March 2002
Re: What is a motorsailer? (21 messages)
Fri Mar 01 2002
the reference to built in was in the order of an engine block and shaft type of arrangement. Not ANY kind of outboard. The engine would have to be mounted
Fastening a BDS together (1 message)
Fri Mar 01 2002
Okay, I think I finally have a workable solution for fastening the sections of a Breakdown Schooner together, and as a bonus, I d only need to haul her in two
wooden boat scraper (1 message)
Fri Mar 01 2002
This weekend, I will be experimenting with one of Robb White s scrapers, which I have constructed from an old Diston saw and the instructions in this month s
Re: [bolger] wooden boat scraper (1 message)
Fri Mar 01 2002
Haven t seen the article yet, but cabinet scrapers (those flat steel plates) work really nicely on epoxy. The ideal tool - cheap and effective. If you don t
folding schooner in Oz/waterpump saga continues (1 message)
Sat Mar 02 2002
When i pulled the radiator out to get at the waterpump( bugger paying an apprentice mechanic $60 an hour for something that simple), I found that the radiator
Re: [bolger] Hulls help! (2 messages)
Sat Mar 02 2002
Bruce, go here http://www.winzip.com/ and download the evaluation version of Winzip then unzip hulls to the folder of your selection. Alternatively you can go
RE: [bolger] Re: Filling in the blanks (2 messages)
Sat Mar 02 2002
Yes, I could spend a lifetime getting to know this coast. Too bad I also have to work for a living. We re planning another week away this June, either to the
Re: Boat Offsets and Stitch n Tape (15 messages)
Sun Mar 03 2002
... If you are taking this group via email, simply click on the Unsubscribe link at the end of your message (it comes in every single email post you receive
Re: [bolger] Re: Micro Keel fasteners (16 messages)
Sun Mar 03 2002
Gregg: I m with you: 3M 5200 sticks to anything and everything. Frankly I m not too impressed with the way boat building epoxy sticks to metal. Chuck Hey
Re: Don't try this at home. (5 messages)
Sun Mar 03 2002
In case I have caused anyone else to become as confused as I seem to be, the comment to Mike G. should have been posted in boatdesign . I don t always know
6 weeks till Houson TX Messabout (1 message)
Mon Mar 04 2002
Only 6 weeks left till the mesasbout at Lake Conroe, which is just North of Houston TX. For details and pictures from last year:
Re: [bolger] Re: Otter photo (12 messages)
Mon Mar 04 2002
In a message dated 3/1/02 9:22:58 AM Central Standard Time, ... Bolger s 100 Small Boat Rigs , design 67 Aft-Raking Foremast , speaks well of this concept.
Pheeeewweeeeee! (1 message)
Tue Mar 05 2002
Re: italian martha jane (3 messages)
Tue Mar 05 2002
Obviously there are Italian speakers here and also obviously this MJ has some modifications. It would be nice if the Italian speakers would translate the
Re: Gloucester Mass. Messabout proposal (4 messages)
Tue Mar 05 2002
I want to attend any messabouts in the New England area that I can but I wonder if the first weekend in August will interfere with the Lake Champlain
Re: [bolger] Re: Insult to our collective egos (9 messages)
Wed Mar 06 2002
Summer before ... Huh- could be I saw you. I was on the US Coast Guard Barque EAGLE as part of OpSail/Tall Ships 2000. Quite the experience.
OkoumeStock (on the Chesapeake), May 11-12 (1 message)
Wed Mar 06 2002
You read it first here: OkoumeStock 2002 will be held May 11 and 12 at Camp Letts on the Rhode River just south of Annapolis. This is CLC s regional two-day
[bolger] Re: Clockwise vs. Anticlockwise (7 messages)
Thu Mar 07 2002
... Two words: Iron Jib YIBB, David C.E.P. 134 West 26th St. 12th Floor New York, New York 10001 http://www.crumblingempire.com (212) 247-0296
RE: [bolger] Re: Oops, I did it again - Kotick (10 messages)
Thu Mar 07 2002
Thanks, Jamie, I ll have to buy that book. I want to try building a skin boat next, but there is no way to test drive a skin boat before you put the cockpit
Re: Crazy backwoods Windsprinting (2 messages)
Thu Mar 07 2002
Dear Susan, Perhaps you could borrow my 17 foot Clipper Tripper. It can carry 850 lb with 6 freeboard, weighs 45 lb including padded yoke and seat cushions.
