


Customers like models they can fit into a standard car and can be managed and launched by one person. There are of course practical considerations as well. He replied that he follows his instincts and if the original vessel appeals to him then there is probably a viable market for it.
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Lawrie’s extensive all round engineering and technical knowledge enables him to turn his hand to almost anything, while Jackie’s is the business brain handling administration, accounting, advertising, website and packaging, plus a lot else besides.īefore diving into the production technicalities I asked Lawrie how he comes to choose the prototypes selected for development into kits. My first impression on seeing the well laid out factory unit that the company operates from was: ‘How do they manage all this between the two of them plus one part timer who moulds the GRP hulls?’ However, it swiftly became clear that Lawrie and Jackie are a very efficient and well organised team.
