: Aside from your lack of self-esteem, you lack standards. That is
: "you" in general not Nick in particular.

The mere fact we critique our work and find little flaws tells me that we do have standards. We just know that we have not reached that point yet because of human error, flawed materials, or for whatever reason.

: When I was a toolmaker: Perfection was making parts that matched the
: drawings.

I'll go along with that!!

: When I work on my daughter's house: Perfection of appearance items is no
: visible defects at normal (FOR WHO) viewing distance.

Sorry, no cigar. Appearance items?????? In my book, it's either perfect or it isn't. Perfect at a distance means absolutely nothing. What you discribed is acceptability. Anyone can say that. Perfect means without flaw. Not " if you get back far enough, you can't see it."

: Perfection of functional items is that they function.

Sorry, not Cigar. Many things FUNCTION and are not perfect, but, get the job done. That is NOT perfection, that is adequacy(?).

: When I work on boats: (Best left unspoken.)

I'll go along with that too.

: You do the work again and again until you meet your standards and then you
: move on to the next job.

That is the American way, to strive for perfection. You know what is best, and you improve on it until you reach that goal and then you raise the bar. That has been the way throughout history. Did your boats have all that they have now, when you started building? Have you not improved on any part of your boats since you got started? Everything that one thinks is Perfect today is surely improved upon tomorrow. Otherwise we'd still be rolling around on stone wheels.

Perfect George??????? I think Not. For surely what you think is perfect today, you will get a brainstorm tomorrow and change it for the better. Duuhhhh!! That's what we're all doing, and what you did when you first started as well.

For instance; tell me how you get your wood faired to the "exact" same thickness over the complete boat. And how do you get your epoxy the "exact" same thickness all over the boat? And do it "exactly" the same on every single boat you build. If you can't do that, then you have different stresses on different parts of the boat and that wouldn't be perfect, would it? Perfect is a pretty strong word. You may do excellent work, and I can't attest to that, one way or the other, as I've never seen any of your boats, but, I doubt seriously that they are PERFECT.

But, now that I think of it, Nick's cover boat looks " Perfect from where I'm viewing it," so, I guess by your standards, it's Perfect. ????

And, if I were Perfect, I wouldn't have bothered with this post, but, would rather have sat back and had a good Chuckle under my breath as I'm sure everyone else on the KBB is. :( Ratz!!! I blew it again!! I know, I'll discuise my name and no-one will know it was me. :)

Rhed.