January 2000
[bolger] Re: y2ko'd (3 messages)
Sat Jan 01 2000
... Tim, Darn, and I had my neighbor s trampoline all set up to catch one of them suckers and save me the trouble of having to built it. But then, this is New
[bolger] Re: Scrolls Found But Not By Me (2 messages)
Sat Jan 01 2000
It worked for me. I ll copy the files and put on another site if you want to try it... well worth working to get it. Don Hodges dhodges@worldnet.att.net
[bolger] Light Scooner (7 messages)
Sat Jan 01 2000
BO I lined out the topsides of the Light Scooner in my living room, BO I was overcome by a tremendous urge to add a little BO deadrise (a
[bolger] Re: bolger digest (1 message)
Sun Jan 02 2000
Hello Chuck Thank you very much for Instand Boatbilding . There are a lot of fine articles. A Happy new year! Stefan Chuck Merrell wrote: Hello all, and Happy
[bolger] More sawdust on the other side of the Atlantic (1 message)
Sun Jan 02 2000
All, I started 2000 off right yesterday: by beginning construction of a Michalak IMB. So far, the center frame is built and part of one of two bulkheads. I
[bolger] Re: DEAD SEA SCROLLS FOUND! (4 messages)
Sun Jan 02 2000
Chuck, Thanks for the great resource. I printe them out and ring bound them. I hope I ll be able to tell what the now questionable advice is;-) thanks for
[bolger] Re: Epoxy Joinery (4 messages)
Mon Jan 03 2000
BO Mixing was my first fear. No way you were going to get EXACTLY 1 oz + 1 oz. BO I used the glop method, using a tongue depressor. 2 glops + 2 glops.
[bolger] Micro page updated (1 message)
Tue Jan 04 2000
Hi all, and Happy New Year. ! I ve updated the Micro site (also adding a few photos here and there). I also added a photo of the family (without me: I was the
[bolger] Re: CPES (was Jochems Exposition) (4 messages)
Tue Jan 04 2000
Thanks, Jack. ... As a *real cheapskate* this is a hard lesson for me to learn. The older I get the more I am sympathetic to buying better stuff (tools?) and
[bolger] Re: boatbuilder magazine (6 messages)
Tue Jan 04 2000
its a pretty good mag it taught me alot about lofting a article they had a couple of months ago D.W.Johnson
[bolger] Re: America'a Cup On ESPN (6 messages)
Tue Jan 04 2000
From: HenryClann@aol.com Date sent: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 18:23:25 EST To: bolger@egroups.com Send reply to: bolger@egroups.com
[bolger] Re: Proposed plan swap! (2 messages)
Tue Jan 04 2000
Good idea! I have plans for the Glen-L power skiff, and the Michalak Mayfly 12 that I would be willing to trade. ... -- Richard
[bolger] Nasty skin itch prevention (1 message)
Wed Jan 05 2000
Back toward the end of my college career I went out with a woman who s father was one of the first insulation contractors around Seattle (WA) (he started way
[bolger] Re: Norwegian (2 messages)
Thu Jan 06 2000
Hi Daniel, My email address is bharbo@online.no . I live in Oslo (I was born i Tromsø!). I can buy both plywood and epoxy at local dealers in Oslo. Please
[bolger] Re: Light Scooner Bulkheads Cut!!! (14 messages)
Thu Jan 06 2000
BO This has to be one the boat designers worst nightmares, people BO using the boat outside of the origanal design goals. I don t BO know if Mr. Bolger
[bolger] Re: Router uses (3 messages)
Thu Jan 06 2000
Robert, Sounds like a good use for the router, though I do hope you wore respiration gear. That must make some serious glass flecks to breathe. I d agree a
[bolger] Re: Inexpensive MJ (4 messages)
Fri Jan 07 2000
Bob, I m jealous! I was eyeing that one myself, but my wife might not have been able to take it. Enjoy it! David ... original
[bolger] contacting me (1 message)
Fri Jan 07 2000
Anyone attempting to contact me through will meet with failure, as some software incompatability (probably related to Bill Gates Evil
[bolger] Re: Instant Boatbuilder (7 messages)
Sat Jan 08 2000
Thanks Chuck! That s a neat ending to the story. He didn t hold you up for copyright did he? :) Thanks for the info.
[bolger] Windsprint Update (3 messages)
Sat Jan 08 2000
BO Netscape Users: Give it a try, but I ve maybe found a bug in Word 2000 and BO 97 that causes Netscape to have a problems with Web pages built with Word.