Re: Slogging up the St. Lawrence (2 messages)
Fri Mar 08 2002
Enjoyed that book emensly, a number of times. Also the dog who wouldn t be. Would love to find a mutt like that. ... BOAT WHO ... Canadian ... to ... it
"Off topic but" (1 message)
Fri Mar 08 2002
I just happened into Karl Stambaugh s cmdboats.com and was taken with his new 16ft Catbird design. Take a look. Clyde
Re: Bantam #654 by Phil Bolger (4 messages)
Fri Mar 08 2002
I put the scan of the plan in your Bantam folder in Bolger2. Hope you don t mind. Now it can be deleted from the files in this group. - PHV
Re: selling LED stuff (16 messages)
Fri Mar 08 2002
$75 ... (longest ... 16 ... and ... or ... convert ... adjustable). ... draw ... enough ... horses ... Gloucester, ... like ... Gloucester, MA, ...
Thousand Island page added (1 message)
Fri Mar 08 2002
Not to blow my money grubbing, publicity seeking, big brass horn too loud but... wait a minute, that s my biz site. My boat site is non comercial. Belay that.
Re: [bolger] AABB (14 messages)
Fri Mar 08 2002
Each issue of AABB has a subscription form, but you could airmail a letter with the following details: ___________________________ Title: (Mr/Mrs etc.)
Kingston & 1000 Island Bolger Boating (1 message)
Fri Mar 08 2002
Visit my money grubbing, publicity seeking, site at www.brucesboats.com to see, no wait a minute. My boating site is non- comercial, I m thinking of my biz
Apologies to all. (1 message)
Fri Mar 08 2002
Sorry, My money grubbing, publicity seeking, original post took so long to appear, that I assumed it was lost in the ether and posted another. Bruce Hector
Re: Digest Number 903 (4 messages)
Fri Mar 08 2002
No kidding, but the Niagara gorge has been successfully run several times by a group from the AWA circa 1986 or 1987. In that group, they paddled a wide
Re: [bolger] Re: The pills ain't workin', Mabel! (5 messages)
Sat Mar 09 2002
Some intrepid Norse boat nuts have done just that: http://www.museumsnett.no/risormuseum/kanonjolle/ ... -- John
Re: wires inside wooden mast (22 messages)
Sat Mar 09 2002
Susan, what ever you try make sure you can remove the wire and replace. However unlikely it seems now for the wire to break eventually it will. To me this
Re: Unfinished Micro for sale (2 messages)
Sat Mar 09 2002
Over on the Bolger4Sale group, there s a brief message from gerfy1903 that says the Micro is sold. ... comment) ... building
New Sneakeasy Photos (1 message)
Sat Mar 09 2002
I have added my most recent photos of my Sneakeasy in the Bolger2 file section. I have put them on my site as well!
foldingschoonerinOzupdate (1 message)
Sun Mar 10 2002
Wooden hinges were bolted on today, then I made some SS latches from 1/4 SS plate. I finally had an entire boat infront of me, floatable and sailable/ by the
Re: Circumnavigating the Northeast (52 messages)
Sun Mar 10 2002
I think this is a very cool construction tech. I have also wondered if you could you it in part of the construction of a traditional boat if you could call
Re: New photos of Sneakeasy (3 messages)
Sun Mar 10 2002
Hi Bruce Thanks for your kind words. I was so pleased to find the caned seats. I think they add a lot to the character of the boat! I used 1/4 inch luan on
Re: [bolger] Library suggestions (3 messages)
Sun Mar 10 2002
Check out David Gerr s The Nature of Boats and whichever of John Gardner s books are available. Ford Walton
Re: Civilian Carrier (8 messages)
Sun Mar 10 2002
It just dawned on me what your CC reminds me of. I recently watched a documentary on the FREEDOM SHIP, you know the floating city thing with the airport on
Crystal scans (1 message)
Mon Mar 11 2002
I ve posted scans of Crystal s plan and pics to Bolger2, files, in the Bolger scans folder. I may have to make one of these beauties for my wife s birthday
Re: stainless screw source (5 messages)
Mon Mar 11 2002
Actualy, the screws I like best are drywall screws, the sharp point lets you poke it into the wood enough so the screw stays there and you don t need to hold
Re: Chaos theory and Kotick (3 messages)
Mon Mar 11 2002
... I am still deciding about the cockpit frames, I could take them out and install fiberglass inside and out there. Bolger calls to leave the frames in, but
Re: reasons to glass a mast (8 messages)
Mon Mar 11 2002
... Oklahoma,eh? Don t suppose you got no beavers,eh? Sorry Richard,just kidding around......it comes from breathing too much Canadian air! Can t really help
Re: Snobbery and other faux pas..... (6 messages)
Tue Mar 12 2002
David Back then (20 years ago) it was early in Boston Whaler s existence, they were the low end of the spectrum compared to that beast!! Steve Bosquette ... by
RE: [bolger] lazy jacks and topping lifts, difference? (3 messages)
Tue Mar 12 2002
The topping lift supports the boom when the halyards are slacked off. Lazy jacks are intended to contain the sail as it is lowered, so it doesn t fall all
Re: cartoppable beach boat (6 messages)
Tue Mar 12 2002
Yes, but he accomplished it by lowering the ends instead of raising the middle. I don t think there is a whole lot of surf in the midwest.
