September 1999
[bolger] Re: revised bulkheads (1 message)
Wed Sep 01 1999
Solid foam would do the trick, but I wanted the storage. I constructed a channel of wood, although I considered a half-pipe, too. I could have built a second
[bolger] Re: Introductory/Test message (2 messages)
Wed Sep 01 1999
John: Welcome to the group. To the group: If you haven t done so, take some time to visit John s fine website. Good stuff about his Bolger Windsprint, and a
[bolger] Re: Micro bottom (3 messages)
Wed Sep 01 1999
Chuck s 100% right - my 1/4 sneakeasy bottom oil-cans like crazy - it would scare you! The shoes don t do much to stiffen it unless they were pretty darn
[bolger] folding schooner bottom (1 message)
Fri Sep 03 1999
Following the thread about the Micro bottom. The plans on the folding schooner call for 1/4 . In the revisions Bolger talks about the oilcanning in the
[bolger] Re: Windsprint - no Fiberglass???? (2 messages)
Fri Sep 03 1999
jmbel-@mindspring.com wrote: You don t need to use any glass in the construction of Windsprint. On mine, I only glassed the outer seams of the plywood butts to
[bolger] Re: Michalak butt joints (5 messages)
Fri Sep 03 1999
jmbel-@mindspring.com wrote: My windsprint has the 4 wide plywood butt blocks hel in place by epoxy only and a strip of 6 oz FG tape on the outside. Works
[bolger] Re: Zydeco (2 messages)
Sat Sep 04 1999
Richard, I found that the Zydeco functioned much like my Common Sense Pirogue. It is more stable than a round-bottomed canoe, tracks well, and--unlike the
[bolger] folding schooner const update (1 message)
Sat Sep 04 1999
Have cut out and dry assembled all the frames and stem for the forward hull. Probably a little paranoid but we wanted to make sure we got the framing bevel
[bolger] A Bolger Weekend! (1 message)
Sun Sep 05 1999
T he 12th Annual Wooden Boat Festival in Vancouver turned into a bit of a Bolger Weekend. Jim s Chebacco Kelany Rose won the Best New Traditional
[bolger] Re: Micro hardware (3 messages)
Sun Sep 05 1999
Pippo, I used them, but you could use a regular block on an eye to turn your line to the cockpit. Or you could use bull s eye s - even cheaper. OR, you could
[bolger] Re: Screws vs nails (4 messages)
Sun Sep 05 1999
Hello Guys Many plans now specify epoxy only, ie no mechanical fastening. Use philips head or square drive plain woodscrews - the screw-driver doesn t jump
[bolger] Re: Assembly Advice (3 messages)
Sun Sep 05 1999
harding-@home.com wrote: Dear Chuck Thanks for the reassurance. It helps. Leander original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=242 ...
[bolger] Fldg Schnr Almost too embarassing (1 message)
Mon Sep 06 1999
I said we would update the construction on the Folding Schooner until it got too embarassing. We are almost there. We assembled and epoxyed the forward hull. I
[bolger] Re: Windsprint: Daggerboard case (2 messages)
Tue Sep 07 1999
You are right, the plans call to leave the hull side of the daggerboard case open. Mine certainly is. It would not be a bad idea, though to add the other side
[bolger] Re: What we really did wrong (2 messages)
Tue Sep 07 1999
On the subject of learning more about boatbuilding as you go along: I am building my 5th boat, and it occurs to me that after about ten or twelve more, I will
[bolger] Re: Ply source (4 messages)
Tue Sep 07 1999
sailormo-@torchlake.com wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=256 ... buy ... know ... travel ... needed. ... no one really
[bolger] Onward Through The Fog Fldg Schnr cont (1 message)
Tue Sep 07 1999
Lifted our hull up to waist level. Cut out and clamped on both gunwales and installed one of them tonight with stainless steel screws called scorpions. I have
[bolger] Buildin a Catfish, any hints? (1 message)
Thu Sep 09 1999
Hello, thought I d finally introduce myself. I m building my 2nd Bolger boat, a Catfish. The first boat was a Thomaston Galley, constructed over 1 1/2 years in
[bolger] Re: Fastest boat?? (5 messages)
Fri Sep 10 1999
bianc-@asi.it wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=254 ... and ... Chris - reading old issues of Common Sense Designs Newsletters
[bolger] Re: CSD/CSB Pirogue (7 messages)
Fri Sep 10 1999
[bolger] Fldg Schnr cont (1 message)
Sat Sep 11 1999
Put on the second gunwale. The stainless steel exterior carpentry screws called scorpions are a joy to use. Used up the rest of the foaming PL glue. Carefully
[bolger] Re: buoyancy and keel ansiety (7 messages)
Sat Sep 11 1999
Thanks, Marco. That makes a lot more sense than what I got from Babelfish, david
[bolger] Re: Foam and watertight bulkheads? (2 messages)
Sat Sep 11 1999
I don t see why you need foam if you think you can get it well sealed. If fact, sealing deck plates and foam seem at cross purposes (unless you want to admire
[bolger] Re: The Ultimate Phil Bolger Micro Page (6 messages)
Sat Sep 11 1999
Pippo, Really enjoyable pages and a great education about analysis of boat designs. Please keep up the good work. Regards, Warren
[bolger] Re: Micro Bowsprit & New Member (3 messages)
Mon Sep 13 1999