[bolger] Re: Progress in the Jungle (2 messages)
Sun Jan 09 2000
Further to earlier post, it occured to me that Nymph is very popular and I will have the 1/8 doorskin patterns when I finish. So, if you have the plans or
[bolger] got the plywood (3 messages)
Sun Jan 09 2000
BO Hi all - unespectedly enough, my plywood arrived yesterday preceded by a BO phone call by the expeditioner in the afternoon. Seems good stuff, even BO if
[bolger] Re: Micro Trailer Ideas (6 messages)
Sun Jan 09 2000
Chuck, Sea of Cortez in the Fall and then either Belize or Florida in the winter. I took a cartopper with me down to the Yucutan last winter and had a blast.
[bolger] Re: Trailer modifications (1 message)
Sun Jan 09 2000
- With an eye on relative tire-temperature, lowering pressure a few will soften the ride some. - If trailer manufacturers and dealers can t/don t want to cater
[bolger] MARTHA JANE and Trailer issues (1 message)
Sun Jan 09 2000
Dept. Upgrades by popular request : MARTHA JANE plans will be upgraded soon with advanced leeboards, rudder-option, and house . Dept. Downgrading that bouncy
[bolger] Oops (1 message)
Sun Jan 09 2000
Oops!...
[bolger] Windsprint Gunwale day (1 message)
Sun Jan 09 2000
Notice the title says GUNWALE not GUNWALES. There s only one on. As documented with previous posts, I want some type of fore and aft decking on the boat,
[bolger] Re: Oldshoe builders (7 messages)
Sun Jan 09 2000
BO Not building but sailing + photos on BO thtp://www.ace.net.au/schooner/oldshoe.htm BO Yes, there is a picture of Heinrich Rose s Oldshoe - do you mean
[bolger] Windsprint Gunwales 2 (1 message)
Sun Jan 09 2000
Ooops- If you want to see the modified gunwale and the glassing of the stem, see the pics on page three of windsprint construction photos at
[bolger] LS spars (5 messages)
Sun Jan 09 2000
BO David Ryan wrote re LS BO Payson calls for a pair of 16 foot 2x4 s to make the masts. Is there BO any reason a single 4x4 wouldn t do the trick? No,
[bolger] Re: Michalak AF2 "Entropy" pictures (3 messages)
Mon Jan 10 2000
Richard, Great job on Entropy! Keep us posted on your adventures in her. David ... http://www.webzone.net/spelling/entropy.html (top of page) (don t you just
[bolger] Patrick O'Brian appreciation. (1 message)
Mon Jan 10 2000
A personal memoir of encounters with Patrick O Brian by Washington Post reporter Ken Ringle, who wrote an article headlined Is This the Greatest Writer You ve
[bolger] sharpie catamaran (1 message)
Mon Jan 10 2000
Ran accross a picture of a Bolger designed 16 catamaran.... The ones I know of are this 16 footer, the single handed one, and the auckland cat. Are there
[bolger] Remove from List (1 message)
Mon Jan 10 2000
Please remove my name from the distribution list. Thanks.
[bolger] Epoxy: shelf life and cold weather (1 message)
Mon Jan 10 2000
Hi all - yesterday I used again my epoxy, more than 2 years old. It worked without any problem. Another good surprise was that, in spite of the low temperature
[bolger] ...forgot to add (1 message)
Mon Jan 10 2000
Hi again - I forgot to add that my epoxy is a no-brand one. It s made by an Italian company (no web site), and costs, say, about 1/6th w.r.t. to famous Italian
[bolger] Re: cold weather epoxy (2 messages)
Mon Jan 10 2000
Hi Fraser, thanks for the input. Especially the part about pot life and birds mouth spar making. As I start to contemplate my Windsprint mast, this info will
[bolger] cold cure epoxy (1 message)
Tue Jan 11 2000
To Fraser and co., Cold Cure epoxy is indeed great stuff for when things get a bit nippy outside especially for us Canucks!Industrial Formulators of Canada was
[bolger] MARTHA JANE Upgrades (1 message)
Tue Jan 11 2000
Yes, depending on your exitement about the new geometries, all or some of them can be added to your MARTHA JANE. We try to avoid major alterations to hull and
[bolger] Re: AS-29 clone/Spelling (1 message)
Tue Jan 11 2000
It s Altenburger, Chuck. Have you two ever met?
