It's definitely two ends of the spectrum, but it's enjoyable.'' In working on a new catamaran hull, though, the core material is only a quarter-inch thick and the carbon layers on the outside just eight- or nine-thousandths of an inch. ``In working on a tugboat I'm doing calculations to throw around inch-thick steel plates. ``From a construction standpoint, it's rather ironic,'' says the self-employed naval businessman. ``They were just the most awesome sight I had ever seen,'' he recalls.īesides racing ``cats,'' he designs them too. Catamarans, the fastest racing boats under sail, are MacLane's passion, and have been since, as a teen-ager, he saw two streaking off the Connecticut shore.
He designs plodding tugboats and barges for a living, but gets his thrills sailing catamarans, the odd-looking, twin-hulled craft that zip across the water. Duncan MacLane has a split nautical personality, equal parts tortoise and hare.
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