September 2000
Re: [bolger] Re: Big Sharpie? (14 messages)
Fri Sep 01 2000
Volume 18- Number 7 MAIB Aug 15 2000. Steel Auxiliary Sailing Narrowboat. Pg 26. HJ ... -- _ _ _ _ _ % Harry welshman@ptialaska.net
Re: 3m 5200 Home Depot (2 messages)
Fri Sep 01 2000
... 5200. At first they didn t know what I was talking about, but then they found it. The price on the white was $7.95, but there were eight tubes of tan
Re: [bolger] Re: 3m 5200 Home Depot (1 message)
Fri Sep 01 2000
To all; Not the same deal here in South Florida...still the full price. Regards, Warren In a message dated 00-09-01 08:05:44 EDT, you write: ... 5200. At
Re: Copper bottom treatment? (13 messages)
Fri Sep 01 2000
Bill, A good product for your purposes would be McLube s SailKote. It s a dry lubricant, a souped-up, harder version of Teflon. It s GREAT for all kinds of
Thoughts on FG butt joints (1 message)
Fri Sep 01 2000
Building a Michalak Larsboat, and using FG butt joints. One 2 strip of 6oz on each side of the 5mm Lauan. Did my standard break test on a piece of the scrape
Micro wanted (1 message)
Fri Sep 01 2000
I m looking for a used Micro. Preferably built of good marine ply, preferably with epoxy, preferably in good shape, and in the Northeast.
Re: Micro wanted (2 messages)
Fri Sep 01 2000
Dan, Peter has listed his boat up for sale. It is very well built with actual keel bolts and a real solid rudder. It looks like a gold-plater to me. My
Re: Ads on eGroups [#4861146] (1 message)
Sat Sep 02 2000
Below, you ask a perfectly reasonable question; one that we ask ourselves. Then, (do you think that we can t figure these things out?) you answer a different
Re:[bolger] Clam Skiff / Work Skiff (3 messages)
Sat Sep 02 2000
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Re: [bolger] Thoughts on FG butt joints (1 message)
Sat Sep 02 2000
I think if you make the butt block or glass patch diamond shaped at a 2 to 1 length to width with at full width portion in the middle about 8 times the
copper-epoxy for antifouling (1 message)
Sat Sep 02 2000
Gentlemen I have been following your discussions about the possibilities of incorporating copper into epoxy as an antifouling. Where have you all been for the
Keel Sharpie 55 (5 messages)
Sun Sep 03 2000
I read a thread on the KS55 going on back in July. Is anyone, building this boat (or has anyone built it)? Are plans available from PB&F?
Re: Big (but not HUGE) Sharpie - ANTISPRAY 48 (5 messages)
Sun Sep 03 2000
Frank, Oh, wow, we can hardly find time to work on the boat, let alone find time to learn how to setup/update a website. On second thought, at our current
Re: [bolger] Re: Big (but not HUGE) Sharpie - ANTISPRAY 48 (7 messages)
Sun Sep 03 2000
... Or in lieu of spending all that boat building time learning to make a web page, there are at least a couple of sites ( Square Boats, and Duckworks Magazine
Re: [bolger] Re: Copper bottom treatment? (2 messages)
Sun Sep 03 2000
A few more comments on copper bottom stuff Copperpoxy was mentioned a couple of times , but here it is again. It was sold by System Three , but spun off to a
Re: [bolger] Barnacle bottom cleaning (1 message)
Sun Sep 03 2000
Re: [bolger] copper-epoxy for antifouling (2 messages)
Mon Sep 04 2000
... OK, I ve been quiet on this for a long while. Here s the straight skinny. Copper mixed with epoxy is a bottom treatment that has been tried and test over
Re: [bolger] Nymph paint problems (2 messages)
Mon Sep 04 2000
... No question, Japan Drier is great. However, set up a fan in the room with the boat. It makes a surprisingly large difference!
De- and reconstruction (1 message)
Mon Sep 04 2000
For anyone who s interested, I ve posted some pictures of the removal and recontruction of the cabin on my Bolger 30-footer in the Files section. Look in the
Re: unsubscribe (3 messages)
Mon Sep 04 2000
... Gary, You are not getting messages asking you to unsubscribe. What s happening is some people are trying to cancel their subscription, but are doing it
Re: [bolger] Re: unsubscribe (1 message)
Mon Sep 04 2000
Thanks Rick, I just started the masters program in process manufacturing so I don t have a lot of time, money and facilities to fabricate a boat at this time.
RE: [bolger] Double Bottom on Martha Jane. (5 messages)
Tue Sep 05 2000
Dear Group, The double bottom discussion was in high gear just as I was about to attempt to glue 2 1/4 ACX sheets together as the revised Pointy Skiff plans
Re: Double Bottom on Martha Jane. (4 messages)
Tue Sep 05 2000
- Mark and Steve, Thanks for the imput, lots of food for thought there. I ll brainstorm it a bit more yet, but the pros seem to be outweighing the cons at
Re: diablo info sought (2 messages)
Tue Sep 05 2000
I have a Diablo that I have only used once this year. I built it about 6 years ago and it is going strong. It is: great in a small chop up to about 1 foot
Idaho"s Larger Sister, 38 footer? (1 message)
Tue Sep 05 2000
Somewhere on the Net I read a refernce to a 38 foot sister of the Tennessee, Idaho, Wyoming series I can not remember her name and wonder if anyone is
Re: Idaho"s Larger Sister, 38 footer? (2 messages)
Tue Sep 05 2000
Hi Jef, I am building a Dakota in northern Michigan. It is similar to Idaho, but has a bit more rocker and is not designed to use as much horsepower, to
Re: Barnacle bottom cleaning (2 messages)
Tue Sep 05 2000
Jim, I hear the oldtimers would take a boat to fresh water and leave her there a few days and the barnacles would fall off, pads and all. I wonder if it s
Re: boat freebees (2 messages)
Wed Sep 06 2000
I,m building a Chebacco in Upstate NY. Have the hull done and ready to flip. I think you re making a very generous offer and would like to pursue it if I may
Re: [bolger] Re: Idaho"s Larger Sister, 38 footer? (1 message)
Wed Sep 06 2000
In a message dated 09/05/2000 10: I finally got a scanner last week and will try to get some ...
Bolger Birdwatcher (1 message)
Wed Sep 06 2000
In searching for info on Birdwatcher I hit a number of links to http://www.sharpie.u-net.com/birdwatcher.html which appeared to be a building page. This is no
Bolger in new Watercraft magazine & GLSCS 3 (1 message)
Wed Sep 06 2000
Hello, My new Watercraft magazine from the UK came yesterday and there is a large article on P. Bolger an Susan A. in regards to their electric powered launch.
Re: [bolger] Re: Surf: Bowsprit (1 message)
Wed Sep 06 2000
Payson specifically warns against using the bowsprit for anything but a temporary line, lunch hook type of thing. It s there for looks.
Re: Another Queen Mab Design 638 Launched (2 messages)
Wed Sep 06 2000
... Picture! We must see Pictures! Al, in Ann Arbor
Re: Surf (2 messages)
Wed Sep 06 2000
... In 1987 I built a surf in a colege workshop in about three days ( spring break) she is the most beuitiful boat I ve built so far. she survived about 6
Re: Good Wood (4 messages)
Wed Sep 06 2000
My 2 cents: I ve used 3/4-inch lumberyard spruce stock glued up for up to 3 1/2 inch thick masts and booms with no problems. Jamie s right, knots are less of a
Re: [bolger] Re: Good Wood (1 message)
Thu Sep 07 2000
My Father , who was a master shipwright used nothing but weldwood on masts. He took great pride in the fact that none of his masts never came down (San
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 197 (1 message)
Thu Sep 07 2000
To All; I just got done editing about 3 MONTH s of Digests {yes, I m a packrat . . . plus there were other reasons I couldn t do my mail daily}. There was
Boom tent (1 message)
Thu Sep 07 2000
Here is a link that was shared on the West Wight Potter list, and shows a clean design for a boom support/tent on a Sun Cat. My first thought was that this
Re: Plywood: Fir or Okoume? (10 messages)
Thu Sep 07 2000
I have used the 1/2 5-ply MDO and have been happy with it, the 3/8 MDO I ve looked at doesn t appear anywhere near as good. Maybe it was a bad batch or
3/8 MDO (1 message)
Thu Sep 07 2000
I sheathed the bottom of the aft hull of the Folding Schooner with 3/8 MDO that happened to be in stock in my local lumberyard. This was a very easy botom
Re: Weldwood split from Good Wood (2 messages)
Thu Sep 07 2000
It wasn t when or how they were laminated that was the problem. It was afterwards after the varnished-finished masts had been exposed to the summer sun & heat.
Re: Micro chines (3 messages)
Fri Sep 08 2000
Pippo, I do not think it necessary to tape the chines. I am working from an older set of plans that does not mention anything about taping, or even glassing.
Re: [bolger] Micro chines (1 message)
Fri Sep 08 2000
I m also thinking not to tape the bulkheads (inside) to the bottom and to the sides. I ve a 3 cm wide gluing surface there which I plan to back up with epoxy
Re: [bolger] Re: Plywood: Fir or Okoume? (4 messages)
Fri Sep 08 2000
I think its a crapshoot - I got some nice 3/4 AC at HD, but their 1/2 has never looked good. Don Hodges ... From: Jim Sehloff To:
what about using the bow for the stern? (1 message)
Sat Sep 09 2000
The box cutwater bow in the microtrawler design gives a fine entry and I wonder if it was used also for the stern would that give a low drag shape with
Re: Seldom mentioned ply wood (3 messages)
Sat Sep 09 2000
... typically ... size knot ... I notice that no one here mentions the boatbuilding plywood recommended by Jacques Mertens on www.bateau.com. This is
Leander's Folding Schooner (3 messages)
Sat Sep 09 2000
I ve put three additional pictures in files. These show the hinges and spars. fs10002.jpg, fs10003.jpg, fs10004.jpg. Peter
Re: Weldwood split from Good Wood (4 messages)
Sat Sep 09 2000
I had NO problem during use after boat (Pointy Skiff) was in use. When attaching the sides to frames and stem the butts separated. I probably didn t let the
[bolger] Re: Outboard bag (2 messages)
Sat Sep 09 2000
I ve got one stored in a USMail Bag., with an ultra-heavy duty garbage bag as a liner. The bags are waterproof heavy canvas, with a cord throat & padlocking
Fldg Schnr update (2 messages)
Sat Sep 09 2000
Still picking at the bits and pieces of the Folding Schooner. On Labor Day I put up all the spars and sails and drilled lashing holes and roughed out some of
Re: what about using the bow for the stern? (3 messages)
Sat Sep 09 2000
Dewey your right it is the shape I was talking about sometimes I wonder if there is anything left to invent in the way of boats I love the writing of Mr Bolger