[bolger] Re: as 29 cloned/Lundy on Hens and MICRO (2 messages)
Tue Jan 11 2000
I get to attend many boat boat shows around florida (I have a friend who owns an inflatable boat/Liferaft dealership), including the Sail Expo show. As with
[bolger] AS-29 clone (6 messages)
Wed Jan 12 2000
While copying one s design may be legal in some places, it is immoral in all. Particularly for a designer who advertises on his home page: Yves-Marie is a
[bolger] Wished it weren't so (1 message)
Wed Jan 12 2000
Yes this is all unpleasant stuff. We wish things like this would not happen. When they do, reality check is usually of help. Chuck M., do assume the role of
[bolger] Re: Italian dilemma (6 messages)
Wed Jan 12 2000
Pippo, I pronunce it Bol as in bolder and ger as in german, but the real questions is how does PCB pronounce it? Enjoy giuseppe pippo bianco
[bolger] Re: Spelling (5 messages)
Wed Jan 12 2000
Sorry for adding to the confusion. It occured to me right after posting that Jock was not a good example, esp. since I had just said that I sorta rhymed
[bolger] Re: Clones (4 messages)
Wed Jan 12 2000
It may interest those on the list that Selway Fisher has a Loose Moose design...we actually commissioned two designs for our Loose Moose 2...Both designs had
[bolger] Tanton question (1 message)
Wed Jan 12 2000
Hi folks, just a thought: perhaps Tanton was asked to do the different rig shown, and the hull, slightly modified as it was, didn t get credited properly?
[bolger] Re: PBB's presence (2 messages)
Wed Jan 12 2000
In a message dated 01/12/2000 5:39:31 PM Central Standard Time, vcgraphics@theriver.com writes:
[bolger] Re: Disposable leeboards (2 messages)
Wed Jan 12 2000
In a message dated 1/12/2000 5:46:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, pcb@shore.net writes:
[bolger] lugging prop for Honda (1 message)
Thu Jan 13 2000
I used a Honda 7.5 hp on which I fitted a low-pitch elephant ear prop (looked very much like the Yamaha props, large lobate blades) on my 36 foot teak-hulled
[bolger] Re: 4 strokes/ Oops (1 message)
Thu Jan 13 2000
May apologies to all for the table with the wondering columns in my last post. I tried to make the columns line up before posting (honest). How come I just
[bolger] Re: outboard well (8 messages)
Thu Jan 13 2000
... Here s my story: I had a lot of money at the time, and so cost was not the serious issue. I had finally sold my Catalina 22, with motor and trailer, and
[bolger] Re: Pippo - America's Cup (2 messages)
Thu Jan 13 2000
Hi Chuck well, you know, I m not really that involved in this stuff, I ve been mostly joking on this. And having around a few guys from the US made things more
[bolger] Re: 4 strokes (3 messages)
Thu Jan 13 2000
I Seth- In the read the brochure vein you re absolutlely right! When I asked my Oracle of Boating Knowledge, the owner of the boat store, about this
[bolger] Re: 9.9HP 4-stroke OBs plus news (8 messages)
Fri Jan 14 2000
I think the noise of the primitive engine (read primitive sound cover and primitive mufflers) would drive one batty. Just the difference in sound suppresion
[bolger] Re: Boat Work (5 messages)
Fri Jan 14 2000
... It serves two good purposes. It bulks up the paint slightly, and it cuts down the sheen from semi-gloss to flat. Both purposes are to cover a
[bolger] Re: Sampans and Junks/ More New (2 messages)
Fri Jan 14 2000
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fassitt/cranks/cranky_sampans. html contains some interesting information on small sampans collected by Gene Smith and
[bolger] Re: 'Bad form', clamskiffs, and videotape (6 messages)
Fri Jan 14 2000
... A catalogue would be great... but I suppose there s a danger that it might undermine the book sales. What I can say is that Paul Fisher appears to sell a
[bolger] Re: Sorry..... (4 messages)
Fri Jan 14 2000
[bolger] Homemade Steering Vanes (1 message)
Fri Jan 14 2000
Hello from Rain City USA! One of the best sources for information on home-building various styles of wind-vanes is contained in Bill Belcher s book of some
[bolger] Re: Micro started, and one question on lo (1 message)
Fri Jan 14 2000
BO I think that is a great idea! But who am I to say - I did not bother using BO I build in the open and on very rough ground. All the panels were lofted a
[bolger] Black Skimmer/Otter II (4 messages)
Fri Jan 14 2000
BO I have also BO just gone again to Payson s site and looked at the plans for Black BO Skimmer. Literalty, this plan looks exactly like a scaled up
[bolger] Re: Non-Blushing Epoxy? (14 messages)
Fri Jan 14 2000
... From: Chris Crandall ... used ... Especially if you say naughty things to it! JB, blushing
[bolger] Re: as 29 - Dirty Little Secrets (4 messages)
Sat Jan 15 2000
[bolger] Design evolution [Was AS 29 - Dirty Little Secrets] (1 message)
