September 2001
Re: Tools for scarfing (1 message)
Sat Sep 01 2001
I like a belt sander for this task. -- Bob
Live chat - Micro-Sailboat UK (1 message)
Sat Sep 01 2001
Hi, I now have a live chat facility on the Micro-Sailboat Web site. Whenever I am online (ie., most evenings GMT/BST) you will be able to contact me by going
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 642 (1 message)
Sat Sep 01 2001
... No doubt about it, Paradox is a nice boat... but fit I think only for singlehanding. To my mind the big advantage of Micro is that when sailing there is
Re: if Noah were alive today. Sorry, no Bolger on this one. (2 messages)
Sat Sep 01 2001
You forgot: And SNAME objected because God is not a registered Marine Engineer! ... the ... there ... not ... the ... for ... up ... the ... proposed ... flood
Re: Epoxy over Polyester? (2 messages)
Sun Sep 02 2001
... Yes, assuming the sanding and cleaning. Bob Chamberland
Re: [bolger] Re: Tools required to scarf thin plywood (12 messages)
Sun Sep 02 2001
Hi Don & Craig - Here comes my 2 cents worth in this easy scarfing search. The Gougeon brothers sell (less than $25.00) a scarfing attachment for your skill
Re: Centerboard vs. an unballasted keel on a small boat (5 messages)
Mon Sep 03 2001
... some ... much ... I had a lot of luck fittingtwin bilge keels to our june bug it sails well, rows wellpaddles,etc, no more leeboards. imade the keelsfrom a
wtb tanbark lug sail (1 message)
Mon Sep 03 2001
want to purchase a tan bark lug sail approx 200sf thanks for any leads willow
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 645 - 'BEE' (1 message)
Tue Sep 04 2001
Bubba, Go to www.duckworksmagazine.com and look under Articles or do a search for BEE. This will lead you to building her, step by step. Also has a number of
Seabird'86 news (4 messages)
Tue Sep 04 2001
Hi, after one year of non boatbuilding, I had some weeks this summer to do some jobs on my Seabird. It s realy a plesure to build and I hope it s also a
Elk City Trip Pix (1 message)
Tue Sep 04 2001
Here are some pictures I took on a completely non-Bolger, motorboat trip last month from Toledo up to Elk City, Oregon, and beyond. Just thought some of you
Re: Seabird'86, news (2 messages)
Wed Sep 05 2001
Great pictures. I had a long stretch of thinking about cruising in a Seabird, and I greatly enjoy your pictures. - Peter ... do ... and I
RE: [bolger] Digest Number 647 (1 message)
Wed Sep 05 2001
done. ... From: sentto-1194369-647-999686852-leigh=pegasus.cc.ucf.edu@returns.onelist.co m
Chebacco webzine (1 message)
Wed Sep 05 2001
BTW, there is a new issue of Chebacco online. I ll send out the email notification when I rebuild the mailing list destroyed in my latest computer crash.
