
change a design and not have it called a copy.

Cheers

John Winters
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