October 2001
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 677 - Museums (in NEW JERSEY) (1 message)
Mon Oct 01 2001
What a bunch of elitist, museum snobs !! Dirk asked about . . . around Princeton, NJ . . . , and you guys bounce him all over the place. Dirk, simply drive
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 677 - Of Sawhorses & Gunwales (1 message)
Mon Oct 01 2001
Dennis, Since my working space is limited I have to frequently use exterior storage . I also store our 19 foot sailboat in the back drive over the winter
Counterbores (1 message)
Mon Oct 01 2001
For anyone interested: In the March/April WoodenBoat, issue 153 on page 79 is a nice article titled: Making Coungerbores . It is complete with pictures,
RE: [bolger] tool talk (4 messages)
Mon Oct 01 2001
Harry and Thomas I happen to have this very same saw in my shop. I had noticed that the guides were metallic, so I thought Babbit . I checked the other day,
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 676 - RE: Museums - Philly Seaport (1 message)
Mon Oct 01 2001
Pete, She s NOT just of TR s Great White Fleet . She s the OLYMPIA . . . Dewey s FLAGSHIP that steamed into Manila Bay. As in, You may fire when ready,
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 675 - Band Saw Books (1 message)
Mon Oct 01 2001
Harry, Finally decided on a bandsaw. Not as fortunate as you, had to actually BUY one. Did my research and went with the 14 inch JET - - neck & neck with the
RE: [bolger] Re: West Coast Source for Cedar Strip Planking (8 messages)
Mon Oct 01 2001
I don t think you will have any problem mating strips to ply. Roger Hatfield has been making nice charter cats that way for a long time. The fact is that you
Re: [bolger]What design is it? (5 messages)
Mon Oct 01 2001
Those are cool pictures! I built a boat like that to my own design, and before I finished it (though actually it still needs deck paint) came accross the plan
Re: Redwood (1 message)
Mon Oct 01 2001
I ve used redwood for some floorboards, nice looking wood but it was too soft and easily crushed. Much of what you can buy now has much sapwood and big growth
RE: [bolger] Re: Double Eagle (3 messages)
Mon Oct 01 2001
http://thegreatsea.homestead.com/ ... From: thomas dalzell [mailto:proaconstrictor@yahoo.ca] Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 9:05 PM To: bolger@yahoogroups.com
Re: Re: [bolger] Compund miter calcs (3 messages)
Tue Oct 02 2001
This is what I wound up doing. The boat as designed is set up for strictly taped seams with no beveling necessary. The stem is to be held together with tie
Re: [bolger] Re: A Bolger Sailing Dory? (14 messages)
Wed Oct 03 2001
Putting that Ideal Series index together has addled my brain, all the designs seem to run together... The smaller Atkin flat-sided dories I was thinkin of
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 671 - Ryobi BT3000 Table Saw (2 messages)
Wed Oct 03 2001
Ron - Thanks for your Ryobi input - your very incouraging. Aloha - Jack [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [bolger] Re: Sharpie Cruisers (6 messages)
Wed Oct 03 2001
Bruce: I can only tell you about the Tennessee, since I built one. It will cruise at 10 knots, but likes 7 better, and is much more economical there. This is
Re: tinting polycarbonate (was: window thickness) (6 messages)
Wed Oct 03 2001
