February 2002
Re: Bolger Design Database (12 messages)
Fri Feb 01 2002
The database as it exists does not invite any of the problems cited in the letter below. It is simply a single place where one can check for the source and
Re: One Note on Bolger Design Database. (3 messages)
Fri Feb 01 2002
... Not really surprising. I ordered his Columbia canoe plans and received the Willamette plans instead. After e-mailing and finally phoning him, I
Re: [bolger] Windows (4 messages)
Fri Feb 01 2002
Thanks, Jeff--very timely. I started that discussion, and am now puzzling over the installation of plexi windows on my Topaz. Looks like lots of neat,
Re: Phil Smith's message (2 messages)
Fri Feb 01 2002
Bill is absolutely right. I might add that this should be a database of information for people who like Bolger s designs, and find them interesting and
Hawkeye Plans (1 message)
Fri Feb 01 2002
A very interesting little boat that looks like a tug and planes on 25hp. These plans have now come up at auction on eBay s powerboat section, auction
Re: LED anchor lights, another update (7 messages)
Fri Feb 01 2002
OK, OK already! I ll post an article in Chebacco when I get the rest of the setup together. May do one on the entire electrical system. ... on this
fishcat (1 message)
Fri Feb 01 2002
Has anybody started construction on a fishcat?,I found the previous thread from DEC.but nothing after that. thank s Joe
Re: Beach Cat #589 (1 message)
Fri Feb 01 2002
Never mind, they are in the Files.....
Re: [bolger] Request to truncate replies (1 message)
Sat Feb 02 2002
I am making another polite request that folks truncate their replies. Unless you receive the Digest, you may not realize how burdensome it is to wade through
American Marine Electric Motor (1 message)
Sun Feb 03 2002
http://www.amemco.com/index.html No endorsement here, but I just found these. If anyone were looking for a midpriced, primary power electric outboard, the 5 hp
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 853 (1 message)
Sun Feb 03 2002
In a message dated 2/3/2002 6:54:27 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Hear Hear! The P hil & D ynomite Review....... [Non-text portions of this message have been
The Hang Point is also in millimeters, (1 message)
Sun Feb 03 2002
It s .2242 times the overall length of the tube. Each note is greater or lesser than its neighbour in frequency by the twelfth root of two times its
Re: [bolger] birds mouth boom for bolger bobcat (2 messages)
Sun Feb 03 2002
Hi Bob Jim Michalak has a good essay on hollow spars, including calculations for comparing round and rectangular spars. (Feb 00). John O Neill wrote a two part
Re: What PCB **REALLY** must hate! (4 messages)
Mon Feb 04 2002
... Yes, like the words Derived loosely from the popular Bolger Light Schooner drawn by the legendary Phil Bolger Loosely??? Steve Hansen
dakota,idaho,illinois (1 message)
Mon Feb 04 2002
oops! looking for info on these boats. thanks ken
More big, electric outboards (1 message)
Tue Feb 05 2002
Just came upon these beefy looking, economy jobs. The partners seem to have been tinkerers extraordinaire. Not certain, but they might still be building them
Re: [bolger] Re: Bolgers Final Word On The Design Database. (14 messages)
Tue Feb 05 2002
Two years ago I purchased Tennessee plans from PB&F for $75.00. In the same letter, he priced the Dakota and Wyoming at $300.00 each and the Illinois at
Bigger Brick...? Opinions, please... (1 message)
Wed Feb 06 2002