Re: Bolger4Sale (2 messages)
Tue Mar 12 2002
... items, ... Feeling a bit too pressed for time,got some important deadline that just hasta be met and/or cursed with 10 thumbs but a strong desire to sail?
Private message to Al (was Queen Mab) (1 message)
Tue Mar 12 2002
List members, please indulge me. I have a message for a shy correspondent who is a list member and I can t get it delivered to his email account. It is hoped
Re: [bolger] Espar (4 messages)
Tue Mar 12 2002
You might also like to check out Owen Morgan s web site. He has been living on a yacht in NORWAY for a number of years and has some definite ideas about
Re: River Cruising In small boats (5 messages)
Wed Mar 13 2002
What kind of batteries does the scooter use? I have had some experience using solar panels to recharge batteries and the results have been very disappointing,
Re: "bolgeresque" (19 messages)
Wed Mar 13 2002
... Alert is a boat that was built to the Manatee design. She has had a remarkable history, well outside the parameters of the original concept has a
Boats with wheels (1 message)
Wed Mar 13 2002
With all of the posts concerning boats with wheels on the list recently, I m surprised that nobody reminded us of Fritz Funk s site:
Car On Board (1 message)
Wed Mar 13 2002
We hope to explore the Erie and Hudson this way this summer. I m thinking of eliminating the front deck completely and adding a garage & ramp affair to carry
RE: [bolger] Wire connections (4 messages)
Thu Mar 14 2002
I am told that GE Silicone II is neutral chemistry - good for electrical connections. Also, two-part silicone formulations do not have acidic by-products.
Re: [bolger] Re: Epoxy Fumes? (5 messages)
Thu Mar 14 2002
... This is much the way I do it. I use thinned epoxy so I get a good penetration and soak. I normally lay out the cloth on a dry panel. Stretch it and tape
Re: death to sloops! (33 messages)
Fri Mar 15 2002
Quebec driving rules are identical to Mecixo s, and there s only one rule. Don t hit anything. , the system works because everyone is operating on the same
Re: A new shoe (1 message)
Fri Mar 15 2002
On Jack of Hearts , my Micro, I looked around for a year for what I thought would be something to act as the shoe under the bottom of the Micro keel ( 2.25
Re: [bolger] Re: you know you've built to many boats when... (7 messages)
Fri Mar 15 2002
When you actually start to enjoy sanding. I cried when my last porter cable 5 disc sander stopped working. Jim
Re: Scrapers (1 message)
Fri Mar 15 2002
If you can t find a steel scraper, fear not. Lots of joiners in the old days used the edge of a piece of glass. Works fine, then when blunt, discard and get
Re: Mini-tankers,perhaps? (6 messages)
Fri Mar 15 2002
Just imagine come steaming in to the yacht club - in one of those - just when happy hour was starting to wind down and many of the skippers were starting to
Mini-tanker photo (1 message)
Fri Mar 15 2002
Peter, take a peek at the mini tankers in the phot section, could hold enough of the amber throat charmer to wash down the effects of a long dusty day or two.
Re: [bolger] Re: BB Fever -- MiniTeal? (30 messages)
Sat Mar 16 2002
Watcha trying to do, turn her into a motorboater?! ;o) ... -- John http://www.boat-links.com/ I cannot help thinking that the people
Re: [bolger] A New Shoe (7 messages)
Sat Mar 16 2002
I have always thought of the exterior stringers as expendable wear strips. I made the mistake of permanently attaching them on one boat, and repairing them was
RE: [bolger] Re: Request for Advice on fiberglassing (24 messages)
Sat Mar 16 2002
I used finishing (wax contained) resin to sheathe my canoe. No problem with bonding between cured and new layers, just sand the cured resin. The bond between
Re: Pouring lead (3 messages)
Sun Mar 17 2002
Jim Mickalak has his usual sound, low-key advice about sink weights for rudders here: http://homepages.apci.net/~michalak/15jul01.htm Equally applicable to
Change of email address. (1 message)
Sun Mar 17 2002
Dear Moderator, Please change my email address from llangmuir@vtown.com.au to my new adress at gavinlangmuir@hotmail.com.au Many thanks. Gavin Langmuir.