Thanks, Bill, You mention Robert Laine, who s a friend of mine, and linked to from my site in several places. He has both freeware sail and hull software, as
[bolger] Re: double ender breakdown? (4 messages)
Mon Sep 13 1999
David: I found it on Databoat: http://www.databoat.com/cgi-tame/tame.cgi/boatingbooks/boatplans/Strayer/Lon
[bolger] Re: AS39/Loose Moose 2 (2 messages)
Tue Sep 14 1999
I am very sorry to here that! Did she burn up? I ve read the article in BWAOM book and like it as well as the breakdown schooner. I was just interested in
[bolger] 31' Topaz (1 message)
Wed Sep 15 1999
Just to let you folks know that the search for good ply goes on. I have been researching birch as an alternative. This at the advice of Phil B. From what I
[bolger] Re: MDO? (5 messages)
Thu Sep 16 1999
wschroe-@msn.com wrote: I am the owner of a 28 Trojan built in 1965 with MDO. Structurally it has held up wonderfully. The only complaint I have about the MDO
[bolger] Re: Teal Multilation (3 messages)
Fri Sep 17 1999
... She s correct, especially if you beef up the bottom like I did. With a 1/2 ply bottom the boat wanted to flip over constantly while trying to get on a
[bolger] Re: question on LWL (2 messages)
Sat Sep 18 1999
All boats have this problem, which probably help to accounts the various formulas for hull speed. I m afraid whatever you calculate won t be that meaningful
[bolger] Re: Solid wood vs. plywood (13 messages)
Sun Sep 19 1999
No mechanical fastenings were used. Clamps were used to apply pressure for curing.... Results of identical test with Weldwood plastic resin glue: CDX plywood,
[bolger] Re: Glassing Advice? (2 messages)
Sun Sep 19 1999
10 oz. is OK, athough lighter is OK, too. Use the widest you can find, of course, for fewer joins to sand. You ll probably use between one and two gallons on
[bolger] Re: solid wood vs. plywood for framing (1 message)
Sun Sep 19 1999
I am not sure the 1/2 thick blukheads without any 3/4 solid wood framing would be a good idea. The problem will be in getting the screws to hold tight
[bolger] Re: [boatdesign] question on LWL (2 messages)
Sun Sep 19 1999
my Micro hit 8 knots once - that was measured by knot stick a contraption that looks like a test tube has has spring and plunger inside attached to small
[bolger] Re: Epoxy over exterior latex? (3 messages)
Mon Sep 20 1999
I ve used the UV activated Bondo. It s a real creamy texture and doesn t set up until UV hits it. You can t thicken with anything because the UV needs to
[bolger] Re: Building and Sailing Windsprint (3 messages)
Tue Sep 21 1999
I haven t had to many problems with the sail on my Windsprint as most of my sailing here in Connecticut and Massachusetts is during the summer and in protected
[bolger] Re: Fldg Schnr Update (7 messages)
Wed Sep 22 1999
ple-@entergy.com wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=348 ... There is a bridge deck in the Folding Schooner in the aft end of
[bolger] Re: Epoxy Vs Polyurethane Adhesive (2 messages)
Thu Sep 23 1999
The were dampened, and the glue foamed out. ... -- Richard Spelling|richard@spellingbusiness.com|http://www.spellingbusiness.com SBE Communications, Business
[bolger] Bolger Diablo? (1 message)
Fri Sep 24 1999
Hi, I like the specifications for this boat and my intended use as a fun and fishing boat for my daughter and myself...it seems to be just right. Easy to
[bolger] Re: Fldg Schnr flotation (1 message)
Fri Sep 24 1999
Yep Leander, Sydney harbour is classically beautiful though I havent seen it since a freighter dumped 100,000 litres of oil into it. It was a multinational
[bolger] Epoxy Advice? (1 message)
Fri Sep 24 1999
Geez. Now you guys tell me to specify the plastic jugs and not the paint can. I got gallon cans with snap on lids that have a pour spout. I have used graduated
[bolger] Re: Xynole (5 messages)
Sun Sep 26 1999
I d be concerned that the xynole would not follow the inside or outside corners at the edges of the planks. Id try laying up a small area and see if it
[bolger] Fldg Schnr Epoxy (1 message)
Sun Sep 26 1999
Another nice day here and so I put on another coat of epoxy on the bottom of the forward hull. I set up a foam roller but found the plastic squeegies the most
[bolger] forward bulkhead "a" (1 message)
Tue Sep 28 1999
Greetings, it is a welcome site to find other Micro builders. Wondering if anyone has considered enclosing forward of bulkhead a and making that compartment
[bolger] Re: Epoxy Recoating? (2 messages)
Tue Sep 28 1999
Yes, you need to wash off the blush (soap and 3M scrubber) if you let it harden between coats. Also, a scratch-sand of 80 grit is a good idea. Gregg
[bolger] Re: "The Epoxy Mishap" or "The Humbling of Charles" (6 messages)
Tue Sep 28 1999
... Oswald: That is generally how I do it. In addition, I try to establish the ratio of additives needed in a batch by measuring what I use in a small ( one
[bolger] Re: First Steps (6 messages)
Tue Sep 28 1999
... Sorry, PUSH UP THE BOOM WITH ONE HAND
[bolger] Re: Oldshoe Builders (10 messages)
Thu Sep 30 1999
In a message dated 99-09-30 08:05:57 EDT, you write: