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steveb wrote in message . ..
(William R. Watt) freed themself from bondage,
long enough to scribble:

(dories don't sail very
well because of the extreme curvature along the chines.)

Is this true of the larger dories ... 34 to 37 ft Benford designs, for
example?

steveb

In my opinion, it was and is a wrong headed assumption. Dories with
extreme curvature at the chines may not sail well, but there are
plenty of Dories that do not have this characteristic.