Re: Micro chines (10 messages)
Sat Sep 09 2000
Mark, I think that I tend to abund a bit myself when I use epoxy. For instance, when I glue there s always a bit too much epoxy squeezing out of the joints
Re: message editor (2 messages)
Sat Sep 09 2000
Leander, I also find the posting editor to be a bit squirrelly . Vince Chew
Dakota scans (1 message)
Sun Sep 10 2000
Hello All, I have uploaded a profile of the version I am building as well as one of the four alternate cabins that Bolger provides with the plans. Sorry about
Re: Spreading Epoxy (4 messages)
Sun Sep 10 2000
David, I don t know what you consider cheap. The roller covers I m referring to cost about $3.59 ea. at Home Depot. I cut them in half, but still, $1.78 every
Re: [bolger] Good Wood (11 messages)
Sun Sep 10 2000
Warren, If it has acorns, my guess would be some type of oak. The question is, can you get it sawed? Most saw mills won t touch yard grown wood. This is due
RE: [bolger] Re: Spreading Epoxy (1 message)
Mon Sep 11 2000
I use Pain brush cleaner . Easily clean the brushes in water afterwards. Throw-away brushes survives quite a few uses. regards Paul NZ Just Fun Hartley
Re: so-and-so FG butt block (4 messages)
Mon Sep 11 2000
... I made a Six Hour Canoe and tried a wide board underneath the joint and still had problems. Wavy 1/4 inch material, uneven floor underneath the board and
Posting editors (1 message)
Tue Sep 12 2000
Vince, You are using the egroup on line editor, aren t you?. If so, you ll probably have better luck both reading messages and composing your own by using your
Non Bolger post (about scantlings) (1 message)
Tue Sep 12 2000
Hi all. I ve been looking at James Wharram s catamarans designs and have been surprised by the lightness of the scantlings. Believe it or not, both the Tiki 26
Re: Kick-up rudder and leeboard (1 message)
Tue Sep 12 2000
Phil Lea put exactly that kind of rudder on his JB. A great idea. I plan to do the same with mine. Gypsy has a kick-up rudder and is a great improvement over
Re: so-and-so FG butt block (8 messages)
Tue Sep 12 2000
... do ... I just break the bubbles or sand down the high spots. A sanding pad for a Varible Speed Electric Drill works well and fast for rough work. I found
Diablo in Aluminum (1 message)
Tue Sep 12 2000
Last winter I bought a well-worn Diablo. Love the boat, have beat it up pretty well on rocks, and am now thinking of having a couple built in aluminum (Bath
Re: scantlings (2 messages)
Tue Sep 12 2000
In Dave Geer s other book which is a colection of columes from boat builder there is a much easyer to read chart where boat length = thickness. I Almost
Re:(about scantlings) (2 messages)
Tue Sep 12 2000
David, I found good scantling directions in several books: 1) Sam Devlin s Devlin s Boatbuilding (stitch and glue boats) 2) Reuel Parker s The New Cold
Re: [bolger] june bug kick-up rudder & leeboard (4 messages)
Tue Sep 12 2000
Thanks, David. The Michalak stuff on rudders and leeboard was just what I needed. George
Re: [bolger] are you also port boated? (2 messages)
Wed Sep 13 2000
Mike: That is truly weird! On thinking about it I do exactly that too. Consistently. Maybe it is because we read from left to right, and when on the port
Re: june bug kick-up rudder & leeboard (4 messages)
Wed Sep 13 2000
George, Hooray for Habitat for Humanity!! I built a kick-up rudder for my Junebug similar in function and size to Gypsy s. The blade, stock and tiller fold up
Re: [bolger] Re: so-and-so FG butt block (12 messages)
Wed Sep 13 2000
They certainly make life easy. A word of caution is due though... be careful where you are point them, where you lay them down, and how long you leave them
Re: web page updated (5 messages)
Wed Sep 13 2000
