STLtoday.com | Ride The Ducks designer lacked engineering background, court documents say STLtoday.com The former owner of Ride The Ducks, a self-taught entrepreneur who grew the Branson, Mo., business by altering and manufacturing dozens of amphibious vehicles, possessed no engineering background, according to his testimony in a lawsuit. Doomed duck boat's designer had no engineering training, court ... Court records show duck boat in Missouri disaster was designed by entrepreneur with no engineering training |