No, this post typifies the mythology even better, I think. Mike Monies and Andrew Linn used a polytarp sail for Mike's Scamp in their last Everglades...
I have no question people who know what they're doing are right when they point out that polytarp sails don't perform as well or last as long (my own...
I find using oversize tongue depressors works well, after applying a bead of epoxy with the ziplock bag/corner snipped off. The trick is to make one...
Kind of cool that Gary Larson commissioned a boat from you; his work was really a turning point in comics (lots of imitators now, but I don't recall...