RE: [bolger] Re: Chebacco LC started - progress report (6 messages)
Wed Sep 05 2001
AFAIK, the lead won t diffuse into the iron. But you would have a hard time removing it from the suface, except by diligent scraping. Not something I d use
Re: [bolger] My tackless brick (4 messages)
Wed Sep 05 2001
... I believe it does, indirectly. The length of the tiller definately affects where I sit in the boat, which affects the trim, which affects the weather/lee
Re: Chebacco speed (6 messages)
Thu Sep 06 2001
Yeah, this is what I expected. This is 30% faster than 5 knots... Best, Pippo ... a 12 ... there is ... 1/2
Photos section active in Bolger (1 message)
Thu Sep 06 2001
It looks like we now have a 30 meg space for photos available here on the Bolger group. This should ease the load on our beleaguered Files section. I propose
Re: Chebacco water ballast (2 messages)
Thu Sep 06 2001
Your question seems to be how to get rid of 400 pounds of useless ballast in light winds. Do you have a Mother-In-Law? Want to rent one? Don t try this in
Re: 19' Ohio Pound Sharpie / Reuel Parker (2 messages)
Thu Sep 06 2001
Herb Mcleod in Edmonton Canada built Ruel s 19 fter. It was sitting in his yard waiting for anyone who wanted to drive up and take it. He built a Jim Michalak
Port Townsend (3 messages)
Thu Sep 06 2001
Hey there, West Coast boat nuts, the forecast is good (well, good enough, anyway). Leaving at first light tomorrow, hope to be at the Boat Haven by
RE: [bolger] Re: WaterVan (14 messages)
Thu Sep 06 2001
... Hal, go to the Bolger2 photos section and click on bolger boats http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Bolger2/lst You may have to join that group. Chuck
RE: [bolger] as-29 (2 messages)
Fri Sep 07 2001
This may be it: http://www.mail-archive.com/a-wooden-boat@yahoogroups.com/msg00003.html
Re: Maiden voyage of my brick (12 messages)
Fri Sep 07 2001
Yes after sailing all day yesterday and fiddling(by grabing the foot and pulling at different location on the foot) I could see that I had cut to much luff
Re: How do I detect hidden dryrot? (2 messages)
Fri Sep 07 2001
... wood (had ... rot in ... top-side ... Hi John, I think tapping with a plastic hammer will indicate when something is amiss. Either bad glue joints or dry
Re: re:ballast/gas (4 messages)
Fri Sep 07 2001
I believe this scheme is too heavy, complex and expensive to be consistent with the spirit of a Bolger boat. Besides, there is a simple, readily available
Bolger Champlain (2 messages)
Fri Sep 07 2001
Sent away a couple of weeks ago for the packet on the Champlain as prepared by Han van Pelt. He asked me to pass on a couple of things. 1. He will send ot a
Tale of Woe and Warning (1 message)
Sat Sep 08 2001
Gather round me hearties as I tell ye a story of woe and warning about sailing the high seas. I was up this morning sniffing the weather. Barometer is
Florida info (1 message)
Sun Sep 09 2001
I am going to a convention in Daytona in two weeks. Does any one have a recommendation of anything to see while there, a source for marine ply, used boating
Re: Bolgers Design #653. "Tahiti" - It Is Found Here (3 messages)
Mon Sep 10 2001
I maintain an Index for Messing About in Boats on the Internet at: http://www200.pair.com/grinder/maib/index.html Messing About In Boats has published over 200
RE: [bolger] Re: Tennessee & Idaho (6 messages)
Mon Sep 10 2001
Ed....thanks....I just found and bought a bobcat close by, so I m at least temporarily out of the market! thanks for your reply...Dan ...
Re: new Long Micro photos (2 messages)
Mon Sep 10 2001
Very nicey done. Simple is good. Pat Patteson Molalla, Oregon
Re: Choosing an epoxy: West? System Three? Raka? (5 messages)
Mon Sep 10 2001
... me ... epoxy at ... or Raka ... Hi John, Yes it s almost entirely a matter of price and personal preference on this board. I would recommend that you go to
18' work skiff in National Fisherman (1 message)
Mon Sep 10 2001
Anyone know what issue it was? Have a copy?
Re: save my friend (14 messages)
Mon Sep 10 2001
I guess I ll throw my 2 cents worth in. Kind of surprized by all the positive replies about a cheap glass sailboat. If he doesn t want the time and effort
pocket cruisers under 20' (1 message)
Tue Sep 11 2001
Well, if you want to know about all the production fiberglass sailboats with a cabin that are less than 20 long, I compiled a list of them. More than 70 right
re: NY (1 message)
Wed Sep 12 2001
Our sympathy to all in NY and the US. Yuo ve shown the world that calm evacuation an emergency response is possible even the face of tragedy on such a scale.
Re: Sorrow and Sympathy America (4 messages)
Wed Sep 12 2001
Thank You, Bryan Lee USA
Sympathy and support. (1 message)
Wed Sep 12 2001
Don in New Zealand said it already, words don t cover an event like yesterday s. America, and particularly those directly affected by the tragedy, have all
Re: McGregor (5 messages)
Thu Sep 13 2001
Many on the list know my story, but I wrestled with the sail/power/speed/aesthetic tradeoffs for a year or so before undertaking my 20 foot outboard cruiser.