Thinking about building a bigger Bolger Brick. Just a couple more sheets of ply with careful scarfing and I d have working pieces 12 long. So a Brick about
Re: lug sail with offset mast (2 messages)
Wed Feb 06 2002
... Why not have the mast straight, and just angle the sail away from it? Would the difference in lift be that big a deal? Could be. When the low pressure
Re: lug sail with offset mast (3 messages)
Wed Feb 06 2002
... In the case of Jesse Cooper, because it would put the mast right through the middle of the head, and/or upset a tightly interwoven accomodation plan. When
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 856 (1 message)
Wed Feb 06 2002
In a message dated 2/6/2002 6:45:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... I used to date that girl.....she ruined me (sorry) [Non-text portions of this message
Wyo roof design (1 message)
Wed Feb 06 2002
The Wyo is built entirely different. Other than the end bulkheads there are only two transverse supports for the 1/2 plywood top making 3 sections from 6 to
Re: storing panels without warping? (8 messages)
Thu Feb 07 2002
This is a slow answer, already partly covered, but I ll say that I haven t seen a Bolger design where plywood warping could be a factor unless the plywood is
Re: [bolger] Wyoh, etc (3 messages)
Thu Feb 07 2002
This is sort of where I want to go with the Wyoming. HJ
Re: [bolger] plywood edges (was storing panels) (10 messages)
Thu Feb 07 2002
Vince I have never seen a dakota photo or drawing can you direct me to one? thanks ken
Re: Canadian Suppliers for LEDs??? (3 messages)
Thu Feb 07 2002
... Thanks for the info. I don t like purchasing across borders what with customs brokers, delays, duties etc.. I also prefer to know exactly what I ll be
Re: [bolger] Re: Random Orbital Sanders (15 messages)
Thu Feb 07 2002
I agree, I use a makita belt sander I found in an industrial bin outside of a powertool repair shop. Apart from a missing drive belt cover the thing runs like
Sanders, tribes of kids, books (1 message)
Thu Feb 07 2002
4 makita belt sander, rip, rip wood chip, as the belts smooth out so does the finish. I ve got 4 girls , youngest loves to sand oldest loves to read and row
Re: Database staying or going? (3 messages)
Fri Feb 08 2002
HI Bruce, I created it it and unless the Group Moderator wants it gone, it stays. I caved in to the pressure of my boatbuilding peers. Rich I have spent a
Re: Paint Brush Marks (1 message)
Fri Feb 08 2002
Sanded down the surface I was working on, added some water to the paint, stirred it up really good and the brush marks are about half gone (using same brush).
Re: [bolger] The Prolific Mr B. (1 message)
Fri Feb 08 2002
Hi, Decisions, decisions . . . A few tips based on making some sub-optimal decisions myself, in the past (i.e. do as I say, not as I do!) - watch out for the
Re: [bolger] Re: Lily ?? (9 messages)
Fri Feb 08 2002
We really enjoy our Lily. She does just what she s supposed to do a pleasant ride for sight seeing and just looking around. I like the umbrella but wind is
Re: Design DB (9 messages)
Fri Feb 08 2002
... I too considered putting URL s in the database, but they are too wide and cumbersome. The obvious thing to do is to create folders in the Bookmarks
Re: Bolger's version of Rozinante (6 messages)
Fri Feb 08 2002
I put scans of Burgandy and the Whaler ketch in the Canoe Ketch folder of Bolger2. I seem to have bobbed Burgandy s keel by a couple of inches in each scan.