Sat Jan 15 2000
... Some wonderful words of wisdom there from Chuck and Craig. Just to add my tuppence worth and reinforce the argument, I have the following tale to tell:-
[bolger] AF2 launching and sail report (1 message)
Sat Jan 15 2000
Launched Entropy today in a roaring 25 gusting to 35, two reefs in, myself and two crew. At one point I ll swear we broke 7 knots, water was spraying up 3 feet
[bolger] Water Craft Mag (1 message)
Sun Jan 16 2000
Gloat, Gloat, Gloat (Mr. Samson)! My first issue of Watercraft has arrived. Very enjoyable, per the reccommendations of others in the group. Thanks for the
[bolger] Micro in progress (1 message)
Sun Jan 16 2000
I have bit the bullet and have finally started building a Micro. This is a project that I have put off for at least 10 years! Previous projects have involved
[bolger] Re: AF2 sailing report, 2 (5 messages)
Sun Jan 16 2000
Used a two part sheet this time instead of a three, much less rope to mess with, a little harder to hold onto. I m thinking some kind of jam or cam cleat on
[bolger] Re: mizzen vs vane (9 messages)
Mon Jan 17 2000
Bob, Thank you very much for the information. I am perhaps the victim of armchairitis with regard to wind vanes, but it s tough to try one out up here in the
[bolger] Re: Desert river canoe design recommendations? (4 messages)
Mon Jan 17 2000
Jeff: I m with Richard on this one. You have to have some lumber (1x2 s) for the chines and gunwales. This is really no big deal, most lumber yards will
[bolger] Re: Proa of the Antipodes (2 messages)
Mon Jan 17 2000
... Nice site, but what I want to know is, which parts of the Euell Gibbons Sail are edible? Chris Crandall crandall@ukans.edu (785) 864-4131
[bolger] Re: [ Non-Blushing Epoxy?] (3 messages)
Mon Jan 17 2000
Used 1 year old System 3 two days ago on a very damp cool night. Had enough greasy mess to fry an egg. But we fry em in bacon grease here so just washed it
[bolger] Re; Bolger Micro Spars (1 message)
Mon Jan 17 2000
Hi David, Having seen your listing on Bolger @ egroup, I followed it through to your web page and Micro project questions. I am happy to say that I am in the
[bolger] Richard Spelling's AF2 (1 message)
Mon Jan 17 2000
Richard- Have again been enjoying your pictures of the AF2, Entropy. I started noticing that the trailer its sitting on isn t exactly a stock looking item.
[bolger] Re: Lexan with Silicone smudges (12 messages)
Mon Jan 17 2000
Robert: Thank you for your attention. Somewhere in the back of my mind while slogging through everything I could gather on the subject, Eric Hiscock s visage
[bolger] Re: Gutambu Ply (4 messages)
Tue Jan 18 2000
I boiled a sample of Gutambu and it delaminated quickly. P. Sites ... From: Robert N. Lundy [mailto:robert@seawyse.com] Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2000 1:56
[bolger] Re: Kind words, 'ruckus', and office mngt. (4 messages)
Tue Jan 18 2000
Phil Bolger and Friends wrote: ===================================================== Recently WOODENBOAT featured RED HEAD, a beautiful Canoe-yawl with clear
[bolger] Re: Micro sail area and rig (8 messages)
Wed Jan 19 2000
In a message dated 01/19/2000 2:35:16 AM Central Standard Time, giuseppe.bianco@asi.it writes:
[bolger] boom on a poor-setting sprit? (1 message)
Wed Jan 19 2000
Unless you really want to add a boom, try cutting a spritsail with some deliberate, calculated shape. You can use RLaine s Sailcut program, which can be
[bolger] AS29 and related topics (1 message)
Wed Jan 19 2000
Hi all finally found the time to work through last month s messages so here I ll try to catch up. Pippo: you will need about 36 sheets 1500 x 3000. Depends on
[bolger] Re: Matt Layden, Bahama sharpies... (2 messages)
Wed Jan 19 2000
I think I found that site originally off Larry s page. The pics of those little boats in that clear Bahamian water are really neat. Somewhere in the specs
[bolger] Re: Gulp! Weekender? (4 messages)
Wed Jan 19 2000
Hi Mark, A couple of years ago, I was at the same place that you are now. I even bought the plans for the Weekender. When all was said and done, I chose the
[bolger] re:Micro sail area and rig. (1 message)
Thu Jan 20 2000
Hi Pippo, Everything Chuck mentions about the Micro is right on.I have spent the last 6 years sailing mine on the St Lawrence River around Montreal and despite
[bolger] Light Schooner Website update (1 message)
Thu Jan 20 2000
Light Schooner pages have been updated http://www.ace.net.au/schooner/index.htm Bolger boat links have been updated http://www.ace.net.au/schooner/sites2.htm
[bolger] Re: Doggerel (say what?!) (5 messages)
Thu Jan 20 2000
EZRA LOOMIS POUND (1885-1972) ANCIENT MUSIC Winter is icumen in, Lhude sing Goddamm, Raineth drop and staineth slop, And how the wind doth ramm! Sing: Goddamm.
