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Re: Strip: stealing designs
By:Dan
Date: 11/30/2008, 4:12 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: stealing designs (Alex Ferguson)

The process described way at the beginning of this tread is called 'splashing' in powerboating circles, and with the explosion of RIBs here in the UK has been a problem. One manuf complaining about another splashing his hull, which ironically enough bore more than a passing resemblence to a previous hull!

Bottom line is that fibreglass makes it far to cheap and easy to copy something thats not yours. I can't imagine anyone going to the trouble and expense of stripping a boat and begrudging £50 for the actual plans! In fact it seems to me that £50 for the full size patterns to cut round represents a significant saving in time / effort over making a ijg and copying the lines off a boat!

In fact in surfboard design copying is normal - what you pay for is the time taken for a craftsman to produce a board for you....

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Strip: strip deck with fiberglass hull
CSaloio -- 11/21/2008, 12:25 pm
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Jay Babina -- 11/25/2008, 10:18 am
Re: Here's a contact
CSaloio -- 11/25/2008, 11:14 am
Re: Strip: strip deck with fiberglass hull
John Van Buren -- 11/25/2008, 7:19 am
Re: Strip: strip deck with fiberglass hull
CSaloio -- 11/25/2008, 8:39 am
Re: Strip: strip deck with fiberglass hull
james -- 11/24/2008, 9:51 am
Re: Strip: strip deck with fiberglass hull
Bill Hamm -- 11/25/2008, 1:13 am
Re: Strip: stealing designs
Alex Ferguson -- 11/26/2008, 3:47 am
Re: Strip: stealing designs
Dan -- 11/30/2008, 4:12 am
Re: stealing designs
james -- 11/25/2008, 8:19 am
Re: stealing designs
Bill Hamm -- 11/26/2008, 12:47 am
Re: stealing designs *LINK*
Oliver Bloch -- 11/26/2008, 8:29 am
Re: stealing designs
Gennie -- 11/25/2008, 8:33 am
Re: stealing designs *LINK*
Bryan Hansel -- 11/25/2008, 7:56 pm
Re: stealing designs
Bryan Hansel -- 11/25/2008, 8:09 pm
Re: stealing designs
Bill Hamm -- 11/26/2008, 12:52 am
Re: stealing designs
Etienne Muller -- 11/26/2008, 8:40 am
Re: Strip: strip deck with fiberglass hull
Mike Savage -- 11/23/2008, 3:29 pm
Re: Strip: strip deck with fiberglass hull
Glen Smith -- 11/23/2008, 12:01 pm
Re: Strip: strip deck with fiberglass hull *LINK* *Pic*
Etienne Muller -- 11/23/2008, 10:50 am
Re: Strip: strip deck with fiberglass hull
Bill Hamm -- 11/24/2008, 12:09 am
Re: Strip: strip deck with fiberglass hull
CSaloio -- 11/23/2008, 1:44 pm
Re: Strip: strip deck with fiberglass hull
Bill Hamm -- 11/22/2008, 12:29 am
Re: Thermal Expansion
Mike Scarborough -- 11/23/2008, 10:39 am
Re: Thermal Expansion
Bill Hamm -- 11/23/2008, 10:53 am
Re: Strip: strip deck with fiberglass hull
Joy -- 11/22/2008, 10:43 am