RE: [bolger] Re: Duckworks? (6 messages)
Sat Feb 09 2002
That doesn t surprise me. They did a fairly major update a few days ago (what with announcing the contest winner adn what-not) and then their domain
Re: [bolger] Re: Paint Brush Marks (11 messages)
Sat Feb 09 2002
I do all my interior varnishing in the new house, it seems like acre feet now, using a small 4 in short napped roller and tipping out immediately. You can only
Re: Surf Sailboat (8 messages)
Sun Feb 10 2002
Thanks for the information on the Surf sailboat. I was pleased to hear that it rows well and could be paddled when necessary. However, since sailing will be
Re: Baltic Birch (19 messages)
Sun Feb 10 2002
Bob, ... This was most interesting. I love to have my assumptions overturned! A quick search shows the 5 x 5 panels are actually more common, and now I see
Birch rides again. (1 message)
Sun Feb 10 2002
Dimensional birch is pretty strong. It is often used in racing dog sleds because of high strength to weight. A large hangar that was built in Nome in support
Re: Birch (2 messages)
Mon Feb 11 2002
Gahnals, I think is a local lumber yard. It is located here in S.Ca., USA. Sorry about that. Todd ... suggested ... where ... local ... best ... here ... a
Old Shoe? (1 message)
Mon Feb 11 2002
Get a load of this, er, interesting, little watercraft! http://www.teamcoastguard.org/maine.htm -- John http://www.boat-links.com/ All
Re: Baltic ply (1 message)
Mon Feb 11 2002
There is a Cyrillic watermark on the birch ply my friend is building Diablo with; take a look at www.ecoastlife.com/buildingdiablo.html the stuff is
Re: [bolger] Re: Thumbs up on Jochems? (18 messages)
Mon Feb 11 2002
... The Jochems video which Susanne filmed on Lake Powell in Arizona s summer at 110 F. goes into the relative comfort of the Birdwatcher family s comfort as
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 864 (1 message)
Tue Feb 12 2002
Try www.powells.com/ Here is Portland OR we know that Powell s is the biggest new/used bookstore in America. Try them. They might have what you want. If they
Re: On Line Bookstores (1 message)
Tue Feb 12 2002
Hey Larry, Just got a real nice, first edition BWOAM off the shelf at Powell s for $21.95. Recently, grade a+ Nature of Boats, $11.50. 25 years ago I was so
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 866 (1 message)
Tue Feb 12 2002
In a message dated 2/12/02 4:24:37 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... Yeah, it s sort of like a treasure hunt. sometimes a new and a used book will be side by side
Re: Glass ply bottoms was(ROS followup ) (6 messages)
Tue Feb 12 2002
The boat is a Junebug, originally built with 1/4 Superply plywood. One thing I noticed, the inside bottom of the boat underneath the forward seat wasn t
hi (1 message)
Wed Feb 13 2002
hi
Re: [bolger] Re: concrete ballast ???? (4 messages)
Wed Feb 13 2002
I wouldn t use cement. Cement can flake and break up unless permanently mounted in re-bar. If anything, layout and glue down rows of 2x4 stock on edge
Re: [bolger] Re: Bolger database - errata (13 messages)
Wed Feb 13 2002
Thanks to Bruce for doing this. I forgot to mention before that I couldn t always be sure that I was able to read the design numbers on the drawings correctly,
Re: epoxy and plexiglass (11 messages)
Thu Feb 14 2002
I looked and looked and looked... ... hold ... your
[Fwd: Finland Birch] (1 message)
Fri Feb 15 2002
Footnote for Birch aficionados...
Re: [bolger] Re: MAIB delivery (3 messages)
Fri Feb 15 2002
As a resident of a State where everybody is very dependent on the Postal Service and where nobody would be able to afford to receive MAIB with its Bolger
AS29 rounded bow (1 message)
Sat Feb 16 2002
I was interested to read Peters description of AS29 rounded bow modification to stop slapping, having just finished doing the same to my Micro. It has come out
Weekender Schooner (1 message)
Sat Feb 16 2002
I just have to say that the database of PCB designs is a really GOOD THING and very interesting. I never thought it would be so complete. Thanks to all who
Re: romp (+Puffer) (8 messages)
Sat Feb 16 2002
Hi Porky I do not have access to those articles that you mentioned...is there a way in which you could Email them to me directly or send them by fax to 864
Another boatbuilding related website (1 message)
Sun Feb 17 2002
Just came across a jewel of a web site. It doesn t relate to Mr. Bolgers designs but is well worth a few minutes perusal.