[bolger] gutambo ply (1 message)
Thu Jan 20 2000
When in doubt, leave it out! I made the mistake of using exterior grade Luan ply for an instant boat once. The lumber yard I got it from (a cousin of my
[bolger] A Great Motion Picture Event! (1 message)
Thu Jan 20 2000
The deed is done and Jochems & Jochems have been immortalized - in a slow-moving, 117 min. portrait. Talking about must-have video: - highly developed
[bolger] Sprit-sail musings (1 message)
Thu Jan 20 2000
The last spritsail-rigged boat we sailed was a Pete Culler SAILING SAMPAN (11 x 52 squarefeet) built by Montgomery for Jay Oker. The loose footed sail does
[bolger] Re: Fast windows (2 messages)
Thu Jan 20 2000
I had one of these beauties too. Would pass everything but a filling station... finally gave it away to a friend to be his lake house boat-launcher. Don
[bolger] Speaking of Sprit Booms (1 message)
Thu Jan 20 2000
In the Vault: headsail.jpg shows a sprit-boom on a jib very clearly. The photo comes from an online collection at UT in Austin and dates from about 1910. I
[bolger] Square Boats and Rocker (1 message)
Thu Jan 20 2000
The square boat concept is that of sides with no flare. Sections are box like or square, correct? So the design of these boats show panels with rocker built in
[bolger] Re: #639 Plan owners and Video (2 messages)
Thu Jan 20 2000
Hot damn! Armpit deep in snow waiting by my mailbox! jeb, on the icy shores of Fundy
[bolger] re;keel anxiety and belly-buttons (1 message)
Fri Jan 21 2000
Hello David Jost, I poured my Micro keel in the winter of 93 and I used a number of references before handling all that hot lead!Namely, Bud MacIntosh s How
[bolger] Re: micro spars (4 messages)
Fri Jan 21 2000
I have melted lead for another project with a cast iron pot set carefully on top of a Kerosun heater, after removing the top of the heater. The iron pot was a
[bolger] Re: Spritsail (18 messages)
Fri Jan 21 2000
... This is my experience, too. I sailed a spritsail boat at Mystic Seaport, a heavy, heavy, catboat-shaped centerboard hull, carvel planked, and quite
[bolger] Micro update (4 messages)
Fri Jan 21 2000
BO Ready to cut now. Question: would you use the port sides as a pattern BO for the starboard ones, or do you prefer to redo lofting again? BO Best, Pippo I
[bolger] The virtues of June Bug (1 message)
Fri Jan 21 2000
It s all true about June Bug. The secret is in her square shape. She s got immense initial stability. Things that d make you cringe with the usual round
[bolger] Re: re: Keel anxiety (2 messages)
Fri Jan 21 2000
Date sent: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:57:29 -0800 From: David Jost To: bolger@eGroups.com Send reply to:
[bolger] Re: Glass Rope for S&G/T&T (6 messages)
Fri Jan 21 2000
BO I can see how tape would add very little additional strength to this BO process. Anybody know if Bolger s comment about NO TAPE (on inside BO fillets) has
[bolger] Re: Seabird ´86, who knows... (2 messages)
Sat Jan 22 2000
BO Would the Seabird 86 considered a square boat ? Regards, Warren That s scurrilous, Warren! I know I m regarded in the wider world of boats as
[bolger] Re: SV: Double Eagle (2 messages)
Sat Jan 22 2000
=?iso-8859-1?q?bj=f8rn_harbo?= wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=1911 ... project. I have ordered a number
[bolger] Re: SV: SV: Double Eagle (1 message)
Sat Jan 22 2000
I did. I didn t find any Double Eagle . However, there is a cruising catamaran , but only 31 ft long. Has the design been featured in MAIB at all? ... From:
[bolger] Double Eagle(s), Junebug/sharpie behavior (1 message)
Sat Jan 22 2000
Dept. Alaskan Epic Project: Congratulations on the progress, Fritz. What a sight! The second hull will come together faster yet. Good to see one third of the
[bolger] Re: Catboats (1 message)
Sat Jan 22 2000
Sorry all, I should have included the Catboat Assoc Pages http://www,catboats.org/ Jeff Gilbert
