November 1999
[bolger] Re: Inventing a New Rig (3 messages)
Mon Nov 01 1999
It could definitely be done. Some fine points about this really neat boat: I spent much of one Sail Expo St. Pete studying this thing; The rotating mast with
[bolger] Re: Door skins & glass (8 messages)
Tue Nov 02 1999
Just as an added info, Jacques Mertens of bateau.com is reengineering his larger boats (Vagabond and Serpentaire) using thin plywood (6 mm) sandwiched between
[bolger] Re: DSF (11 messages)
Tue Nov 02 1999
Dear Bill samson family wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=640 ... (?) , C ... on the ... boating ...
[bolger] Re: Tim's reply problems (7 messages)
Tue Nov 02 1999
In a message dated 11/2/99 7:59:23 AM Central Standard Time, rlundy@atlantic.net writes:
[bolger] Re: Porta-potties: A Stinky Subject (4 messages)
Wed Nov 03 1999
This actually happenned to a friend on my dock when I lived in Charlotte. Someone went potty in Nov. and he didn t visit the boat again until late Feb.
[bolger] Re: subscriptions (2 messages)
Wed Nov 03 1999
Chuck, I check your site to hear what s up, and you re missing!? Gregg Carlson
[bolger] Re: EC Recreational Craft Directive (7 messages)
Wed Nov 03 1999
Lovely idea, Ernie! I wonder how long it ll take them to figure the scam? Bill -- bill.samson@tesco.net Chebacco News can be viewed on:
[bolger] Re: Drain Plugs (9 messages)
Wed Nov 03 1999
i used a bronze half-inch garboard plug with a socket attached from the outside. she still floats. but if she sinks, i d consider a diablo grande. the plans
[bolger] porta potties and similar (1 message)
Wed Nov 03 1999
In reading the notes in ref to potties I was reminded of a similar prob. Several years ago, I installed one of those rubber holding tanks. The summer was hot
[bolger] Re: Micro Navigator??? (3 messages)
Thu Nov 04 1999
r.glove-@lib.unimelb.edu.au wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=260 ... original? ... It primarily is an enclosed deckhouse boat
[bolger] Re: New Member here! (4 messages)
Thu Nov 04 1999
jef-@goldencoast.com wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=299 ... LM2? ... ply and west system epoxy. The boat is fully found
[bolger] Re: mj mast step collar (4 messages)
Thu Nov 04 1999
I built a Martha Jane and raised the mizzen step 1 1 2 inches above the cockpit seat on four little blocks which were 1 1 2 inch cubes-I don t remember whether
[bolger] Re: Paint & Windsprint (10 messages)
Thu Nov 04 1999
... I like the AF3, mine is pretty much just a bigger version. I don t know if anyone has rigged one as a Cat Yawl, I would think that it would tend to take
[bolger] Windsprint, paint, and Web site (1 message)
Thu Nov 04 1999
Thanks everyone for your paint responses. thank god you told me about the porch paint and epoxy. Reading alot of web sites you can miss this entirely. One
[bolger] Re: Shaft seals for an electric drive (4 messages)
Fri Nov 05 1999
Thanks, I ll check the links. Glen-L sells instruction for the cut-off lower unit at http://www.glen-l.com/designs/special/elecdr1.html (I m not gonna try to
[bolger] Re: Surf/Zephyr (5 messages)
Sun Nov 07 1999
Robert: Jim Michalak does a bi-monthly newsletter at: http://www.apci.net/~michalak/ in addition to the archives at the link below. Chuck ...
[bolger] Re: catfish beach cruiser (4 messages)
Mon Nov 08 1999
Hello Dan. Welcome to the group. I just took a peek at your skiff; it is a very pretty boat you made. I can t say I can really answer your questions, cause I m
[bolger] Re: Micro Web Site ideas (1 message)
Mon Nov 08 1999
Pippo The term forcastle (foc s le) was used as early as 1400 to denote a short raised deck at the fore end of a vessel. It was raised like a castle to
[bolger] Re: A question of "Brick", Bottoms(fat) & 3/8 ply (1 message)
Mon Nov 08 1999
My Brick (Hull built and painted) isn t coming close to that ultra exspensive $150 yet... Three sheets of 1/4 inch plywood $45 Tub of Weldwood
[bolger] Re: Micro commencement (9 messages)
Tue Nov 09 1999
Thanks everyone for all the notching advice - it s great to be able to draw on a wide range of experience like this. I should probably have clarified that I
[bolger] Re: Fldg Schnr Cont. (13 messages)
Tue Nov 09 1999
Leander, You gotta give it a try! All these companies, Makita, Dewalt, Porter Cable, etc. are trying to reinvent themselves like the rest of the business
[bolger] Re: Wonderful (3 messages)
Tue Nov 09 1999
Sounds good. Where exactly is Grandpappy point? When will it take place? - Chuck ... supposed ... the
[bolger] Doubling the Light Scooner! (2 messages)
Tue Nov 09 1999
Realize that when you double the length, the volume will be cubed and surface area squared. Displacement (and therefore material requirements) may be cubed.