I ll look for it. Also, have a friend who recently tried the auto films stuff, and he is bringing me scraps to test with. Imagination? How does that bond with
Re: [bolger] Teal Help (4 messages)
Wed Oct 03 2001
... It draws a couple of inches, and this changes a lot if you re heeled, whether or not you ve got the daggerboard (aoubt 14 inches then, I think), and how
Re: [bolger] Re: Why not a Dory? (13 messages)
Thu Oct 04 2001
Pacific City dories used to be much more dory-like. Harry V. Sucher took the lines of a modern 20 Oregon surf dory he found at Depoe Bay in 1958, it s a bit
[bolger] Re: from NPR.com 10/2/01 "Lost Rower" (6 messages)
Thu Oct 04 2001
... I was watching this storm because it was our first Winter style wave maker of the season. I distinctly recall looking at the wave forecast on the FNMOC
poof goes the epoxy (1 message)
Thu Oct 04 2001
For those interested, if you hold a hot air gun to some epoxy in an attempt to make it cure faster, it doesn t. The little puff of smoke that comes from it
Re: Museums? (11 messages)
Thu Oct 04 2001
I just became aware of this one: The Long Island Maritime Museum. See http://www.limaritime.org/ PHV
Re: polycarbonate windows, further questions (2 messages)
Thu Oct 04 2001
... like ... acrylic ... Doubt it would be to flexible. Especialy if there is even the slightest amount of curve in the window. The sample piece I have is
Re: polycarb (1 message)
Thu Oct 04 2001
ok, so i am too busy to look up who originally posed the question, but i wanted to comment.... polycarb can be purchased here in Maine in any color and
Re: [bolger]Portable boats (1 message)
Fri Oct 05 2001
Hi, I too am enthusiastic about portable boats. I built myself a Percy Blandford designed PBK24 11 long x 28 beam folding kayak. All up weight including
Riding Stately At Anchor (1 message)
Fri Oct 05 2001
FBBB --- Yesterday I was on the Margaret Ellen for the first time in many weeks. After at least a month on the float with several hard blows, including one
Re: Lapstrake Chebacco at CWB (2 messages)
Sat Oct 06 2001
Say Tom, Is this it; http://www.boat-links.com/PT/PT2001/Jerome-1.jpg http://www.boat-links.com/PT/PT2001/Jerome-2.jpg if so, read more at;
Lapstrake Chebacco in Seattle (1 message)
Sun Oct 07 2001
I agree - Very likely Jerome McIlvannie s Chebacco. If it was white, then I m 100% certain. Jerome (from Yakima WA) is not an Internet buff, and you won t
Teal, Surf, June bug (1 message)
Sun Oct 07 2001
Are they through the water or above the water type hulls? Do they tend to bounce over or slice throuh the chop? The rockers do not look very pronounced.
Re: Teal, Surf, June Bug (1 message)
Mon Oct 08 2001
Teal is basically an even more elegant Elegant Punt. More rocker than Surf or JB, which are, in my opinion sharpie skiffs. With a light load they all skim over
Re: Redwood? (11 messages)
Mon Oct 08 2001
I used cheap pine for the chine logs on my AF3 sharpie, but I built the mast out of redwood because it was the only straight, clear 16 stock they had (a
Re: AF4 to launch on Sunday (God willin' and the creeks don't rise!) (3 messages)
Mon Oct 08 2001
... will ... wonderful ... his 7.5 ... of an ... push her ... Nice look n boat, Capt. John. Chances are the prop. is about right- a bigger problem (as to
Re: [bolger] Hull Shapes and "Flattie" Thinking (3 messages)
Tue Oct 09 2001
Excellent reply Stuart Crawford ... src= http://us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/a/1-/flash/overstock_com/osyahooalt.j pg ...