[bolger] Re: Micro Spars (2 messages)
Sun Jan 23 2000
Hi Colin, Sorry for the delay in answering, the URL is; http://www.iland.net/~pmuller/ As with all websites, it aint up to date, and I ll be adding newer pics
[bolger] Re: modified June Bug (12 messages)
Sun Jan 23 2000
... When I get ... sharpie ... Too kind -- it looks better in the photos than in reality, that is two coats of white primer on the port side, and a semi-gloss
[bolger] Michael Storer (2 messages)
Sun Jan 23 2000
BO A few days ago in the digest there was a item from a BO Michael Storer. Are you the the same Michael Storer BO who designs small boats and sells your
[bolger] YIBBida (2 messages)
Sun Jan 23 2000
BO YIBB (- sorry Chuck, couldn t resist!) We have a fishing celebrity locally whose trademark, apart from kissing fish, is a cry which sounds something like
[bolger] Re: Classic new Bolger article . . . (11 messages)
Sun Jan 23 2000
BO Yes, Mr. Samson s gloating is almost too much to take. BO BO Help us poor yanks Bill, please! BO Robert Lundy AND spare a thought for us Antipodeans
[bolger] Re: Gulp! Weekender & Micro Sail Area (2 messages)
Sun Jan 23 2000
Mark, thanks for your kind words. The ply on mine is; Bottom - two layers of 1/4 marine. All else, single 1/4 marine ply. The deck frames were cut from some
[bolger] Re:Gulp!Weekender&Micro Sail Area (1 message)
Mon Jan 24 2000
To Mark & Marie-Claude Oliver, If the boat has yet to be sold by the time you come to Montreal,vous serez de tres bien bienvenue pour visiter et meme de faire
[bolger] Re: Perfect Skiff/CSD Skiff (3 messages)
Mon Jan 24 2000
I think I met John though other sources, can t remember if he s on the list (John, you out there?) I can only admire, questions are for people who know. Robert
[bolger] SquareBoats! updated (2 messages)
Mon Jan 24 2000
It s all happening, almost... Partial update on SquareBoats!, new material is Michael Storer s kamikaze canoe yawl (not for cheapskates, sorry, build a peero
[bolger] Re: Navigator Frames (4 messages)
Mon Jan 24 2000
Rennie permenent sawn frame might be a good idea maybe just the framing from the original bulkhead? I think that was 3/4 X 2 1/2 . See how the tiller is well
[bolger] Re: Teal and wallboard screws (1 message)
Mon Jan 24 2000
BO One tip I learned about lining up frames, stem and sternpost at the very end BO that process on Windsprint: BO Temporarily attach everything with sheetrock
[bolger] Bolger on Tariffs and Trades (5 messages)
Tue Jan 25 2000
BO Dept. MAALOX-moments and subsequently necessary grief-reduction: BO - Current exchange rate US$ to Aus$ is about 1 : 1.57. Stock #520 BO WYOMING plans are
[bolger] Re: post 1917 - MJ Lug (1 message)
Tue Jan 25 2000
Seems to me that the sail in question, as described, is simply unacceptable. If the basic dimensions arn t as shown on PB&F s plans and the sailmaker is
[bolger] Re: List Rules (2 messages)
Tue Jan 25 2000
Hi - 1. You MUST join the Bolger list to post. It s easy, it s free, and it keeps spam off the group. 2. Please, try to sign your posting in closing as a
[bolger] Re: Some sailbooats for Tim (2 messages)
Tue Jan 25 2000
Hi, I read your post with interest. I am a landlubber who used to sail with a friend around fifteen years ago. I got interested in boat building because I
[bolger] Re: Sharpie forefeet (forefoots?) (6 messages)
Tue Jan 25 2000
... There s a monroesque sharpie in BWAOM. Bolger quotes ballast in the 5 figure range for Monroe s original designs. With 10k of ballast, they ought to be
[bolger] Re: Clever solution needed to tall skinny problem (11 messages)
Tue Jan 25 2000
I wouldn t wash it, definitely not in a machine. Scrib it flat with a mild soap if you must. All these fabrics are coated with resin, and you don t want to
[bolger] Re: Light Schooner Rough Water Performance (3 messages)
Tue Jan 25 2000
Sorry Brian, I easily get confused when I think there are issues I can actually comment on in this forum. You obviously live quite far from Jim Michalak, who I