Re: [bolger] Bolger book$ (5 messages)
Sun Feb 17 2002
It was showing Different Boats this morning for $50, for those out looking. HJ
Re: Indian canoe from hull designer software (4 messages)
Mon Feb 18 2002
Tom I agree with Chuck. I have built my last four boats with Luan and have been very pleased with the results. The sides and deck of my current project, a
Re: [bolger] Re: Bigger Brick...? Opinions, please... (4 messages)
Tue Feb 19 2002
I built my Brick of 2 foam, figuring that epoxy and glass would provide rigidity. It did. It just took a lot more of it than I expected and I can t lift the
Re: A Bigger Brick...? (6 messages)
Wed Feb 20 2002
I added a drawing to photo s under my brick of my modified bigger brick.I am working on the cardboard model of the drawing have the hull almost done. I
Re: Tips and an Update (2 messages)
Wed Feb 20 2002
... I m very interested in this, look forward to you article. I read a article aways back that described a polynesian sailing canoe (modern variation) with
Re: [bolger] Re: Bedliner for Floor of Hull? (7 messages)
Wed Feb 20 2002
If I used it for the waste tanks, I d epoxy/glass first. Do you think it would adhere to sanded epoxy? Jeff ... From: brucehector To: bolger@yahoogroups.com
Re: [bolger] Re: Plywood Deisel Cruiser. (4 messages)
Wed Feb 20 2002
Again citing PB&F: Plans of the plywood diesel cruiser, our Design #574, are available for US$200 to build one boat; air mail ppd. rolled in a tube. The tube
Re: Filling in the blanks... (2 messages)
Wed Feb 20 2002
Super job Jamie, what a dockside conversation starter. Bruce Hector
Re: AS-29 updates (15 messages)
Thu Feb 21 2002
Nope - that is a different boat. ... MAIB
Re: Most boat for my bucks (25 messages)
Fri Feb 22 2002
... another ... Bruce, et al, I have concluded entering every boat (completed plan or concept) from every PCB article going back to August 1, 1995, near as I
Re: micro rudder (6 messages)
Fri Feb 22 2002
Hi David, I do not recall whether or not you are sticking to the plans or going a different route with your rudder(especially the rudder post),ie;like mine,but
Re: AS-31 ??? (2 messages)
Fri Feb 22 2002
Bruce, I ll be making a few of the proposed improvements to Alisa (was Herb s AS-29) this summer: raise the boom, add the kid rails. I ll add a Bimini as
Re: [bolger] Time to Start (Cartopper) (6 messages)
Fri Feb 22 2002
... I ll disagree here, and strongly so. BC Pine is A LOT heavier per sheet than douglas fir, and it finishes less well. You will find that a BC Pine
Re: AS 29 updates (5 messages)
Fri Feb 22 2002
... If the wavelets are coming from in front of the boat, about 90%. If they are coming from behind the boat then the flat bottom of the stern makes 90%. Since
Re: Wire nails & fiberglass (4 messages)
Fri Feb 22 2002
Wire nails? think brads. They come in those little cylindrical plastic containers. 18 guage is pretty fine and is probably available only in 1/2 to 3/4 inch
Re: LED mast head light (2 messages)
Sat Feb 23 2002
Where did you get a circular piece of circuit board? I though about doing the resistor bit, but I wanted the most efficient setup I could get. With the
Re: [bolger] Stitch and glue cars, taste etc (1 message)
Sat Feb 23 2002
Hi, At the Greenwich Boat Show in London 3 years ago I saw a Morris Minor puckup truck where the back-end had been re-built with a shapely transom and
Brick is design number 458 (1 message)
Sat Feb 23 2002
according to the plans I obtained from PB&F Someone was asking
Size of Database (1 message)
Sat Feb 23 2002
Has any one noticed the database is close to 400 boats. There are more boats in it than days of the year. Gottobe something for everyone in there. Andy Moore
Re: kiteboat (22 messages)
Sat Feb 23 2002
... Hi Garth, you are so right. Even if I pay more I learned and enjoyed the time. If someone is making some silk painting it also costs material (and time)
Re: flotation attachment (4 messages)
Sat Feb 23 2002
I have a Tortoise which has Fun Noodles around the shear. I got the ones with a hole up the center (about $1.85 at K-Mart) I threaded several together on a
Re: Microcampers (1 message)
Sat Feb 23 2002