Nathan - thanks a lot, I guess you mailed to my other e-mail address, I ll read it tomorrow. I ll copy it to David. Here s my web page address:
[bolger] Re: LSME Main and Jib (4 messages)
Wed Sep 13 2000
... I got the mail taped and grommetted and it looks great, not perfect, but really nice for a gimme sail and $20 of tape and grommets. I ll have to scare up a
For those interested (TIKI scantlings) (1 message)
Thu Sep 14 2000
Here s the message from Nathan about TIKI scantlings: I am using a far eastern (malaysian) ply that is stiffer and harder than the okoume which wharram
Re: are you also port boated? (4 messages)
Thu Sep 14 2000
Sirs Are you right handed? there fore as you face the boat from the bow and tend to move to the right you end up on the port side. Just an idea Jef ... this
Progress on the LSME (1 message)
Thu Sep 14 2000
FBBB -- The light scooner Margaret Ellen nears completion. For all my talk, she s build more or less to plan, with only two *intended* modifications. I widened
Re: [bolger] Re: june bug kick-up rudder & leeboard (1 message)
Thu Sep 14 2000
Thanks, Phillip. I Gypsy s rudder like the one on car-topper? I am not familiar with the Gypsy design. I guess your leeboard is like the one designed for
Re: [bolger] River Walker? (2 messages)
Thu Sep 14 2000
David; I know I have that copy somewhere, & it might take some doing to find it. If you get no response from anyone more organized then me drop me an e-mail
Re: Fldg Schnr Spar Stowage (3 messages)
Thu Sep 14 2000
... I am very interested in the oars and rigging rowing seats. Anychance you could file some pics with placement of oarlocks etc? or maybe give an idea of how
Re: River Walker? (2 messages)
Fri Sep 15 2000
David, Click here:http://www.pilgrimboat.com/ and go to bottom under new plans. Sincerely, Peter Lenihan ... journal ... seem ... houseboat. ... that
Got it right this time! (1 message)
Fri Sep 15 2000
Dear all - I couldn t resist this morning: as soon as I woke up I got my usual coffe and cigarette and rushed downstairs, to discover that my second FG butt
Re: bolgers ocean abilities (4 messages)
Fri Sep 15 2000
... Jessie ... pushed ... I bow to your greater experience. (you:11000 miles, me: 0 miles). Still, I m sure you will understand if I continue in my feeling
Re: [bolger] Re: River Walker? (1 message)
Fri Sep 15 2000
Thanks Peter, I hadn t been able to find anything on the web on River Walker. But damn them tiny GIFs! I blow em up and realize it s not my eyes that are
Re: bolgers ocean abilities (10 messages)
Fri Sep 15 2000
On the original idea of this thread, simple ocean cruisers, Bolger showed an interesting boat in the November 1, 1996 MAIB. It s 39 centerboard yawl, double
Re: [bolger] bolger boat plans (2 messages)
Fri Sep 15 2000
Thanks a lot for the kind answer. Topaz certainly is a beautiful boat. Ihave to wonder she would take rough water. Walt. ... From: Chuck Leinweber
Re: Plywood Boats Ocean Crossings (6 messages)
Sat Sep 16 2000
Hello Bennett, Well said!And,how about the HOGFISH?This is a design that has long interested me but have been unable to get any further information on since
Re: Capt Woody (1 message)
Sat Sep 16 2000
My impression of Capt. Woody (from the magazine Latitudes and Attitudes ) is that he is a blowhard who would not be deterred by ignorance. In my extensive
Re: [bolger] A Haiku (2 messages)
Sun Sep 17 2000
... HAH! I ve finished giving the LSME a second coat of bamboo beige on her deck. Gusty wind is keeping the bugs down. A boat builder from the North Fork
Re: [bolger] Retriever (1 message)
Sun Sep 17 2000
There is a picture on my site: www.ecoastlife.com - try the Photo Album link... it also references the issue of Messing About in Boats which has an
Folding Schooner Rowing (1 message)
Sun Sep 17 2000
