On 21-Aug-2003, Walt wrote:

A 5%
performance hit? I couldn't care less.

There's a good reason for that.

While this is serious if you're a racer, the average person can't
reliably detect changes in performance on this scale.

Shaving off the fuzzies isn't that big a deal if you do want to fix it up.

Watt, as usual, is exaggerating to reinforce his anti-kayak position.
Ignore him, he's basically a troll.

Mike