"Trust your eyes," a boat designer once told me as I was building a wood-strip canoe to his plans. Your eyes, he said, will tell you what looks right and what doesn't, and you should trust your instincts. At first, I found that suggestion maddening because I didn't have the confidence that comes with experience. But as I continued to work on the canoe I found that it was perhaps the best piece of advice I had ever been given. It recently came to mind again when I decided to build another boat, this time a new dinghy for my 34'sailboat.
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