| MALT'S MERMAID
III is approximately 6 meters long and 2meters wide
with total displacement of one ton, and is a reproduction
of MERMAIDI designed in 1961. MERMAIDI was designed
by Akira Yokoyama, and his son, Ichiro Yokoyama,
redesigned it for the reproduction improving the
rudder and the keel, a regulator of balance, which
sticks out into the water. The hull is made with
plywood made out of recycled whiskey barrels. (MERMAID
I was made with lauan plywood) |
