Carlson Design Corp in Tulsa, Oklahoma, US (United States)

Walter's goal was to build a vessel that would be superior to the average cruising powerboat in every way. There is simply no comparison between this Biloxi Lugger and the typical “built to a price” production trawler. 

On some dingies, I don't mind quick-and-dirty plywood boatbuilding. Gluing and stapling to chine logs with an air stapler (Stanley/Bostich S32 SX 1/4") is easier, in my opinion, than stitch-and-glue. 

Steve Tipton c.918-850-0252 smt@utulsa.edu Gregg Carlson c.918-812-0157 gcarlson@carlsondesign.com Carlson Design, 539 S Trenton, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74120 

No matter how good CAD programs get, most people still use both scratch CAD design and some hand fitting, so it's important that every sewn good you ship leaves a replacement pattern behind on your PC. One of the ways to do that is to make digitizing so easy there's no excuse not to use it! 

Rozinante, the horse, was Don Quixote's mule, whom he imagined a steed. Rozinante, the canoe yawl, was Francis Herreschoff's idealized vision of the perfect, spartant, and beautiful cruiser, as described in his book, "The Compleat Cruiser" in the 1956.