Re: [bolger] Re: outboard for Brick (9 messages)
Tue Oct 09 2001
... I wouldn t bid or buy it. Cruise N Carry outboards no longer have easily available replacement parts, and that price is too high. You can get a 1.2hp
Re: [bolger] unsubscribe please (7 messages)
Tue Oct 09 2001
One obviously doessn t need a tatal glass bottom, any more than one needs a total glass house versus picture windows. I would imagine a 2 x2 hole in the
Re: [bolger] Re: Glass bottom boat (6 messages)
Tue Oct 09 2001
I know I haven t, I was just thinking of dive mask stuff. ... Interesting Thomas. Has anyone tried this with a seriously abraded
Re: Bilge keels and glass bottoms--other ideas (2 messages)
Wed Oct 10 2001
You don t want to use mylar alone on a real boat. Not strong enough to resist anything at all sharp. Monfort uses it over aircraft fabric. How about mylar over
RE: [bolger] Re: Non Bolger, but look at this boat... (23 messages)
Wed Oct 10 2001
Yes, I would do that – it’s the big advantage of the bilge board. Considering whether to use a daggerboard or (off-)centerboard, you can get a narrow
Re: [bolger] Re: Bolger's Barge Houseboat (9 messages)
Thu Oct 11 2001
On Wednesday, October 10, 2001, at 09:22 PM, tech_resource@yahoo.com ... Thanks all. I have the book. Now If I can just find my brain! hal
Re: Exterior Chines (2 messages)
Fri Oct 12 2001
I m a little surprised at the depth of emotion about exterior chine logs. If you don t like em, don t build that way. But since I m such a klutz, I have to
RE: [bolger] Re: OOPS! (CK 17 - gross error) (4 messages)
Sat Oct 13 2001
Thanks Peter, that makes it a bit clearer. So, a little CE lead actually is neutral at some point of sailing. Any other ideas out there? Bill ... From:
Re: [bolger] Re: Glouster Light Dory (15 messages)
Sun Oct 14 2001
I share your sentiments about smearing goop. :ob The best argument I ve heard for replacing chine logs and other sticks with goop and glass is that the sticks
Re: JB jr (7 messages)
Sun Oct 14 2001
Oh, JewelBox jr. Thanks, I was wondering what that stood for. ... opposed
Truly Portable Boat (1 message)
Mon Oct 15 2001
Not sure if this was posted before, just spotted this boat on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1018698701 Looks like a truly
RE: [bolger] CE/CLR (was OOOPS!) (3 messages)
Mon Oct 15 2001
Hi Bill, thanks for all the efforts. I would do the exercise leaving out the rudder, but including the underbody, on the assumption that the rudder’s job is
Re: Is this a new idea? (10 messages)
Tue Oct 16 2001
David -- This is a bit off of your design brief, but Jim Michalak s Trilars, the trimaran version of his 15 Larsboat canoe-kayak, seems versatile in the
Re: 34' Eeek (2 messages)
Tue Oct 16 2001
I know that there was a design called the Anhinga shapie which I think was double ended and about 22 feet. I also think I read that it was not a roaring
Re: [bolger] AF4 Grande (3 messages)
Tue Oct 16 2001
I ll excited to see them. Even though I just got my AF4 in the water... A comment about the cockpit seats: We really like the seats in our AF4. The cockpit
Re: [bolger] Re: Almost dead Cat(boat) (5 messages)
Wed Oct 17 2001
Bink, It would be great if you can get some pictures, Peters CJ is the only one I have seen made to plan as yet. Stuart Crawford
Re: New Member/copperpoxy (1 message)
Wed Oct 17 2001
Andrew, go to http://www.leow.de/tips/tips.html or contact Mark http://www.alaska.net/~mzeiger/Boat_Building.html and Tim http://www.ace.net.au/schooner/lk.htm
Re: kickup leeboard for a brick (24 messages)
Wed Oct 17 2001
With the boat on its side in the yard .I put the leeboard in with it all the way down and marked where I wanted the pivoting point to be. I tried the 45 degree
RE: [bolger] Free Boat Plans (2 messages)
Thu Oct 18 2001
Thanks John, At http://www.boat-links.com/Ideal/Designers.html, I think the William Atkin page column has crept out of sync with the boat names column. If
Re: [bolger] Re: Want a sailing dinghy with a swing-up centreboard (10 messages)
Thu Oct 18 2001
The Dave Carnell/Bolger Featherwind ($200 sailboat) is a theoretically cartopable (barely) 15 flatiron skiff to take a sunfish-type lateen rig. It is very
Bolger sailing canoe(s)? (1 message)
Thu Oct 18 2001
A boatbuilder named Rich Cullison has posted a lovely photo of a Bolger sailing canoe called Wisp : http://www.cullisonsmallcraft.com/pastpage.htm Anyone out
Re: [bolger] Link to my pivoting leeboard &rudder pics for my brick (2 messages)
Thu Oct 18 2001
... Thanks!
