[Capt.Fred]

If you are interested in ferro boats and are lucky, you might find the book "HARMONY" by Patrick Cotton. Patrick designed the most beautiful and seaworthy ferro boats imagineable. He assisted in building a fleet of them at Half Moon Bay south of San Francisco in the 70's. (Patrick and his fleet sailed almost the entire South Pacific.) I was fortunate to be moored there for a time. Fishermen would leave a fresh salmon on my deck SEVERAL times a week. At 75 yrs I tend to digress. I have so many memories. I am presently preparing my tiny Rob Roy 23 for extended up Central American rivers and each day, I have noticed against my will, I get a little less done. Anyway, I am not a fan of ferro cement boats for a vast number of reasons. I understand that in the 70's at least 10,000 were under construction along the entire West Coast. Most were embarrasements and some were beautys.
BTW, "HARMONY" is full of photos showing the entire construction phases of ferro boats, pictures under sail, photos of his remote anchorages in the Pacific and route maps. very very interesting.