What better place to dump your boat than at the dock? At least you didn t have to swim too far! In order to carry two or three batteries, my ends are filled
whispergen (1 message)
Sun Feb 24 2002
A while back one of the NZ members mentioned the Whispergen http://www.whispertech.co.nz/ I ran across another mention of it in Sail Magazine and started
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 878 (1 message)
Sun Feb 24 2002
That isn t just someone, that is Richard Spelling !!! It is an AF2, and you can steal it for 1490 if nobody else bids on it. Run a bill of materials for an AF2
re: ebay (2 messages)
Sun Feb 24 2002
That isn t just someone, that is Richard Spelling !!! It is an AF2, and you can steal it for 1490 if nobody else bids on it. Run a bill of materials for an AF2
Re: [bolger] Bolger's "Boats with an open mind" (2 messages)
Sun Feb 24 2002
Did a bookfinder search, and you can pay as much as $50 for it used, never less than $20 though. Still a copy of Different Boats out there for $50 for you
IDAHO plans (1 message)
Sun Feb 24 2002
I received a fax from PB today about purchasing plans. Plans from PB&F for IDAHO design #556 are $200 (2 sheets: 22 x34 ) Plans for Topaz design #650 are $300
Re: Battery memory (1 message)
Sun Feb 24 2002
It s hard on any battery to run it absolutely flat. With NiCads, doing so can help after they develop a memory in order to clear it, but doing that trick
RE: [bolger] Re: product endorsement - to unsubscribe (11 messages)
Mon Feb 25 2002
sorry, try us again sometime. - Unsubscribe: bolger-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [bolger] How tall/big is Mr. Bolger? Kotick. (2 messages)
Mon Feb 25 2002
Bruce, Can t answer your question, although I ve noticed a generous amount of headroom in some designs where full headroom is intended -- but that might just
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 882 (1 message)
Mon Feb 25 2002
It s been there for at least 2 years (probably longer). allow yourself a few extra minutes to get there now, the Max line extenuation is being built on
Re: Harbor Freight PDX (1 message)
Mon Feb 25 2002
So much the better! Thanks both. Mark
Re: [bolger] cedar strip groups? (2 messages)
Mon Feb 25 2002
Hi Clockspring, I don t know of any cedar strip groups, but if you find one or more please post them. __________________________________________________ Do You
Re: [bolger] "Small Boats" by Phil Bolger - Anybody have a copy ? (4 messages)
Mon Feb 25 2002
Ron, Others have provided information about the designs. The book Bolger Boats combines two previous Bolger books: Small Boats and The Folding Schooner .
Re: Re: Harbor Freight Stuff (5 messages)
Mon Feb 25 2002
LOL Bill, If they let me put it together in the parking lot -well, okay! Mark
Re: Illinois: 450 sheets? (6 messages)
Tue Feb 26 2002
... As I recall from studying blow ups of the diagrams in MAIB, the 5 1/2 thickness dimension is the thickness of a full length shoe stiffener extending
Re: Hot shot racer (13 messages)
Tue Feb 26 2002
Thanks Howard, it sounds like a Bolger version of the 49er or something like that. Andy ... find any ... Small ... probably make it ... trapezes. If ...
Instant Boats Message Board (1 message)
Tue Feb 26 2002
A lot of people around here already know this, but for those who don t: Dynamite Payson s Instant Boats Message Board has grown in size lately. According to
Re: Microcampers was insult to... (13 messages)
Wed Feb 27 2002
WOW, a woman with tools, who s building her own boat, and is a technophile? I m in love. (please send picture of tools and boat) da
Re: bird repellents (4 messages)
Wed Feb 27 2002
A rubber snake or two left on the deck is said to help. I ve seen plastic decoy owls used. I ve sillouettes of hawks made from black sign tape use on windows
Re: [bolger] Re: Windsprint rig (5 messages)
Wed Feb 27 2002
I would even suggest that you buy the $200 sailboat plans. There three sail rigs dimensioned and discussed with plans for all three. There is a lot of info
Re: collective noun? (7 messages)
Wed Feb 27 2002
... Considering this, the least silly, straight out of the dictionary: The works of Phil Bolger. or Phil Bolger s body of work.
