On Monday, June 30, 2014 8:26:57 AM UTC-4, True North wrote:
That short stubby canoe reminded me of the ones you'd see in the Saturday cartoons many years ago.

I kinda got a kick out of it.

S'matter guys? Would it be different if I had a rusted old tin box sitting in my driveway, 364 days a year, or a lobsta' boat in my head, 365? What do you think of the Whaler design.. No, I am not looking for engineering advice from either of you two lubbers, but isn't it pretty?

I know Capt. Tom would hate it.. He hates anything but traditional sheer and waterlines on anything... I remember when I painted the smile on the traditional Gardner Skiff, he almost convulsed