Re: welding advice needed (4 messages)
Fri Sep 14 2001
Uploaded file to photos section ... with ... or ... problems , ... and
Different boats (1 message)
Sat Sep 15 2001
It took me about a year and a half of having Different Boats on my want list on 1/2 dozen used book sites both marine and general topics before I was able to
condoleance (1 message)
Sun Sep 16 2001
I was travelling for my job and only this morning I can read and write my e-mail. You know my english is terrible, but intenctionally I don t read Pippos
Re: Looking for a 16' sharpie/flattie (39 messages)
Sun Sep 16 2001
... Did ... I built the boat pretty much exactly as Jim MIchalak specifies, with a few minor exceptions. I *think* I used 6oz cloth. I only glassed the
Re: David Ryan is not dead (7 messages)
Sun Sep 16 2001
To all our American friends: David Ryan s reflections and sentiments were so beautifully expressed they brought tears to my eyes. On the day before the
Re: Micro hatch boards/sliding hatch (19 messages)
Mon Sep 17 2001
Pictures, please? ... and ... on ... so ... the ... (rabbetted ... good.
Alum Teal Launched - USN interest (1 message)
Mon Sep 17 2001
This weekend, I tried to focus on sanity with the family. I d much prefer talk about boats with my 5 year old daughter, than field questions about the WTC.
Re: New Gypsy on First trip (4 messages)
Mon Sep 17 2001
Beautiful boat. My son has had the parts drawn out on plywood for one in my garage for weeks now. Don t remember the decking as being part of the design.
Cruise of the Wayward Lass (1 message)
Mon Sep 17 2001
Perhaps others were already aware, but I just found Jamie Orr s story of his cruise posted in http://www.woodenboat.net.nz/ . Wonderful story and pictures,
Re: hatches (4 messages)
Tue Sep 18 2001
That would be cool. Take lots of pictures. Care to write something to be included in the chebacco Chebacco webzine? ... I
Flattie vs "V" bottom Question (1 message)
Tue Sep 18 2001
Hi, all. I have been reading Chapelle s American Small Sailing Craft and paying special attention to his writings on Sharpies. Is there anyone who can tell me
Re: link for white poly tarp for sailmakers (3 messages)
Tue Sep 18 2001
Did you check the weight? The white tarp on this site is twice the weight of the blue. The yellow would mathc my boat though.... Roger S ... vs. ... Mayfly
Re: [bolger] Re: Compound Cut - Match Curve (5 messages)
Wed Sep 19 2001
The tic board will not get the bevel for you that s for sure but it will get the curve. Depending on how much stress is anticipated and the glue used, and
Re: 'tarpsonline' vs 'Dave Gray's site' (2 messages)
Wed Sep 19 2001
... Hi Ron -- I m not really sure who Dave Gray is, aside from being the patron saint of all polytarp sailmakers. He lives in Fishers, Indiana, and sells white
Re: [bolger] Any info on this Bolger boat? (4 messages)
Thu Sep 20 2001
This boat was stored near my little Freedom on Taylors Island, on the Eastern Shore of MD. I was told by a friend that the owner still has the sail rig for it,
Re: Bomar hatch source (3 messages)
Thu Sep 20 2001
cool. I posted to rec.boats.building too. Can you believe he sells them for something like 1/3 what West Marine does? ... like ... Gloucester, MA, ...