Arthur Ransome boatbuilding quote (1 message)
Wed Feb 27 2002
I just got a copy of Arthur Ransome s RANCUNDRA S FIRST CRUISE in the mail -- used, cheap. It s a memoir of the building and first cruise of his boat Racundra,
Re: [bolger] Re: A Bolger library (7 messages)
Wed Feb 27 2002
Most entries in the bibliography have a few descriptive words e.g. March, Edgar J. Inshore Craft of Britain in the Days of Sail and Oar , Camden, Maine:
Re: WoodenBoat back issues on CD (2 messages)
Thu Feb 28 2002
... so, ... Mike, I have the seven cd s in the set. They are superb! The .pfd format results in a printout of any article such that it appears the same as in
New issue of Chebacco online. (1 message)
Thu Feb 28 2002
There is a new issue of Chebacco online at http://www.chebacco.com. Enjoy!
Re: [bolger] Re: a click (4 messages)
Thu Feb 28 2002
Mark, I love Crawdad, the egad was because I had been thinking along similar lines myself. I even e-mailed Bill to let him know how much I liked it. Luke S
Re: Epoxy Finish (scrapers & tape) (1 message)
Thu Feb 28 2002
Scrapers: I use a plain old Red Devil paint scraper to scrape off runs and bumps while the epoxy is at the green cure stage. I sharpen it often on my
Re: [bolger] Re: Epoxy Finish (5 messages)
Thu Feb 28 2002
Scraping epoxy works great. A little heat will soften the resin too. To make a scraper, get any piece of tempered steel about a sixteenth of an inch thick or
Gluing MDO (1 message)
Thu Feb 28 2002
Does MDO glue OK without sanding off the paper? epoxy or PL? What about fiberglass butt spices? Fritz Funk sanded off the paper. Does the paper laminate mean I
Re: Bolger's Library (13 messages)
Thu Feb 28 2002
... And...I just got email from Australia that the $100 copy is already sold! ... It has been a few years since I last read it, [at the risk of starting
Re: [bolger] Re: minimalist boater (2 messages)
Thu Feb 28 2002
Oh yeah, Dockbox ! One day I want to build that boat, as well as The Sow s Ear. Michalaks boats definitely have their own signature , dont you think ? Luke S
Re: [bolger] Re: stimson marine - shed (37 messages)
Thu Feb 28 2002
Hello All, I built the Stimson shed last year for my 37 trawler. I found the directions to be straight forward. My shed is toward the upper limit as I built
Re: Countdown to launch: It's registered!!!! VHF Q's (7 messages)
Thu Feb 28 2002
... circumnavigation article in MAIB. A few years ago, I was off Delmarva with a friend and he was unable to use his cell phone because of a configuration
Re: gluing MDO (3 messages)
Thu Feb 28 2002
I have pictures on www.chebacco.com/new articles/building the clc, where I broke a test but joint of MDO. The papaer is at least as strong as the wood. If I
Re: folding schooner in Oz Ironic update (4 messages)
Thu Feb 28 2002
Oh, I guess you re right. But if he can t paint he has time to do the waterpump himself, saving enough money for half the paint! Plus getting the truck back a
Oklahoma messabout (1 message)
Thu Feb 28 2002
Will be having a messabout in May at Keystone Lake here in Oklahoma. Go to http://www.chebacco.com and click on the Messabout button. Please forward this to
Re: Wyoming Tailer Launching (13 messages)
Thu Feb 28 2002
... The dedicated winch and extra battery at the automobile, begs the question, wouldn t it be also possible to install an electric winch on the boat and use
John Welsford (was Teal, Cartopper or Other) (14 messages)
Fri Mar 01 2002
... Ah! A mystery is solved. Now we know where John Welsford went. -- Bruce Fountain (fountainb@switch.aust.com) Senior Software Engineer Union Switch and
Re: Joing modular boat sections. (9 messages)
Fri Mar 01 2002
Hi Bruce, I like your sketch for a modular canal boat however it would appear that you have forgotten to add a section for a nice cosy WC complete with tub and
stimson marine shed (1 message)
Fri Mar 01 2002
I tried, many years ago, to cover a 50x20 shed frame with a large sheet of greenhouse plastic. I failed. It was essential that there be no wind , not even a