Bruce, admitting that he's *trying* (and I think we all agree with him), said:
> I absolutely agree with you, old chap! > > Seems to me that boats evolve to suit the waters they are used in, and > there's little point, and often some danger, in using one away from the > conditions for which it's been designed over the centuries. I'm > passionately fond of the narrowboat shape on UK canals, but why on > earth insist on using it in situations where you could have something > so much roomier and better suited to the demands of the navigation? Well done old chap, there are moments when you are positively lucid and, yet again, a few others when you also talk some sense....and this is one of them. ;-)) Roger