Re: BWAOM (4 messages)
Thu Oct 18 2001
... Are you aware that the owner-co designer of Blueberry has decided to come ashore. Blueberry is for sale (or was very recently). Bob Chamberland
Birdwatcher Fever (1 message)
Thu Oct 18 2001
If you really think a birdwatcher is a cool boat, read the book: The Simplistic Sailboat: A Family Cruise in a $600 Boat Dan Hookham ISBN 0-9655954-4-7 Still
Re: Digest Number 699 (4 messages)
Fri Oct 19 2001
I hate when the link gets chopped like that. Anyway, here s the pertinant info Hume, David D. BLUEBERRY : A BOAT OF THE CONNECTICUT SHORELINE ASIN: 1880158027
Re: [bolger] Re: Torturing MDO (5 messages)
Fri Oct 19 2001
There isn t any magic, though there could be a fair amount of confusion. The question would be what are you scantling it for? stiffnees, rub resistance,
Re: Lofting (16 messages)
Sat Oct 20 2001
I want to thank everyone for replying to my post on lofting. I do not know what my next project will be. There is a sharpie design in J. Gardner s Building
RE: [bolger] Digest Number 700 (1 message)
Sat Oct 20 2001
... From: bolger@yahoogroups.com Date: 20 Oct 2001 11:33:27 -0000 ... brief of a conventional, good looking pocket cruiser with sloop rig, but there probably
Re: Solent lug rig (12 messages)
Sun Oct 21 2001
Chebacco News has a picture of a model with the Solent Lug rig. I m sure there must be others out there somewhere.
Bolger boat at Griers Ferry (1 message)
Sun Oct 21 2001
I took my Gypsy - see her at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bolger2/files/Arkansas%20Gypsy/ to Griers Ferry Arkansas today for her third sail. What a nice
BW fever... was Re: How do I attatch yard to mast (5 messages)
Mon Oct 22 2001
Thanks for posting the article. This is bugging me. Kayak or BW, kayak or BW? THe hull shape of BW is so simple its mindboggling. I carved a Greenland paddle
Re: off-shore micro (15 messages)
Mon Oct 22 2001
Sanding, Sanding, Sanding! That is how I spent most of Sunday. I have found that a well cleaned hull (the epoxy is well past the re-coat stage) filled with a
Re: [bolger] Trailer for topaz (3 messages)
Tue Oct 23 2001
Thanks to all for the helpful suggestions. Brad or Chuck: when you lengthened your trailers, was any reinforcing needed for the extra frame running aft or,
boat design contest (1 message)
Tue Oct 23 2001
Sharpen your drawing pencil! http://www.conceptboat.com
Re: Index of MAIB on the Internet (9 messages)
Tue Oct 23 2001
I should also mention that over 300 plans from designers other than Phil Bolger are included in my MAIB index Dave Thibodeau
Re: [bolger] re: Trailer for Topaz (9 messages)
Tue Oct 23 2001
Thanks, Shorty. Its a little light for my purpose. Looks like a good deal for somebody, though. Sam ... __________________________________________________ Do
Re: [bolger] lengthening trailer for topaz (2 messages)
Tue Oct 23 2001
You are a lucky man, Brad. My brother-in-law is a psychiatrist. Since you are the one-and-only world expert in towing Topaz, I would love to know the distance
Re: [bolger] topaz measurments (2 messages)
Wed Oct 24 2001
Brad--It is kind of you to go to the trouble. It will save me a lot of fooling around with the axles. Thanks. Sam. ...
