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Old 11-25-2010, 08:17 AM   #12
Capt Dan
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City: Camden, Maine
Vessel Name: Willie Dawes
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RE: Student project: your opinion please

A novel idea and good luck with it.

Find a market and go for it.* More important,* find a backer with lots to lose.* Better yet, find a proven builder with a great reputation, and convince him to go out on a limb with you.

All new entries are trial baloons,* maybe yours will be a winner.

I agree with FF.* A truly green boat is an existing one.

I think all the aging sailor wants is a little more comfort.* Maybe you could come up with a way to put a wheelhouse on his 40 foot sailboat and he will be happy as a clam, and save a couple hundred grand in the works.* That is really what a true trawler is, a seakindly hull with a house.* Sailboats are not a bad basis,* easily driven at moderate speed.

Dan Pease
Willard 30 Motorsailor
Rockport, Maine
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