Yo Al... I think so too, IF carried to an extreme. When the bow portion is not apparently much wider than the stern portion, it is pleasing. Mine is so subtle, I never even knew it was designed like this until I to repaint when I had the boat out of the water a year or two after I bought it. -----Original Message----- From: Captain Al Pilvinis [mailto:yourcaptain@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 12:19 AM To: Rich Gano Cc: trawler-world-list@lists.samurai.com Subject: Boot top Hi Rich............A boot that varies in width tends to make a boat look shorter than a nice bold parallel line........ . Captain Al Pilvinis "M/V Driftwood"--Prairie 47 2630 N.E. 41st Street Lighthouse Point, Fl 33064-8064 Voice 954-941-2556 Fax 954 788-2666 Email yourcaptain@earthlink.net Website http://home.earthlink.net/~yourcaptain