Douglas A Low

Douglas A. Low was born a baby boomer to an engineering family. His father, grandfather, and uncle were engineers, so he became an engineer. For 30 years he designed military systems at General Electric and Lockheed Martin. Mostly for the US Navy including Radar, SONAR, automated ship systems, collision avoidance systems, ship's bridge configuration. He worked on the Navy's most advanced vessels designed to reduce workforce by increasing automation while keeping the required reliability.

"One thing I know about Navy ships, they are designed to run and keep running under all but the worst wartime conditions." You deal with every known potential issue in the design and operating plan. Navy Ships seldom become stranded once the bugs are worked out (except wartime attack or "Acts of God").

You don't need the full resources of the US Navy to make your boat extremely reliable, but you have to have a plan. "I help boaters plan, so they can go where they want and get back again without being towed."

After Boating for 50 years with all types of boats, Doug has lots of experience good and bad. He knows if you leave "anything" up to chance "anything" will happen eventually. You have to design out the problems. You can use redundancy, protection, monitoring, and quality. You plan for the worst, when the worst happens you are prepared, and the consequences will not be so severe because you are working to a well thought out plan.