Über chinesische und tschechische Farriers

Ian Farrier über chinesische und tschechische ,,Farriers":

Von: ,,Ian Farrier" <ianf@f-boat.com>
An: <F-Boats@yahoogroups.com>
Betreff: Re: Made in China...
Datum: Samstag, 21. Mai 2005 22:15
In reply to:
> Czeck Republic (A country that produces a lot of high-quality goods AFAIK). They say right up front that the boats are Farrier designs:
>

This is wrong. They have built an F-9A in the past but that is all, and I am not currently asso- ciated with them, or any of their own designs. They have however continued to use my name on their web site and advertising, without my permission, and I continue to be amazed at the nerve of some of these boat builders.

I have now requested them numerous times to stop using my name but they seem to have gone to the same school as the Chinese. They are advertising the ability to build the F-32 at present, but I would not sell them a set of F-32 plans, as I prefer them to remain at the F-9 level of tech- nology.

Unfortunately, it is now looking like the next step will have to be legal action. With all these copies, the one constant theme is that while these guys borrow the basic principle, they all inva- riably change or leave off things or features that I consider essential. Take the 29` folding trima- ran shown in http://perso.wanadoo.fr/voilesnews/news_multicoques_habitables.htm

I can immediately see a couple of things that I would not do, one of which could possibly even lead to a serious structural issue. It is not a good way of doing it, and there are ways to counter the resulting forces if done this way, but I cannot tell from the photos if this is the case.

The problem with those that copy, and who don`t do their homework, with the necessary rough water experience in their own designs, is that they don`t really understand the loads, and what some things are for. (...)

I also recently inspected a home builder`s project, and found he was having major problems with the laminate. The finished job was rather rough and uneven, and even under vacuum bag there were multiple large ridges running across the finished surface. Not smooth as it should have been. I initially suspected the vacuum bagging techniques or materials, but then inspected the fabric being used. It was probably the roughest fabric I had ever seen, being very uneven, and worse, it would not even vacuum bag down flat. It was made in China, and needless to say the builder is now looking for better fabric elsewhere.

You have been warned - it really is a case of buyer beware out there.

Ian Farrier (Farrier Marine, Inc.)