Great Red Shark
Super Anarchist
From article:
The catamaran is built of plywood coated in multiple layers of 9-oz. fiberglass that Lane says has a sheer strength of 17,500 pounds per square inch. ( Bullshit ! )
But everything costs money. For example, Lane needs 100 bolts to put on the chain plates, and each costs $4.
The designer is dismayed that he hasn’t had more support from professional boat-builders, who hesitate to loan tools or offer advice. ( !!!!!! )
“The local riggers only say they’ll come out and do the work for me,” he said. “They don’t think anybody can build anything.”
Upon seeing the craft, retired journeyman boat-builder Ron Minnis of Loomis agreed with the riggers, saying Lane “used standard household-building construction which will not work for boats unless he’s done a whole lot of reinforcing that I haven’t seen.”
The catamaran is built of plywood coated in multiple layers of 9-oz. fiberglass that Lane says has a sheer strength of 17,500 pounds per square inch. ( Bullshit ! )
But everything costs money. For example, Lane needs 100 bolts to put on the chain plates, and each costs $4.
The designer is dismayed that he hasn’t had more support from professional boat-builders, who hesitate to loan tools or offer advice. ( !!!!!! )
“The local riggers only say they’ll come out and do the work for me,” he said. “They don’t think anybody can build anything.”
Upon seeing the craft, retired journeyman boat-builder Ron Minnis of Loomis agreed with the riggers, saying Lane “used standard household-building construction which will not work for boats unless he’s done a whole lot of reinforcing that I haven’t seen.”