Dissertation help!

[claymore]

Re: canal draught

The Swine and after Ken had got the patent - Send for Para, he's hot on Patents

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Claymore
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[Mirelle]

As PT Barnum is said to have observed

"No man ever lost money by under-estimating the taste of the Great American Public!" - a point illustrated by the curious appearance of current production boats.

Barnum's son, Walter Barnum, was Olin Stephens' first client - the boat was the schooner BRILLIANT, beautiful, beautifully built and going strong today.

Seriously, a question which will interest many builders, and is related to the economics of the situation, with ever falling shipping costs, is "Why not move volume production to China?" There seems no logical reason to assemble boats in Europe - and note that in shipbuilding, 70% of value is bought in and 30% is added by the shipbuilder. It would be interesting to look at these numbers for production boats - they may be similar. In which case, maybe the smart move is to look for a career with the makers of widgets, rather than with the assemblers of whole boats.

Companies like Wichard and Lewmar, with kit on nearly every boat and in every yot chandlery, would be a case in point.

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[MainlySteam]

What about "The Value of Yachting Forums as an Information Resource for the Surveyor"? Judging by the assistance you are getting for ideas, might be a short dissertation though (not criticising - I can't think of anything either!).

John

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[burgundyben]

what about looking at the environmental effects of disposing of grp? loads of grp boats being built, but at end of life what happens? I am sure that this is going to become a bigger issue, like the disposal of fridges.

have sent you a private message too.

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[Jacket]

Re: canal draught

Try working out the stresses on the folding mechanism in a seaway and you'd never take the boat out in anything more than a F3!

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[Jacket]

How about "Do the production line manufacturing methods currently used in boat building really improve build quality?"

I'm willing to bet they don't, as nearly everything is still done by hand (and its machines that have lead to improved quality in car production), and the workers have no pride in their work, as they do the same small job time after time, rather than seeing a boat emerge from nothing, as a result of their own work.

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[Mirelle]

We are at about the Henry Ford 1 /River Rouge Plant / Model T stage!

Personally, my hunch is that the market is too small to permit tooling up for a more modern system. I have seen some pretty bizarre faults on the display boats of some volume production boatbuilders at boat shows - one big Beneteau that I looked at at LBS two years ago had no means of sheeting the headsail on starboard tack, because there was no possible lead to the winch - this was a new model and the fault would obviously be rectified in production, but it shows the sort of errors that can creep in, with current volume production systems.

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[ecudc]

Comfort versus safety - An analysis of modern yachts.

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