Leander, When I built my schooner in 1978, I was able to buy two 12inx24inx10ft blocks of styrofoam from the Sears catalog and picked them up and carried them
Re: [bolger] Wood cleats (2 messages)
Sun Sep 17 2000
David: It s not very salty, or creative, but I get the plastic ones from Wal-Mart. They are cheap, they work well, and they last a long time. Chuck
Re: Micro berths and floorboards (5 messages)
Mon Sep 18 2000
Hi Pippo, Yes,you must install a small cleat/batten along the inner surface of the hull side.Also,the inboard side of the berth flat (facing the centerline)
Re: [bolger] Re: Micro berths and floorboards (1 message)
Mon Sep 18 2000
... Peter: Welcome back to the rat race. A five week cruise - my, my, my. I know what you mean about sleeping onboard, though. I would prefer a small boat
Re: [bolger] Wood cleats (3 messages)
Mon Sep 18 2000
FBBB -- I got myself a 6 foot piece of 5/4 x 6 mahogany and set to work. So far so good. Even if the cleats don t work, it was worth the purchase price just to
Juin Bug "Polliwog" - launched! (1 message)
Mon Sep 18 2000
After a failed attempt at getting my boat into the water last week (too little time, first time at an unfamiliar park, long portage to the water and who stays
Juin Bug "Polliwog" - good news (1 message)
Mon Sep 18 2000
Juin (French for June) Bug Polliwog launched 18.9.2000 The good news… •cartopping went OK, Polliwog cruising at 75 mph down the highway on top of my
Re: [bolger] Juin Bug "Polliwog" - launched! (1 message)
Mon Sep 18 2000
... Matthew: Congratulations on your new Juin Bug. By the way, a quick search in Google yielded this: http://www.omn.de/Urlaub/bike_89-1.htm with a nice
Juin Bug (3 messages)
Mon Sep 18 2000
Dear Matthew, Hearty congrats on the Juin Bug. Commiserations on the subsequent damage (quel domage!). I ve had a few mishaps with mine - mostly because I
Long Micro. (1 message)
Mon Sep 18 2000
Greetings everybody. My name is Gavin Langmuir from Melbourne Australia. I launched my Long Micro Thylacine in 1998 and have just this year finished the rig.
RE: [bolger] Water-tightness of Wood-epoxy (19 messages)
Mon Sep 18 2000
... I think most boats, especially fibreglass ones, last too long anyway, my current one is an encapulated wood epoxy, launched in 1990. I recently did a bit
[bolger] Re: New Photo (3 messages)
Tue Sep 19 2000
... The fir we can get our hands on out here is crap, and it ain t cheap either -- around 50 cents a foot for 2x4s. The Despot is cheeper, but 60 miles away
Re: Wood Cleat Rule!!! (2 messages)
Tue Sep 19 2000
KEWL Jef ... cleats ... cleats, ... didn t! ... deck, ... love ... more!
Re: Bolger keel (2 messages)
Tue Sep 19 2000
Mark Thankyou What is gregs hulls ? Jeffery ... mostly on ... to about ... these to ... without it. ... a ... ect
RE: [bolger] Port Townsend and PS Fleet (3 messages)
Wed Sep 20 2000
Chris, Thanks...makes perfect sense. Jim
Re: [bolger] LOOKING FOR TENNESSE PLANS (3 messages)
Wed Sep 20 2000
This site will give you any $ conversion. http://www.x-rates.com Currently 0.542 US$ = 1 Ausy $ I agree that DF plan prices are high ($250 to 400 US) but they
dinghy lost! (1 message)
Wed Sep 20 2000
This is a bit off-topic, but a Nutshell dinghy I built was lost in Gardiner s Bay (east end of Long Island, NY) about a week ago. Here are some photos:
Wam, Bam, thank you lam(inate). (1 message)
Wed Sep 20 2000
FBBB -- Rudder, daggerboard, tiller. That s all that s left to do. To that end, I ve got a pair of 63x20 inch pieces of 3/4 AC laminating even as we speak. You
metal reinforcments of boats? (2 messages)
Wed Sep 20 2000
I m in the process of building my boat shop, and the 105 mph wind loads that Florida codes require preparing for, involve a huge volume of galvanized straps
Re: [bolger] Photos from Port Townsend (Baby Square Rigger) (7 messages)
Thu Sep 21 2000