[bolger] Re: A question of "Brick", (Repeat?) (1 message)
Tue Nov 09 1999
This may be a repeat message, I have been told it wasn t received by one group member: Larry and Steve; I built Tortoise (which is a little bit like Brick)
[bolger] Re: Bolger Design #638 (3 messages)
Wed Nov 10 1999
i belive #638 queen mab is the same boat as the 7 foot cat boat of phils that david thibedeu built and named just ducky it is for sale in the last issue of
[bolger] Messabouts here and there (1 message)
Wed Nov 10 1999
... There is a division of the Minnesota Canoe Association that has a messabout every summer on the Mississippi, in association with an organization called The
[bolger] Re: The Scarffer (3 messages)
Wed Nov 10 1999
Chuck, Great idea using a router to cut the ends of the plywood. I ve been known to sleep with my routers I love the versatility of the tool so much. Yep,
[bolger] A cedar key messabout (1 message)
Wed Nov 10 1999
Perhaps some of you know about the annual May Messabout at Cedar Key on the gulf coast of Florida. Our Trailer Sailor Club ( the halifax trailer sailors) is
[bolger] Progress on "White-Shark Too" Larry's "Brick" (1 message)
Wed Nov 10 1999
Well folks I am finally on my way as a boatbuilder (Hi Craig O Donnall). I got Bricks hull side & bow and transome knees drawn on a 4x8 tonight. Would have
[bolger] Re: Tubular Plywood (13 messages)
Wed Nov 10 1999
rlund-@atlantic.net wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=766 ... Robert, and others interested in carbon fiber masts, sprits,
[bolger] Re: erni and the topa (3 messages)
Wed Nov 10 1999
timk_smit-@fortunemail.com wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=796 ... the floor is high enough to allow large scuppers. I plan
[bolger] re: scooner (1 message)
Wed Nov 10 1999
you re right, everything is tied off right at the front of the aft cockpit. that s a pain. still, there s got to be a way. I wonder if maybe the peak
[bolger] Reply on the Topaz cockpit (1 message)
Thu Nov 11 1999
Tim.....I looked the cockpit and bow over today. The bow is three ft up from the water line. Actually a little more as I don t see me loading 2600 lb.
[bolger] Re: Tubular Plywood & Carbon Fiber (2 messages)
Thu Nov 11 1999
charles wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=820 ... Charles, you have expanded my universe! Thank you
[bolger] Re: Paraply (3 messages)
Fri Nov 12 1999
I have seen some birch multiply exterior, purportedly from Russia, at a professional boatshop here. The guy orders it from an importer in Miami. It s
[bolger] Re: Sneakeasy plans? (3 messages)
Fri Nov 12 1999
Sneakeay is #26 on the text price list on Payson s site.
[bolger] Re: loose moose (6 messages)
Fri Nov 12 1999
I don t knowe if the last two messages I sent got to you or not please let me know if they did.....naturally you can t tell me if they didn t bob archibald
[bolger] Re: The Plywood Dilemma - Paraply Verse (10 messages)
Fri Nov 12 1999
My guess is that it s something else, maybe moisture, old resin, bad or wrong catalyst, solvents, etc. GHC
[bolger] Re: Luan? ....Luan temptation (1 message)
Fri Nov 12 1999
Hi Bolgeristas: Well, all this talk of Luan has me severely tempted (temptation goeth before the fall). My Oldshoe project is currently shelved for lack of
[bolger] Re: anyone built a cat-yawl Brick? (1 message)
Fri Nov 12 1999
Hi ladies & gentlemen, Just a theroreticle question. Has anyone seen or build a cat-yawl version of Brick with a reduced mains l and a mizzen added to make up
[bolger] Topaz! (1 message)
Fri Nov 12 1999
Latest Topaz pictures: http://www.hilconet.com/~dworksmg/articles/topaz/index.htm Be patient the wait will be worth while. Chuck Duckworks Magazine
[bolger] Re: Beaching Wheels/Dolly Page (22 messages)
Sat Nov 13 1999
David: ....Or if their blowholes are blocked with golf balls... LOL! david
[bolger] Topaz communication (1 message)
Sat Nov 13 1999
For Tim Smith................If our E-mail is still not working, I will keep all things comming through here and duckworks. I sent the latest to you and
[bolger] Re: News from the Jungle Boat Shop (13 messages)
Sat Nov 13 1999
Chuck, I answered before your amended post came over; I ll try a sketch too... Don Hodges ... From: Chuck Leinweber To:
[bolger] Tennessee Jr - Scanned Image (1 message)
Sun Nov 14 1999
I had an inspiration and scanned the model on my faithful HP scanner. It s in the vault under Power sharpies - the scale underneath is 1/2 inch = 1 foot. This
[bolger] More models (1 message)
Sun Nov 14 1999
I have come up with a 23-foot skiff with a 6-foot wide bottom panel - it s in the vault. Looks like it s about twice as heavy as the 4-foot bottom sharpie.
