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in the Eastern Cape Division which is reported as Butt v
Schultz and Another 1984 (3) SA 568 (.ECD
Mr. Hugh Butt (the applicant in the Court a quo
and the present respondent) is a farmer and boat builder
of Kenton-on-Sea, near Port Alfred.
Mr. Dennis Schultz
(the respondent in the Court a quo and the present appel
lant) is a boat builder of Port Alfred.
During the years 1954-1978 Butt developed the
design of the hull of a catamaran-type ski-boat.
First
he created a concrete "plug" which embodied the shape of
the hull in the inverted position.
From the plug he made
a mould by applying to it successive layers of glass fibre
reinforced plastic (commonly called "fibre glass") and
resin.......