David- I can t find my copy of Buehler s book, so I can t check. The cats must have something to do with it s disappearance. :o( I ve heard that there are
Re: transoms and outboards (2 messages)
Thu Sep 21 2000
-Steve , I epoxied a piece of conveyor belt on the transom for the motor mount on my Micro. plus nailed around the edges. 4 years ago and no sign of trouble. I
Re: [bolger] Walmart Polytarp (5 messages)
Thu Sep 21 2000
In a message dated 00-09-21 18:23:27 EDT, you write:
Marine Swap Meet-Portland, OR (1 message)
Thu Sep 21 2000
Seen in Nickel Ads: 1ST ANNUAL MARINE PARTS & VINTAGE GEAR FLEA MARKET Fri & Sat, 9am-6pm, Sept 22nd & 23rd, 2 miles S. of Oregon City on Hwy 99E, follow
RE: [bolger] Polytarp longevity (4 messages)
Fri Sep 22 2000
Hi all, I believe it is Harbor Freight that carries tarps of different grades for different applications. Maybe some of them hold up better than others. Jim
Alternative Flotation (Ping Pong Balls, etc) garage test (1 message)
Fri Sep 22 2000
Dear Group. My 1.5 cents worth on the topic. Floating in a bucket of water in my gargage for the past 48 hours is a 6 x 6 x 2 block of Insulfoam from
Launch of the LSME (1 message)
Sat Sep 23 2000
FBBB -- Tomorrow. Got my pigeons and lentils from West Marine today. All I need is a truck with hitch, (not a hard thing to find in Montauk.) YIBB, David
Re: [bolger] bolger boat plans (2 messages)
Sat Sep 23 2000
walt, I don t know about Bolger designs on line; but a good source is back issues of Messing About in Boats. Maybe you could get them from the publisher: Bob
Re: [bolger] Re: Surf: Bowsprit (11 messages)
Sat Sep 23 2000
I used the bow sprit on my surf as a place to dangle the anchor when fishing. When fishing is slow at one spot and you want to move, you can pull up your
Re: For a 4 HP (4 messages)
Sat Sep 23 2000
... Bolger s Pointy Skiff. runs good with a 3HP. 4 should be just about right. http: smallboat.homepage.com skiff skiff.html Rich
Re: [bolger] Re: Bolger keel (14 messages)
Sat Sep 23 2000
Mark I am with you on some of this. When I am talking of a Bolger box keel , I mean the sneakeasy 2 type or the one on the 48 steel boat that has been talked
[bolger] re: Alternative Flotation garage test (3 messages)
Sun Sep 24 2000
Jim, Wow! About 2# / cubic foot and it won t weigh any more than the gold plated yachtsman s stuff. Good work. Gonna try some gas? Mark
RE: [bolger] Big Sharpies, Anti-Spray, etc (3 messages)
Sun Sep 24 2000
Peter, Links worked fine for me. She s a pretty thing. Thanks for the pics. Frank Bales Staunton, VA ... From: Peter Vanderwaart
Looking for a way to the water..in Connecticut (1 message)
Sun Sep 24 2000
I learned yesterday that the state of Connecticut publishes the Connecticut Coastal Access Guide which reveals to one and all Connecticut s well-known and
Re: delay, was: Love Bugged (1 message)
Tue Sep 26 2000
Hi Gary, My most unusual delay has to be the night last November when TWO grown daughters called within an hour and announced fancy wedding plans for February
Saturday Adventures (1 message)
Tue Sep 26 2000
Group, David Lewis here in Tulsa recently adopted my racing micro; here is his most recent report... Gregg Carlson
Re: Love Bugged (3 messages)
Tue Sep 26 2000
living in coastal Georgia, I find that lovebug/epoxy surface is great for non-skid decks. Seriously though, they are attracted to white or glossy surfaces
Re: [bolger] MICRO test drives......... (2 messages)
Wed Sep 27 2000
Peter, Sometimes I regret not to live in the American Northeast... (or in Canada...) Francisco (trying to decide wich garage or lot I have to rent to go ahed
topaz (2 messages)
Wed Sep 27 2000
In answer to three questions. Last name pronounced the same as baby with an R. Pick you own pronunciation on nantantia. I sometimes slur the tia and other
