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Here's something that I have seen time and time again from an engineers veiw points..I have seen Captains get placed on a build, who probably were good sea handling Captains, but get in this postion that they think they know things when they don't know things, and cause changes to happen to a build that is not good for the boat. The yard usaully does not want to argue with a captain and just gives him his wishes even though they know it is not good...
Example: A build I was on once planed on having 4 fuel tanks mid-forward like a square box divided in four sections. That was good. The build captian had it changed for what ever reason to be only two fuel tanks. But he had them built as a forward and aft tank butted together oppose to being port and stb tanks. Bad mistake..you could then not balace the boat with it's fuel to take away any list. Then they had to load lead wieght to one side of the boat causing more weight meaning more fuel burned causing the owner more money..
However don't get me wrong..being on a build I find it highly productive to have people there to help ensure the build get's done right. You can not imagine how many headaches I fixed before it was to late that would had cost major time and money!
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