If the new engine failed, the wind would bring Peck s boat in. But the masts were to be short. When the sails were not set, they would look like cargo booms. But all this was a combination of existing features. A significant thing was Peck s move for much greater teamwork between the docks that loaded and unloaded.
Loading is fast, but unloading is where the tie-up is.
To discharge these boats fast, the pilothouse and other deck structures have got to move out of the way of unloading. Way up forward, over the point of the bow that you wouldn t use for cargo anyway. Then she d be clear and free, just a big stretch of hatch covers in the middle. The plans came in before the money did. Peck decided to plunge ahead on speculation.