Re: Digest Number 216 (2 messages)
Wed Sep 27 2000
... year ... You don t indicate whether your budget is tight or unlimited, but I will tell you my idea. Mr. Bolger printed a piece in MAIB a couple of years
Re: God, I HATE trailers (6 messages)
Wed Sep 27 2000
... 0296 There is a miracle coating that might allow you to brush off the fouling. Go to www.nyalic.com
How are the Idaho windows sealed? (1 message)
Wed Sep 27 2000
Bernie can probably answer this. I purchased plans for the Idaho quite a while ago, and have been looking them over. The vertical frames (#21) seem to be a
Re: [bolger] Re: Help! Pointy Skiff Blunder! (7 messages)
Wed Sep 27 2000
sonic, I water tested my first boat without any finish on it which was almost a disaster. The edge grain of the plywood is the most vulnerable. It can wick
Progress - Sweet Caroline (1 message)
Thu Sep 28 2000
A few more photos of September progress... www.ecoastlife.com/buildingsc3.htm Don Hodges
Re: [bolger] Re: Bolger "Muscongus Bay" Sloop (4 messages)
Thu Sep 28 2000
Garth and Jamie- I ll bet it was built to the Fancy (it does start with F ) design, though the cockpit shape is much different. The 19 length in the festival
New schooner (1 message)
Thu Sep 28 2000
I ve read some of the messages on combining design features of the folding, light and singlehand schooner into a modern schooner . A schooner with a bowsprit
Re: Dipping-lug-rigged cruisers (5 messages)
Thu Sep 28 2000
... trailerable ... I speak as one who has owned 4 boats with trailers. Do you want a trailer boat or a trailererable boat? That is, do you want a boat that
Re: Micro in Baltimore Md. Area? (5 messages)
Thu Sep 28 2000
If you d like, you can visit mine. The hull and cabin are complete, so you can come aboard, sit in the cockpit or go into the cabin and try it for size. I
Re: live aboard retirement boat (3 messages)
Thu Sep 28 2000
... The charter schooner is #348, Volume 11, issue 15, page 22. Lots of other things to think about in the index. PHV
RE: Hate Trailers . . . bottom finish (1 message)
Thu Sep 28 2000
Dave, There are a number of SPECIAL WAXES on the market. Not exactly cheap, but less than copper-filled bottom paint, and they claim to last a whole season.
Gaff rig pages (1 message)
Thu Sep 28 2000
Greetings, all, Just thought I would share a site I stumbled onto. It has some links for those of us considering gaff rigs.
RE: [bolger] What to do with a Sabb 8/10? (4 messages)
Fri Sep 29 2000
Excellent question! I apologize for the omission. I am located in South-Central Florida, just SW of the intersection of highways 27 & 70. This is near (South
Re: Alternative Flotation (Ping Pong Balls, etc) (26 messages)
Fri Sep 29 2000
In my Surf, I used the big bottles that cat litter comes in, plus old laundry detergent bottles. You can scrouge them from cat owners you know, and everyone
Re: [bolger] Bolger Fast Sternwheeler (2 messages)
Fri Sep 29 2000
someone posted here that they were making a proof of concept, scaled down, version. You might check the archive. Richard Spelling,
Gator-Size Bio-imports (1 message)
Sat Sep 30 2000
Found this in the October, 2000 Scientific American: SEA OF TROUBLES Giant aliens have been spotted in the northern Gulf of Mexico. An Australian native
Re: [bolger] Tile Board - MY Epoxy Sticks to it! (5 messages)
Sat Sep 30 2000
Richard, thanks, I ll give the heat a try... Don Hodges ... From: Richard Spelling To: Sent: Friday,
Re: [bolger] Removable wheels on boats (14 messages)
Sat Sep 30 2000
There have been several good (and inventive) ideas for amphibious boats listed here. Maybe all you guys could email Fritz with pictures and he could add them
Re: [bolger] Happy Discovery (5 messages)
Sat Sep 30 2000
Vince Where do you get your carbide rollers? HJ ... _ _ _ _ _ % Harry welshman@ptialaska.net