In any case we are looking at appearance/form rather than function since nobody seems to be able to provide meaningful data on performance. According to Frank Lloyd Wright, "form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union." If he is (w)right, pun intended, the consensus response to this thing should predict very poor performance indeed! As in most things there is little that is new in boat design. Thousands of years have been given to the evolution of boat and ship designs of all types and in the process just about everything has been tried. Some fairly reliable generalizations about what makes a boat perform well have been arrived at. Our ideas of beauty, (form), in boats has been developed in concert with the evolution of design for performance, (function). It is not at all unlikely therefore that, if we agree it is ugly, we should expect it to perform poorly. Michael in Tallahassee *************************************************************************** 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 Sun May 08 2005 - 05:45:44 PDT
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