> There was at least one yard which had an old boy who had done it for > donkeys' years, he was paid off and the next launch was done by the > office > boffins with masses of calculations, and was an unmitigated disaster. > The > old boy was promptly reinstated on his own terms. > > -- > Niall > Probably explains why Ocean was damaged at launch in 1995 - as slips are often on restricted waterways which would cause all sorts of hydrodynamic interactions I would guess local knowledge is a lot more useful than mathematics.
Sean