Re: pictures of Brick (3 messages)
Wed Oct 24 2001
You guys did a good job building your Brick. I enjoyed mine a lot. I eventually moved the mast to the centerline so it wasn t over the boat when going to
Re: truly portable boat (29 messages)
Wed Oct 24 2001
Why not an inflatable kayak? Small enough for an overhead, yet one can do amazing cruising, see Audrey Sutherland s books or The Inflatable Kayak Handbook
Re: 31'folding Schooner (1 message)
Thu Oct 25 2001
Do us Schooner builders a favour please and use a different title for a discussion on electric motors. When the next budding schooner builder does an Archive
Re: Cynthia J/ Catfish (6 messages)
Thu Oct 25 2001
I was surprised to see that this link still works: http://www.messingaboutinboats.com/archives/mbissuejuly00.html ... MAIB
Re: electric motor props (1 message)
Thu Oct 25 2001
it isn t knowing something so much that is important, it is knowing who knows it or where to find the info you need. :-) there is a group from onelist that i
cloth and paint vs. tape and epoxy (1 message)
Fri Oct 26 2001
Please disregard the following if you don t agree that being cheap is a virtue ... I just had a good experience, while adding some floatation chambers to
Micro Navigator Update (1 message)
Fri Oct 26 2001
Yesterday I fixed the cabin top. Today marked and cut out the window openings. Before the windows were cut out, she looked awful, poor little Oink with a huge
Re: Index: second thoughts (6 messages)
Fri Oct 26 2001
I wasn t really imagining that we should get into the labor-intensive (and possibly unlawful) business of scanning and uploading magazine articles -- but more
sailright sewing machine (1 message)
Fri Oct 26 2001
Just tuned in again and noted this discussion. I have made sails and boat enclosures with heavy duty home machines and developed a whole new vocabulary to go
RE: [bolger] Sailrite sewing machine (14 messages)
Fri Oct 26 2001
Hi Jamie, I made my Micro sails last winter on my mom s old Japanese cast-iron Singer replica from the mid 50 s; it worked like a champ on the 4- and 6-oz
Re: [bolger] Sailrite al fine (2 messages)
Fri Oct 26 2001
Please let us know how it works out, and if you don t mind, what you are contemplating. A lot of these quick and dirty projects look cash cheap until one
RE: [bolger] Bargain Micro in the UK (2 messages)
Fri Oct 26 2001
Whoa! Now we ve got the world s premier chebacconist promoting Micro?? Bill, how could you? A square boat? Come on now!! Jamie (whose bias is showing, just
Re: Solent Lug Question (4 messages)
Fri Oct 26 2001
Andy I tried a solent lug once. No gaff jaws and like the other replies have said you do need to lower the sail all the way down to tie in a reef and
Re: Green Island 15 (3 messages)
Sat Oct 27 2001
A Shory is a good term for it. A write up in Woodenboat NZ called The Ghost of the Egret gives a review of the design. You can follow the Designs Link
magnificent martha janes (10 messages)
Sat Oct 27 2001
I know that some of you have visited the Magnificent Martha Jane site - and it may be that some have tried recently and have wondered what happened to it. When
Re: Michalak on flat bottomed boats (15 messages)
Sat Oct 27 2001
... with ... cythia ... If you genuinely wish to cruise in a genuine 2 to 4 foot chop you are going to need LOTS more boat than a 16 ft Sharpie. I have a set
Re: . . . flat bottom sharpie under 350lbs (2 messages)
Sun Oct 28 2001
Not to mention the fact that these also come in an 18ft version. Regards, Dennis Marshall ... that can ... seaworthy (for ... a 16 ... looking close
Re: [bolger] Re: A gaff rig for Windsprint? (10 messages)
Mon Oct 29 2001
My Windsprint is decked over and the flotation is in both the bow and stern of the boat. I thought if the boat ever went over, it would float on its side.
Re: [bolger] Trailer for the topaz-measurement (2 messages)
Mon Oct 29 2001
Thanks so much, Brad. After looking again at the sorry, salt-eaten, uh, selection of used trailers available locally, I am probably going to try and find a
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 711 - Diablo (1 message)
Tue Oct 30 2001
Don, I pretty sure I have the articles, and a set of plans. Of more import might be Phil s comment to me about a modification I was contemplating. My wife gets
Schorpioen (2 messages)
Tue Oct 30 2001
Does anyone have a scan of the Schorpioen article or study plan? It was in the Fed 1999 MAIB. Thanks. _______________________________________________________
Re: [bolger] Re: Sneakeasying a Tennessee (40 messages)
Wed Oct 31 2001
Jan, I would welcome that scan also, if it isn t too much trouble. Thomas ... John, i am interested in that info as well
Re: [bolger] Proper Bottom Design (7 messages)
Wed Oct 31 2001
Pat- Bring the bottom up to just above the waterline in a gentle curve and you should do fine at displacement speeds, not making much fuss unless you try to go