[bolger] Re: Web Site, Paraply and Rot Prevention (2 messages)
Sun Nov 14 1999
Robert, I m not really a conspiracy theorist but I wonder if there might be something to your hidden reason theory of why para-ply is not labeled as exterior.
[bolger] Re: more power sharpies (2 messages)
Mon Nov 15 1999
Chuck, I think you are on to something with Sharpshooter - it s basically where I started with the 4-footer. I want more freeboard than 24 inches forward, but
[bolger] Re: Topaz and help!!!! (3 messages)
Mon Nov 15 1999
I think this taping upside down can go pretty well if you do most of the wet work before you start working upside down. Paint resin onto your joint the width
[bolger] TX-OK messabouts (1 message)
Tue Nov 16 1999
Just let me know when and where, I ll try to come. There is a pretty active group of Potterers around here.
[bolger] Re: Fw: more power sharpies (4 messages)
Tue Nov 16 1999
Capt. Orrell s plans are available from Harold Payson. He sells them under the name of Down East Dories .He advertises in MAIB under that name. The mailing
[bolger] OK-TX messabout (1 message)
Tue Nov 16 1999
Hello Bolger fans , count me in for a OK-TX messabout . I just found this forum a couple of days ago .I own a Micro and just happen to live about 500 ft. from
[bolger] TX-OK-ARK Messabout (1 message)
Tue Nov 16 1999
Hi- How about a tentive vote for a (the?) Messabout on Lake Texoma next spring. There are 9 of us on the list already... Gregg Carlson
[bolger] Plywood Tests - Luan vs Para (1 message)
Wed Nov 17 1999
As promised, I tested from scraps from the 1/4 inch plywoods used in my 12-footer under construction. The samples were about 2x4 inches. They were placed in
[bolger] Not bolger but close (1 message)
Thu Nov 18 1999
Hey guys & gals! Here is a link to something i stumbled into last night. A guy with a self designed mini cruiser sailing the Bahamas, Nice little boat(s) &
[bolger] The little cruiser (1 message)
Thu Nov 18 1999
I was excited to see the reference to their page. I met up with them while going down to georgetown while sailing my F-9A homebuilt. At the time I felt a
[bolger] Re:Little Cruiser (1 message)
Thu Nov 18 1999
I d like to visit the site of the little cruiser you describe. What is it? Tom Etherington
[bolger] Michalak AF2 photos online. (1 message)
Thu Nov 18 1999
Finaly got the boat page up. http://www.spellingbusiness.com/boats/ -- Richard Spelling|richard@spellingbusiness.com|http://www.spellingbusiness.com SBE
[bolger] Re: Farrier's Rasp (3 messages)
Sun Nov 21 1999
william d jochems wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=528 ... farrier s rasp. The one I bought for
[bolger] elect Boats (1 message)
Tue Nov 23 1999
Been following the electric discussion. Won t suggest a thing as this is out of my league. However I did look at a couple of beauties while anchored in Fort
[bolger] Re: Polyurethane Glues (13 messages)
Tue Nov 23 1999
My understanding is that one part polyurethanes (like PL Premium, Gorilla Glue) do not fill gaps in any structural way. Only epoxy has the ability to
[bolger] re: light scooner modified... (1 message)
Tue Nov 23 1999
WAIT.... before you do that... what about a madder than hell over rigged racing scooner, with centerboard, weighted and hiking boards ?I am getting ready to
[bolger] Re: Electric Drive (part deux) (13 messages)
Tue Nov 23 1999
... I can t say enough good about my Exide 6-volt golf-cart batteries I got blemished for $30 each. An honest 230 amp hours each and bullet-proof. I have 4
[bolger] Re: Teal Skeg (3 messages)
Wed Nov 24 1999
... I am able to lift my teal by the bow with all the weight at the other end on the skeg. It also make a nice handle for carrying the boat upside down. Feels
[bolger] super Light Schooner.... (1 message)
Wed Nov 24 1999
what about moving the mast aft of the thwart... and just centering the board there, increase the foremast s boom and lug length a bit to give a bit more sail
[bolger] Re: Brick is started! (1 message)
Wed Nov 24 1999
Well boys & girls (Hi Andi) I started Brick today! got my hull sides cut out, bow & stern transoms cut out, bow & stern knee braces cut out, and BTW my new
[bolger] Pictures of Dynamite & Resolution (1 message)
Thu Nov 25 1999
Some of you have already been to my web site and have seen pictures of my constructing and using a Bolger Nymph dinghy. I have some new pictures I think many
[bolger] Re: martha jane mainsail yard (2 messages)
Thu Nov 25 1999
I don t have a set of the plans, but I bet it is at least 2 1/2 at the ends and even thicker in the middle. The yard needs to be *stiff* to control that large
[bolger] Re: Thanks for Free boat offer (1 message)
Thu Nov 25 1999
John, Thanks for making the boatbuilding community such a nice place. It makes it much more pleasant for us beginners. Happy Thanksgiving. Richard ... to ...