[bolger] Re: message 1786 -- Bill Samson (2 messages)
Wed Jan 26 2000
... I stand corrected! ... If Oughtred follows his practice with the Ness Boats, he usually tries to keep the looks above the waterline, and has something
[bolger] Re: "Cold Casting Keels" (1 message)
Wed Jan 26 2000
I m a bit skeptical of the numbers that have been thrown around about epoxy and lead spheres. Here s why: If you take a sphere in a cube, it takes up about 52%
[bolger] Cleaning sails (1 message)
Wed Jan 26 2000
Hi, still (not) learning how to respond to other e-mails... James Fuller asked about putting his sail in the washing machine. Page 380 of the Sailmaker s
[bolger] Re: keel anxiety (12 messages)
Wed Jan 26 2000
stefan nohn wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=1971 ... In my ... day. ... deal. ... I m sorry. The correct
[bolger] microtrawler (1 message)
Wed Jan 26 2000
I just got George Shannon s Microtrawler article up. He did a real fine job on the boat and the article (great pictures too). Thanks George!
[bolger] Re: ROZINANTE, proas, and LEXAN windows (4 messages)
Wed Jan 26 2000
I vaguely recollect that LFH at one point opined that if a builder had the irreverence to change the tiniest detail of one of his sacred designs, the birds
[bolger] M2K (1 message)
Wed Jan 26 2000
Let s see. Is this Message 2000? The Cheap Pages are back up. I wasn t much confused by the snow but everyone else sure was.
[bolger] Re: Index of Bolger Designs in Messing About in Boats (7 messages)
Wed Jan 26 2000
Yes, I don t know what was happening where YOU live but we had a snowstorm the other day... Try again. http://www.friend.ly.net/~dadadata/ Note that
[bolger] Re: (1 message)
Wed Jan 26 2000
Hi, Craig -- Do you know Fritz Kochmann s correct email address? Susanne called last night, to update me on the plans ( wide Double Eagle -- I call it DE II)
[bolger] Re: Cat Boat in a Micro type page (4 messages)
Thu Jan 27 2000
Back Yard Yacht Club - Stevenson Project.... ... From: CPCorreia@aol.com [mailto:CPCorreia@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 9:34 AM To:
[bolger] Re: Lead shot in epoxy (was modern Light Schooner) (3 messages)
Thu Jan 27 2000
ghc wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=2026 ... shot ... wrestling ... packed ... In other ... the ...
[bolger] Re: off topic: Geodesic AiroLITE boats (5 messages)
Thu Jan 27 2000
... Jamie, I ll put in a vote for inclusion. My Geodesic Aerolite Snowshoe rests right on top of my Bolger 16 Pirogue and just five feet from my nesting
[bolger] Re: "cold casting keels" (was modern Light Schooner) (15 messages)
Fri Jan 28 2000
Clyde, This sounds like a wing keel. If the wing is not too extreme it might work. However, lead is a soft material and would be subject to damage from
[bolger] Re: On Schooners, single-handed that is (2 messages)
Fri Jan 28 2000
Interesting idea. Kind of a progressive boat building party. Something like that is what I have in mind to deal with the issues my current spouse will raise
[bolger] another Martha Jane collision (1 message)
Fri Jan 28 2000
I don t think it is ominous until it s something the boat did. You mention things done to the boat. Ed Haile
[bolger] Re: collegiate racing, in schooners & otherwise (2 messages)
Fri Jan 28 2000
Peter, great idea! Instead of just a sailing race as you suggest, how about combine it with rowing or paddling -- call it the Open Watermens Races . Part
[bolger] Re: web site, sternwheelers, off on a tangent (6 messages)
Fri Jan 28 2000
Carter, Thanks, Now all I need is a 900 HP engine, and I ll be all set. As a kid, I used to ride the Day Liners on the Hudson River, (more than 50 years ago)
[bolger] AS39 & PB&F (4 messages)
Fri Jan 28 2000
BO As soon as the holidays get over I intend to order plans for the AS39 BO from PG&F. In two letters sent to PB&F using snail mail I have gotten BO a very
