Why Not Steel?—Part II

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There’s a fine old military maxim that ‘time spent in reconnaissance is seldom wasted’, and according to Bryan and Dorothy they approached the building of Caitlin of Argyll like a military campaign. They were determined that their new boat would not become a maintenance nightmare in future years, so they adopted every best practice they could identify to make that a reality—in other words, every steel boat builder’s dream, a boat where you dust the bilges.