Talk:Laminex Pocket Rocket

Laminex
Laminex Industries, which built the Gary Mull designed Pocket Rocket, was located in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada, not the USA as indicated in the article. Overdraft611 (talk) 18:45, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
 * The cited ref says it was in the USA, but of course it is possible that the ref is wrong. To change this we will need a better ref that contradicts it. What refs do you have? - Ahunt (talk) 19:00, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Unfortunately my epistemology doesn’t necessarily fit with with your template as it is based on personal knowledge, not written references. I live about an hour’s drive from the town of Duncan. Back when these boats were being built I was in the market for one was in contact with Laminex to arrange a test sail. I knew one of the guys who worked at Laminex. Although I didn’t buy a Pocket Rocket at that time I did buy a used one a number of years later. So although I can’t point to something in print I can assure you Laminex was in Duncan, BC! Hughcga (talk) 23:50, 18 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Sorry, we cannot accept original research as there is no way to verify it. - Ahunt (talk) 23:58, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

That’s hilarious. You’d rather have something incorrect supported by printed misinformation than first have knowledge. Why on earth would I waste my time trying to improve the information about this boat if I wasn’t genuinely interested in it. I had a Pocket Rocket for 13 years and raced it very competitively at a club level. I have fond memories of the boat and that’s why I made an effort to try and correct the misinformation. Oh well. By the way the article says it is both a fractional sloop and a masthead sloop. Those two configurations are mutually exclusive. It’s a frac by the way, not masthead. You can verify THAT by looking at the picture in the article and knowing about sailboats. Hughcga (talk) 04:50, 19 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks for point out that error. The cited ref shows it is a fractional rig, so I have fixed it. Otherwise Wikipedia is not a blog, so as noted, we can't accept unverifable personal research. We don't publish WP:THETRUTH, we publish what is verifiable in reliable sources. The problem we always run into with original research is that someone will claim they visited the plant and bought a boat there and then someone else will turn up and claim that is all wrong, that there was never a plant in that city or country. Verifiable sources are all we have to sort these out, which is why we require them, as a policy. If you can find a source for that we can add it. - Ahunt (talk) 12:27, 19 April 2020 (UTC)