Chebacco transom (1 message)
Thu Sep 20 2001
Drafted out the transom on a piece of MDO the other night. Haven t made any cuts yet. Plans say: inside 1-1/2 transom inside 1/2 plank overall before
Re: My Brick up date (5 messages)
Thu Sep 20 2001
Don t own a belt sander. The only tools I own are what I used to build my brick . ZIP SAW, POWERDRILL, SUREFORM, HAMMER, SANDING PAPER AND SANDING BLOCK....OH
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 665 - Tarps vs Dave Gray (1 message)
Thu Sep 20 2001
Garth, Thanks for the info. I m looking for tarps not for sailmaking but for boat covers. I ve gotten the silver tarps from Harbor Freight and had good
Re: See Bee Info Request (3 messages)
Thu Sep 20 2001
... http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/articles/bee/index.htm
Re: New Gypsy on first trip (8 messages)
Fri Sep 21 2001
Sorry Roger. I was asleep at the switch. Forward (curved) edge rounded, after (straight) edge tapered. But I agree. Don t mess with a good thing. The only
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 666 - 'BEE' info (1 message)
Fri Sep 21 2001
Bob, Nice to know people read what I write . . . hope you enjoyed it. Steve, Since I wrote the article, if you don t get any other answers . . . drop me a
Re: wanted to buy - water ballast (52 messages)
Sat Sep 22 2001
I don t know if you guys have covered this, but the water ballast system I like is the one used in the Gougeon 32, and possibly Ollie which is also water
Re: South Haven Dory Progress and Skeg Question (2 messages)
Sun Sep 23 2001
Good tips on glassing. Skeg usually is cut to extend about paralel to the waterline, from just aft of the deepest part of the rocker. Maybe a little deeper at
Re: Tools... (7 messages)
Sun Sep 23 2001
I have found that a 4 flap disk in a right angle grinder works very well for hollowing joints. I am referring to the kind that are designed with overlapping
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 668 - TOOLS !! (1 message)
Mon Sep 24 2001
Ladies and Gentleman; Tools is tools. Just that and nothing more. Neanderthal had a rock; Norm Abrams has an electric hammer. Mr. Animal Skins had to build
Re: [bolger] Re: How much plywood should I leave intact? (3 messages)
Mon Sep 24 2001
A Slick it is. They were/are used with a broad ax and adze on big timbers. A 2 or more wide blade and a handle that was 18 to 24 long. You don t use a
My teal should be called "Surf" (1 message)
Mon Sep 24 2001
FBBB -- As I ve mentioned before, the space between the stern and the aft thwart makes a nearly perfect spot for my daughter Margaret Ellen to stand or sit
Trying to get a hold of Sam Betty (1 message)
Mon Sep 24 2001
I m trying to get a hold of Sam Betty. Just need you to email me if possible at boatbuilding@goldencoast.com. A couple questions to ask a fellow Coloradoan
Re: Files area full... (3 messages)
Mon Sep 24 2001
... Images can also go in the new Photos section...
Re: Reminder - LAKE CHAMPLAIN BOLGER MESSABOUT (18 messages)
Mon Sep 24 2001
Ok, same place. Martin Luther King weekend in January. We will launch off the beach with cradles on skids. I think that some scrap iron plate and an arc
RE:Files area full (1 message)
Mon Sep 24 2001
Mark, The Photos area has only 1% of its 30MB filled. Vince
dewalt 744 Noise (1 message)
Tue Sep 25 2001
In regards to the noise of the Dewalt 744, I can t compare it to a contractors saw (I ve never used one), but everything I read says the contractor saws are
Re: Mystery Boat (2 messages)
Tue Sep 25 2001
Dennis, Your patience does not go un-noticed and mid-July does seem like a long time ago but then time is relative. Like you,I have been waiting ever so
RE: [bolger] Re: Mayfly finished (7 messages)
Tue Sep 25 2001
Garth: That is exactly how I did my rudder! The only difference is that I first measured out the recommended amount of lead, then cut a hole that looked
Ryobi review at epinions.com (17 messages)
Tue Sep 25 2001
Check out epinions.com for review for just about anything by ordinary people. For the Ryobi http://www.epinions.com/hmgd-Shop_Tools-All-
Re: [bolger] Trying to get a hold of Sam Betty (1 message)
Tue Sep 25 2001
Jeff: I m still a member of the group. Mostly lurking lately; almost done with my piccup pram. How can I help? Sam Betty
Re: [bolger] Re: Tool fetishists . . . (16 messages)
Wed Sep 26 2001
I definetly don t think of myself as a minimilist. I certainly am not inspired by Norm Abrams, except at times where he is an expert: House construction. Of
Re: [bolger] Re: Tablesaw recommendations (8 messages)
Wed Sep 26 2001
They do indeed, it is www.excalibur-tools.com don t bother their transiting from an old site, and neither seems to work. Along with parallax, excalibur was one
Re: Lake Champlain Messabout - not a reminder (2 messages)
Wed Sep 26 2001
Thank you Peter! A day of virtual boating is much better than a day of work. I can t wait to get my boat in the water and try the sail to Champlain from the
What means Tenagra? (1 message)
Thu Sep 27 2001
Is it 67 percent better than Viagra?
