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Duck Boat in Missouri Disaster was Designed by Entrepreneur With no Engineering Training

posted by martyb on Thursday July 26 2018, @08:01AM   Printer-friendly
from the if-it-walks-like-a-duck,-sinks-like-a-duck,-oh,-wait... dept.

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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.

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  • (Score: 2) by sjames on Thursday July 26 2018, @07:17PM

    by sjames (2882) on Thursday July 26 2018, @07:17PM (#713320) Journal

    Especially given:

    U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Chad Saylor confirmed that the Missouri duck boat was a stretch duck. He said the boat was last inspected on Nov. 29, 2017, and was found “fit for route and service.”

    This strikes me as a lawyer playing pin the suit on the donkey.

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