One man's opinion of beauty can vary widely from anothers.
Olin Stephens drew nice lines early on. Dorade, Bolero, etc. Later he made a
statement something like, "A pretty boat is a fast boat ." I take that to mean
that his customer's values had shifted so that "fast" was more important than
style. Hence, we now have boats with plumb bows with retractable sprits.
Destroyer bows common to C&Cs have a wonderful and practical reserve buoyancy,
that requires flared topsides, which help make the boat drier, but have shorter
waterlines; resulting in less speed for overall length.
Dennis Conner is a well respected sailor, but also wrote something like the
following in "Comeback", one of his books; "I don't have any affection for a
boat. I don't romanticize it or pat it fondly. I take it sailing and drive it
hard and possibly break something. The best boat is simply a fast machine,
that's all."
I don't think MacGregors are ugly. They serve a different purpose than C&C. And
there are uglier boats out there. But I do wonder how many seasons they are
kept operating, because the few I see around here are active for a season, and
then put up for sale and sit for years on their trailers.
Chuck
Resolute
1990 C&C 34R
Atlantic City, NJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ & Melody" <russ...@telus.net>
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2013 8:50:05 PM
Subject: Re: Stus-List Two more boat reviews on the horizon
Hi Dwight,
This quote is from a 1983 article . I thought the original came from Herreshoff
but I couldn't find it.
1. As Bruce Kirby, designer of Canada 1 says, " there is no excuse for an
ugly boat ".
It nicely sums my opinion of the Mac 26 and in hindsight I should have
suggested the GOB review belonged in a different magazine, such as Trailer
Sailor. And not contained in something as respectful as Good Old Boat.
Sadly, there are so many boats out there that I call "boat show boats" because
they seem to be built to a poll on what buyers want in a boat... all the
features, not large and low cost. To satisfy, this necessitates high freeboard,
ugly sheers, no practical stowage and cheap builds. They look okay to a niaeve
buyer at the boat show.
<insert sound of writer stepping off soapbox>
Cheers, Russ
Sweet 35 mk-1, with a pretty sheerline
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