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building hall, and next to it was the big

cat under construction, then its cabin-

top, and then the hull in mold. When

 nished, the cabintop will be raised

 (465m^2 ) for o ces, metal shop, parts

department, and employee lunch room.

During my visit, the rowboat occu-

pied space at one end of the main

catamarans, the hull mold, and the 28'

oceangoing rowboat), a 35' x 70' (10.7m

x 21.3m) paint area, two 35' x 70'

mechanical service areas, and 5,000 sq

Left—The rigging shop occupies part of the mezzanine overlooking the building’s main  oor. Right—Full-size patterns are printed

on Mylar and then transferred to the material—in this case, Divinycell for parts of the rowboat. CNC cutting was abandoned, as its

programming took too long.

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