Re: [bolger] New Micro web site (7 messages)
Thu Sep 27 2001
... Beautiful! Congratulations.
Re: [bolger] Re: limber holes, why bother? (8 messages)
Fri Sep 28 2001
Personally I just put a big hole in the bottom, behind each station. That way, you don t have to worry about trapping any water outside. ...
Re: Centerboard pivot (44 messages)
Fri Sep 28 2001
FWIW, I m machined a nice bushing to go in the centerboard out of UHMW. Hole size was .760, 10 thou bigger than the .75 303 stainless rod donated to the
Re: mixing brass and bronze (11 messages)
Fri Sep 28 2001
There is silicon bronze tubing available. I know it is used for bearings and stern tubes: http://www.atlasmetal.com/sb651.htm Vince
Re: [bolger] Surform was Re: Woodworking - Norm and Roy (11 messages)
Fri Sep 28 2001
It is great for epoxy, particularly if still a little soft. I used a japanese style laminated blade plane for which I made the dai for large parts of my
Re: Square boat reputation . . . (2 messages)
Sat Sep 29 2001
Right on Bill! The key word is casual .The more romantic/obsessive/hopelessly lost amongst us know to do deep research into our passion!Thus we become like
Re: Pressure treated wood (11 messages)
Sat Sep 29 2001
Plain cheap roofing tar, applied hot, will do the job of sealing end grain. If you want to get fancy you can even cut it with kerosene so it penetrates
ADA, CCA, ACQA and other arsenical compounds in treated lumber (1 message)
Sat Sep 29 2001
I was taking another look at the Western Wood Preservers Institute website. Contrary to what I had been led to believe inorganic arsenic compounds do migrate
Re: More WDJ Photos uploaded (2 messages)
Sat Sep 29 2001
Bjorn, Great pictures! You are clearly very proud of your progress judging from some of the close-ups.It is always a treat to see construction photos before
Re: [bolger] Re: Port Townsend Festival Pix (9 messages)
Sun Sep 30 2001
Peter- We ve got a drought going on out here in the Northwest, ordinarily it d be grey and wet just about every day. We re all praying that things ll be back
Re: the Hasler (2 messages)
Sun Sep 30 2001
Roger, Phil C. Bolger did do an article for Messing-about-in-boats talking about this boat.She was designed for the purpose of undertaking a global cruise.I
Re: Of Sawhorses and Gunwales (3 messages)
Sun Sep 30 2001
Bob, thanks for your reply. I agree with you that I have a paint problem. In the last month I have sanded the exterior and repainted. However, I have not had a
re: (bolger) widening holes . . . (1 message)
Sun Sep 30 2001
... From: Nels To: bolger@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 10:44 AM Subject: Re: (bolger) widening holes . . . ... From: ~Edwin ~ To:
Re: [bolger] widening holes . . . (7 messages)
Sun Sep 30 2001
I was reading through some of the other replies, and I realized I had missed the 6 long part. This would be a pretty hard way to accurately drill out a 6
"Curious Yachting Inventions" (1 message)
Sun Sep 30 2001
If you are looking for some good ideas for your next boat building project you ll likely find them in the book Curious Yachting Inventions by Joachim Schult.