Mike wrote: - >If kayaks were modular, where one could >pick a hull from, say, Mariner, a deck >from VCP, fittings from Seaward etc, then >that would be different, G'Day Elias, Mike and Paddlewise, Interesting analysis, though I hope and suspect that like computer generated music, computer designed kayaks will only ever be a small niche market. Are cars designed this way? Re modular kayaks, seems we could again learn from the past. I have never seen craft so beautiful as the sailing boats built by the Indonesians and the Torres Strait Islanders a few centuries ago. Apparently there was quite a trade in dugout hulls which were exported from the Indonesian mainland, where hardwood was readily available. They were sold all over the Torres Strait Islands where they were outfitted with decks, mast, sails and rigging wonderfully constructed from palm leaf, bamboo and lines woven from hemp. All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Aug 16 2004 - 17:24:45 PDT
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