[bolger] Micro Improvement? (1 message)
Thu Nov 25 1999
When I tilted my new outboard for the first time, it went bang against the top crossbeam, in spite of the measurements being correct. I cut a little out of the
[bolger] Lite Scooner (1 message)
Thu Nov 25 1999
If you want to play with schooner stuff, can I suggest something? I m not being flippant, either -- build a scow -- you can find Beam-Length and sail area
[bolger] Re: A big thanks (4 messages)
Fri Nov 26 1999
The skiff has a paraply bottom panel and luan sides/bulkheads/decks. I m religiously coating the para with thinned epoxy. It will be dry-stored, so I m not
[bolger] Re: saber saw? (3 messages)
Sat Nov 27 1999
Check out the Porter Cable (most expensive one I could find-see last post for why important). Good show. I ll run out and get a cat.
[bolger] Re: power planer? (3 messages)
Sat Nov 27 1999
... I got a Bosch B1750 two years ago. It weighs 4 lb. 13 oz. so I can hold it and operate it with one hand. The foot is 10 x 3.25 , has two carbide blades
[bolger] Re: PVC pipe clamps (4 messages)
Sat Nov 27 1999
... and buy a ... inches. Cut I ve got some pictures of these in use (4 I think) at: http://www.alaska.net/~fritzf/Boats/Wacky_Lassie/Wacky_Lassie.htm about
[bolger] Fldg Schnr cont. (3 messages)
Sat Nov 27 1999
Spent an amazing amount of time fitting the forepeak deck. It was a challenge to mark it out because it sets in from the angled edge of the gunwale by an
[bolger] Re: I May Have Selected a Design - At Last (2 messages)
Mon Nov 29 1999
Donald, I am currently building Sweet Caroline as a stitch and glue project. She looks nice and is going together well. ( I sealed the bow seat and motor well
[bolger] Re: Boatbuilding...sort of (5 messages)
Mon Nov 29 1999
I appreciate the input. I hadn t thought of beveling the outer third the way you mention. That would look pretty neat. But it might preclude my favorite
[bolger] Windsprint Decks (was: Boatbuilding, sort of...) (1 message)
Mon Nov 29 1999
... I appreciate the input. I hadn t thought of beveling the outer third the way you mention. That would look pretty neat. But it might preclude my favorite
[bolger] Re: A cautionary tale (funny) (2 messages)
Mon Nov 29 1999
Hehehehe, I laughed a bit more than decorum calls for here in my cubicle where I m suposed to be working my arse off - not scanning mailinglist funnies - but
[bolger] Re: Chine Logs (3 messages)
Mon Nov 29 1999
... went ... I did my Sneakeasy that way too (pre-assemble chine logs first), and for a similar reason to Gregg - it just seemed like the most straightforward
[bolger] Re: The next boat (was: Boatbuilding...sort of) (1 message)
Mon Nov 29 1999
robert n. lundy wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=993 ... want ... fit. ... since ... slow ... the ...
[bolger] Re: re: Windsprint decks (4 messages)
Mon Nov 29 1999
I put fore, aft and side decks on my Windsprint. The decks are flush to the edge of the wales. I talked about my capsize concerns (not being able to right the
[bolger] Plywood, at last! (1 message)
Tue Nov 30 1999
Hi everybody! My 11 sheets of 3/8 marine okoume plywood will be delivered tomorrow! I decided to use solid mahogany for framing, it costs less than douglas
[bolger] latest Topaz pics (1 message)
Tue Nov 30 1999
To the group: Brad Raby sent me his latest Topaz pictures, and they are posted here: http://www.hilconet.com/~dworksmg/articles/topaz/latest.htm For what it is