Originally I was thinking of sending this just to Draximus, but I decided it would be better to keep things out in the open....
As far as I can see, reading this thread, credit HAS been given due to both the designer, and the folks that are working to build the boat. In promotion Al Greve (whom I do not know, and have never met) seems to focus on the boat, and the kids...nothing wrong with that. He at least mentions others that have helped along the way...which is more than most boat designers do...
Specifically, giving credit to the folks BUILDING the boats, and FINISHING the plug design usually does not happen by the designer, or anyone else. Yes, there are some folks that turn in a "finished" plug to a boat builder, but they are a rarity. Usually it's an ugly prototype that is may have the right design, but not be smooth or true...a look at the slalom boating and squirt boating world will show you that pretty quickly.
I will agree, however, that until you have taken a design and a rough plug and turned it into a finished mold, be it work you are doing start to finish, or picking up from someone else along the way, you really don't have an idea how much work it is to finish a plug so it's ready to pull a mold off of.
So, if you have something constructive to add, please do so, be it your experience, or others who may also have helped with the project that Al Greve can confirm - I'm all for giving credit to ALL of them, as it is hard work and a thankless job. Naming names is a GOOD thing here
If you're here to make snide comments and fan the flames, please register at many of the other boards out there where it is accepted. It will not be here, and your posts will be removed, and if you continue the behavior you will be censored (I believe you would be the second in CBoats history...and no, I will not discuss the first).
In short (which I rarely am these days it seems) - we welcome you to participate in the discussions here, but not to make unsubstantiated claims. You say other folks helped...fine - name them and give them credit for what they did, and stop making accusations and not backing them up. If you continue that behavior you will not be welcome here. Sorry to seem so harsh, but if you read the vast majority of the thousands of posts here you will see we are an accepting and constructive group, with the occasional good natured kidding around (that we moderators tone down on occasion, too).
As the one cataloging boats in the "Virtual Museum" here, I am all for getting the full story, as long as it is the correct, verified one.
As a side note, in New Wave literature (and therefore "common knowledge") the Edge, Aerobat, and Acrobat are incorrectly attributed to Jon Lugbill and Davey Hearn. Imagine what it's like being Peter Zurflieh, having worked thousands of hours on those boats, and not receive credit....
Adam
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