[bolger] Re: Modern Light Scooner - Commision? (1 message)
Fri Jan 28 2000
Hmmmmm, I haven t followed the conversation closely. I like the idea of a shared commission and more so the idea of a book/manual ala 6 hour canoe. I d
[bolger] Re: Again on cold poured keels (7 messages)
Sat Jan 29 2000
James, Seventy-five cents a pound!!!? I get lead scrap from the junk dealer--er, recycling specialist--in Oneonta for twenty cents a pound. My Scottish blood
[bolger] Re: capacity for a cartop boat, intro (6 messages)
Sat Jan 29 2000
Thanks for the tip. I m aware of this boat but somehow I find a Junebug easier to look at than a Featherwind. Not sure why. I guess the $200 sailboat is
[bolger] project for someone? (1 message)
Sat Jan 29 2000
We have a Monfort Cartopper 9 with a bottom which is delaminating and fabric covering which might stand to be redone. This boat is very light and very cute,
[bolger] Re: SheetRock Screw Clamping (10 messages)
Sun Jan 30 2000
BO Wood softening ? What s that? BO JB about a 1 square of scrap 1/4 ply so the wallboard screw doesn t countersink itself into your nice ply. Same
[bolger] Re: The Light Schooner (9 messages)
Sun Jan 30 2000
BO Oh, come on, Tim, relax. BO The likelyhood of capsize is similar whether with captain and 7 knot breeze BO or captain and crew of 4 and a twenty knot
[bolger] Re: Double Eagle, e-mail , but joints (12 messages)
Sun Jan 30 2000
A 4 and 1/2 inch high speed grinder is my choice. I have used it to make bevels but the trick is to remember to do it. Clyde Wisner
[bolger] Re: Folding Schooner pipedreams (2 messages)
Sun Jan 30 2000
OK! Let s see the cartoon, at least! Gregg C.
[bolger] Re: Solent lug, wasMicro Navigator's rig (1 message)
Sun Jan 30 2000
BO Hi Pippo, BO One alternative you might consider is replacing the jibheaded rig with a BO Solent Lug rig. This gives effectively the same sail shape, but on
[bolger] re:folding schooner pipe dreams (1 message)
Sun Jan 30 2000
In this case you spell syndicate Internet Dreamers Would take at least 10 maybe more to sail, how many thousand per? I have two grand any other nuts? ED
[bolger] Re: Sailing grounds (was Light Schooner (1 message)
Mon Jan 31 2000
snip FT2: BO Gregg, much of this difference is probably arising from differences in BO where we sail, and under what conditions. snip JB: BO You ve hit the
[bolger] Dual Weighted Leeboards (3 messages)
Mon Jan 31 2000
David I agree with Ernie. A very heavily leaded leeboard reinvents the swing keel. Swing keels are notorious for developing pivot problems. Imagine what would
[bolger] Re: SV: WDJ I've started,have ?S (3 messages)
Mon Jan 31 2000
My apologies, Bjorn. That s what comes of responding to list messages before scrolling further down to see if later comments on the topic have arrived. Thanx
[bolger] Re: SV: Martha Jane/Birdwatcher cross. (1 message)
Mon Jan 31 2000
Wow.... ... From: bob archibald To: Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 10:53 PM Subject: [bolger] Re: Martha Jane/Birdwatcher
[bolger] Re: Chebacco News #29 (4 messages)
Mon Jan 31 2000
Primarily to Jamie: The shrunken rope is nylon. It shouldn t have shrunk, if anything it should have stretched. The sailmaker does not know why this happened.
[bolger] Re: SV: SV: WDJ I've started,have ?S (2 messages)
Mon Jan 31 2000
Amazingly video arrived today! Actually may have arrived a couple of days ago. My wife pointed out to me that a parcel from PCB&Friends had evidently been
[bolger] Re: Martha Jane/Birdwatcher cross. (8 messages)
Mon Jan 31 2000
Bob, I d love to hear more about your Birdwatcher. Do you like the boat? How well does the row/sail concept work in real life? Is the cabin hot? Does it truly
[bolger] Re: Two Cents to Various Recent Topics (2 messages)
Mon Jan 31 2000
... I use a windsurfer rig on my teal. the mast is strong enough to flip the boat with two of us on the rail. David Ryan Minister of Information and Culture