Harry Krause wrote:



It would be an interesting exercise. Instead of an advertorial, we might
end up with an article that discusses a boat in terms good, bad, and ugly.

You'd have to call that an editorial, not an "advertorial".

Given a factual account and some photos, it is up to the reader to
decided if particular aspects of the boat are "good or bad" and whether
or not the boat is "ugly".

I happen to like the looks well enough, but that's because I'm west
coast centric. You guys from the eastern seaboard typically salivate
all over "picnic" and "lobster" boats- a style that is attractive
enough in its own right, but has yet to catch on in any signficant way
in the Pacific NW. Maybe boats are sort of like women. If you lived in
a society where a woman was expected to be able to buck hay all day,
handle a team of mules and a plow, split firewood, *and* raise a dozen
kids a broad shouldered 225 pound woman with heavy arms and big hips
would probably seem more attractive than such a person would probably
seem to most men in our wussified, post-modern era.

One of the ultimate eastern boats, Hinckley, is commonly referred to as
a "picnic" boat. Up in the NW, we build boats to go crabbing in
December- not just for a picnic cruise in August. :-)

Point being, good-looking and ugly are in the eyes of the beholder.
Most people think I'm pretty ugly. Most people are right. However, that
still doesn't make me ugly in *everybody's*
opinion, (just almost everybody). Stating that a boat is beautiful, or
not, brings up an issue of personal taste, and taste will be subjective.