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Hopefully they rename the shipyard too to rid itself of the horrible reputation it justly received from those ships they built for the Coast Guard that made Sunfish sailboats look seaworthy.

Speaking of, they've got BIG problems with FedGov over claims they falsified data during contract performance (specifically with the structural integrity of said boats). They had the case dismissed but the 5th Circuit reversed the dismissal.

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Boysie gets mentioned by name as someone who may have falsified the data himself.

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Posted by notiger1997

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Posted on 12/24/14 at 8:41 am to Quidam65

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Speaking of, they've got BIG problems with FedGov over claims they falsified data during contract performance (specifically with the structural integrity of said boats).

If they are found guilty, I hope the feds throw the books at Boysie.
I really thought with all of his power he would never be formally investigated about those boats.

It was really a very strange situation with how those boats were refurbed. At the time there was a huge power struggle within the ranks of the coast guard and I really had the feeling someone wanted the project to fail from the beginning.
The first set of sea trials or some similiar event was done in basically tropical storm like conditions with huge waves and they ran the boat too fast and the cracks in that hull were found after that.
That's kind of the way my fussy memory is on that issue.

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