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Formula's Designer John Adams Discusses His Work - 06/25/2008
Untitled Page </head> <body> <table align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 0px 5px 5px; font-family: Arial"> <tr> <td align="center" style="width: 50%"> <a href="http://www.boattest.com/VLibrary/vPlay.aspx?ID=1190" target="_blank"> <img alt="John Adams" height="98" src="http://www.boattest.com/images-gallery/News/johnadams_175.jpg" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-bottom-style: none" width="175" /></a></td> <td align="center" style="width: 50%"> <a href="http://www.boattest.com/VLibrary/vPlay.aspx?ID=1192" target="_blank"> <img alt="John Adams" height="98" src="http://www.boattest.com/images-gallery/News/formula_ss_175.jpg" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-bottom-style: none" width="175" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="width: 33%"> <strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt"><a href="http://www.boattest.com/VLibrary/vPlay.aspx?ID=1190" target="_blank">John Adams has been Formula’s designer <br /> for 36 years.</a></span></em></strong></td> <td align="center" style="width: 50%"> <span style="font-size: 10pt"><strong><em><a href="http://www.boattest.com/VLibrary/vPlay.aspx?ID=1192" target="_blank">Adams talks about <br /> fit 'n' finish and the <br /> trend to coupes.</a></em></strong></span></td> </tr> </table> <strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt"></span></em></strong> <br /> <p> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial">Not many builders can say they have had the same designer for 36 years, but John Adams has that distinction with Formula Boats – and he is still a young man! That 36 years of experience is a valuable asset to both Formula and consumers because it means his mistakes are well behind him. These two videos, and several others, were made by Formula so that John could tell the story of his Super Sport day boats. All the videos are available when you go to a Formula test and here are direct links to two of them… <br /> </span> </p> <span style="font-size: 12pt"> <br /> <a href="http://www.boattest.com/VLibrary/vPlay.aspx?ID=1190" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial">The Super Sport day boat concept…</span></a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.boattest.com/VLibrary/vPlay.aspx?ID=1192" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial">A look at Formula’s quality and the future…</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial"> <br /> <br /> </span><a href="http://www.boattest.com/boats/Formula/Any%20Size/Any%20Type/search_result.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial">See all Formula’s test videos…</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial"> <br /> </span></span> </body> </html> </div> <!-- End BoatTEST Edit --> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:100%;"> <div style="float:right; margin:5px 10px 5px 0px " > <a href="javascript:popEmailer('http://www.boattest.com/email_friend.aspx?make=Formulas Designer John Adams Discusses His Work&model=06/25/2008&page=News&link=http://www.boattest.com/Resources/view_news.aspx?NewsID=2727');" title="Send to a Friend"><img src="Email.jpg" style="border-top-style: none; 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