Quite a romantic view. Impractical as can be but purist and romantic. I add plastic resin to your list, and dacron fabric. Also aluminium spars, the only repair you can do without high welding skills on an aluminium rig is slipshod at best dangerous at worst. LCD displays on your gauges also. Why have an engine at all, Larry Pardee uses a sculling oar, any thing else is only a rationalisation of your own position. One could also use the sculling oar as a rudder, replacing the tiller and those nasty pintles and goudgeons. Get rid of those optical assists (binoculars) also, rely only on your own good senses. Your current view as espoused in this article would have you purchasing a wooden plank boat in the years around 1970, as resin and plywood were unproven commodities at that time, in keeping with your logic.If you are going to use such logic you should carry it to its ultimate conclusion. If you are going to accuse the rest of us as foolish in your document you should quit being hypocritical and follow the timeline back to the technology of the 30's.
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Title--The Three Basic Truths