70’ ferro-cement shrimp trawler
caric shipyard, saigon 1973
designed and built by alan crandon
formwork of a 30’+ ferro-cement catboat
constructed and launched in winthrop, ma
alan crandon
photo 1964
ferro-cement demonstration vessel
alan crandon
~1968
Crandon’s Folly
Hurricane Field Force II Publication –issue 16
February 1969
”What happens when an eight-ton, 45-foot long chunk of cement is pushed into the South China Sea?”
Thin concrete domes as pre-fabricated roof structures
alan crandon
1968-69
54 foot ferro-cement fishing trawler
built as demonstration model
alan crandon
Da Nang, S. Vietnam 1971
42 foot ferro-cement fishing vessel
built at Phuoc Tinh Village, S. Vietnam
alan crandon
1968
Saigon 200
70 foot ferro-cement shrimp trawler
alan crandon
1973