The Los Angeles Times reports:
The duck boat that sank in a Missouri lake last week, killing 17 people, was built based on a design by a self-taught entrepreneur who had no engineering training, according to court records reviewed by the Los Angeles Times.
The designer, entrepreneur Robert McDowell, completed only two years of college and had no background, training or certification in mechanics when he came up with the design for "stretch" duck boats more than two decades ago, according to a lawsuit filed over a roadway disaster in Seattle involving a similar duck boat in 2015.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @03:29PM (1 child)
From what I've seen, many (most? all?) of the victims fall into a particular demographic of people who aren't good at swimming.
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Fatal Unintentional Drowning Among Persons Aged ≤29 Years — United States, 1999–2010 [cdc.gov]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @10:27PM
I thought their afros would help them float?