I looked for a place to post this couldn't really find anything with a good fit so I am starting a new thread.
I was reading through my "Skene's Elements of Yacht Design" and came across this quote from John Masefield and/or Norman Skene
Quote"The simplest design is usually the best"is a good rule by which to judge a design. It is easy to make things complicated and expensive, but it requires a great deal of thought, combined with experience. to keep a design simple, practical, and inexpensive. The eraser should be the most useful tool used by a designer, and he should never be afraid to use it! "Beating through into the perfect line" *
As I work on what has turned out to be a complete refit of my Ariel "Mariah" I am trying to use this as a guiding principle, not always the fastest way, but I hope for it to be the most satisfying when it is done.
*This is from a poem by John Masefield
QuoteWhen I saw her masts across the
River rising queenly,
Built out of so much chaos
Brought to law,
I learned the power of knowing
How to draw,
Of beating through the into the
Perfect line:
I vowed to make that power of
Beauty mine.
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Something I read a long time ago has always stuck with. Unfortunately I cannot remember the book or the author, but it was a fiction novel. It went something like this, "Winds, waves and currents will bow to grace, but never bulk".