QUALIFICATIONS
PRINCIPAL: Edward D. Fry, Marine
Engineer license #833473, BSBA, Southern Illinois University,
born 1935, St. Louis, Mo. A second generation boatbuilder, Fry
grew up in his father's boatyard on the Mississippi River
serving his apprenticeship in all of the boatbuilding
disciplines resulting in a broad appreciation for the
materials, machinery and labor required for quality
construction. Fry has written numerous articles about Naval
Architecture, yacht design, boat design and constructions.
(List of published articles available on request)
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP:
1967 - Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers,
Member
1967 - Society of Small Craft Designers, Director
1969 - American Society of Naval Engineers, Civil Member
1975 - American Boat & Yacht Council, Professional
Member
1990 - The Superyacht Socety, Professional Member
1993 - Society of Boat & Yacht Designers, Member
1994 - National Association of Marine Investigators, Inc.,
Member
1997 - Marine Consultants Association, Member
1998 - The Society of Marine Consultants, Member
COMPANY BACKGROUND:
In 1978, after 22 years of boat building experience, including
being CEO of two boat building firms. Edward Fry established
FRYCO as an independent design firm. Fry has supervised the
design and construction of over 700 commercial, military and
pleasure craft including: U.S. Navy high-speed combatants for
Navy SEAL Teams, catamarans for commercial and U.S. Army use,
monohull yachts up to 50 knots, and rig service vessels up to
30 knots. He has conducted scale model tests at various
institutions and has a large data base available for design
study. Fry designed the equipment and wrote training manuals
for oil pollution recovery equipment for five major seaports.
For four years he supervised a Middle East Licensee
shipyard.
FRYCO CAPABILITIES: FRYCO designs
vessels up to 90 meters(300 ft.) and specializes in special
purpose craft and megayachts. Experienced in gas/turbine engine
packaging and installation, as well as diesel and petro
engines. Computer models are used for speed prediction and
hydrostatics. Hulls are created with computer graphics making
fully developed offsets available to the builder for automatic
CAD/CAM cutting.
Dynamic stability, floodable length, damage stability and
other USCG and SOLAS stability calculations are carried out by
computer programs where the vessels action can be predicted by
varying the environmental parameters, simulating wind and heel
conditions.
Ed Fry's building background assures practical, economic
designs with emphasis placed on reliability and serviceability.
Designs are to American Bureau of Shipping, Bureau Veritas, Det
Norske Veritas, Lloyd's Rules of Shipping and/or U.S. Coast
Guard as directed. FRYCO prepares Boat Training and Operational
Manuals as required by USCG for Passenger Vessels and under MSA
as well as for safe operation of Pleasure Yachts.
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