Jack Chippendale obiturary

[Babylon]

see: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/technology-obituaries/9134728/Jack-Chippendale.html

The bit that saddened him for the rest of his long working life:

In 1968, however, Chippendale decided to appoint a financial director at his yard. The effects were catastrophic. According to Chippendale: “In two years of mismanagement he managed to destroy 20 years of work, and a superb boatbuilding team.”

 

[Bosun Higgs]

He wouldnt fit in with many posters on here

"Despite his long memory of traditional techniques, Chippendale was a fierce advocate of innovation and new materials, and never assumed that because something was old it was good."

 

[Seajet]

I used to crew in a Chippendale Fireball, it always seemed the craftsmanship was in a different league to other builders' efforts with the design...fast in class too, fair winds J.C.