Since I have yet to find a definition of kayak that really works, you are welcome to try to come up with a definition which excludes the Evolution. But, that is just semantics and really not all that important. Attempts to protect the purity of traditions lead to foolish distinctions and petty discrimination. It paddles like a kayak, the guy that made it wants to call it a kayak, so why not. You are under no compulsion to like his idea, but to dismiss it as not a kayak won't prove much. On May 7, 2005, at 2:32 PM, Melissa Reese wrote: >>> I'm all for innovation in kayak designs. Regardless of your >>> aesthetic preferences, the kayak does appear to be innovative. This >>> says nothing about whether the idea is worth a damn, but it is good >>> to see someone taking a sharp turn in a unusual direction. [snip] >>> >> Even the Edsel was innovative. >> > > I can appreciate the sentiments both of you expressed, but at the same > time, I wonder just how far innovation in "kayak" design has to go > before the boat becomes another creature altogether? > > Perhaps it's my ever growing appreciation for the more traditional > kayak designs that influences my feelings about this, but I'm > wondering if I can even bring myself to call this "Evolution kayak" > design a "qajariaq" ("like a qajaq"). *************************************************************************** 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 Sat May 07 2005 - 14:22:59 PDT
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