Re: Centerboard weight (8 messages)
Sun Mar 17 2002
That should work fine Bob. I did my Micro keel that way. A little more volume is required, but I would not think too critical for the Bobcat...I worried about
4 weeks till Houston Messabout (1 message)
Mon Mar 18 2002
Only 4 weeks left till the mesasbout at Lake Conroe, which is just North of Houston TX. For details and pictures from last year:
Re: sxs (2 messages)
Mon Mar 18 2002
Surely, there s more to say on the subject.
Re: Gripping Hand was batteries, acid leaks (2 messages)
Tue Mar 19 2002
... Running to the hills won t help. Heck, running to the asteroid belt won t help.... :-) -- Sue -- (Run to the hills! There s SF fen out there!) -- Susan
Live the dream (1 message)
Tue Mar 19 2002
Anyone seriously interested in throwing over the traces and going to sea can start here: http://www.jobs4yachts.com/ I wonder if I got this in my e-mail
Re: Gullapalooza (5 messages)
Tue Mar 19 2002
You might make the epoxy cure faster with heat. It makes a huge difference. The model airplane guys sometimes put electric blankets over their projects. I
Re: [bolger] Re: Gloves for Epoxy (4 messages)
Wed Mar 20 2002
... It s actually: http://www.indlsafety.com/catalog/default.asp
Re: batteries, acid leaks (27 messages)
Thu Mar 21 2002
I think the one that was leaking had a date sticker on it of Jan 01 . I didn t notice when I bought it, but they were going to have an issue about that when I
RE: [bolger] Jack of Hearts first sail (3 messages)
Thu Mar 21 2002
Congratulations! A great feeling! Re: your having to use the motor when a tack didn t work -- a couple of times I had trouble getting Wayward Lass sailing
wing keel (1 message)
Thu Mar 21 2002
There is a diagram in File, foils,rudders and keels etc. and I m pretty sure it is Gary Blankenship, who used to post to this group. Clyde
Re: Micro Navigator Question: Flooded Keels (2 messages)
Fri Mar 22 2002
Don t know, I couldn t face the thought of all that unsupervised space. Decided to fill it with concrete plaster reinforced with glass fibre
RE: [bolger] Re: Is their an email address for Phil Bolger ? (3 messages)
Fri Mar 22 2002
As indeed does each post, if you scroll below the delightful adverts to the very bottom.... David Romasco ... From: roue20ca [mailto:amoore@hfx.eastlink.ca]
Re: June Bug sail rig (5 messages)
Fri Mar 22 2002
I am very skeptical of this method. The lift vs. angle of attack behavior varies a lot depending on shape. Aspect ratio of hull is very different from that of
Re: Steel Singlehander (4 messages)
Fri Mar 22 2002
That s it! Thanks. I did some digging around my closet and was able to find those BDQ issues. They re next to me bed now, to stare at and dream, while
Photos Posted to Bolger2 (1 message)
Fri Mar 22 2002
Posted photos at Bolger2, Bolger Boats, of Mahone Bay Instant Boat races held at Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, summer 2001 and of ROSE which was nearby at
Re:Rocker in Hull (4 messages)
Fri Mar 22 2002
I too have been pondering a displacement hull that would also plane on demand. I wonder what would happen if you moved the point of maximum depth in the
Re: boat name (6 messages)
Fri Mar 22 2002
Just wordplay. Also spelled Askew. It does occur to me that it might also be taken as some kind of reference to a Q ship. If this boat performs at all well it
Re: choices, choices, choices (12 messages)
Sat Mar 23 2002
Tich, Tich! Steve (Owner of a boat, with motor, trailer, cover and 2 other motors the wife doesn t know about,..........yet)! ... extended warrantee but I
Re: Estimating Budgets/Building Dreams (6 messages)
Sat Mar 23 2002
Whether a man believes If something is worth doing right - or poorly He will undoubtably be correct. By the way has anyone factored in the 29% countervailing
Re: [bolger] Wyo & Trailer (2 messages)
Sat Mar 23 2002
Go man, go! You re a freakin inspiration!!! ... C.E.P. 415 W.46th Street New York, New York 10036 http://www.crumblingempire.com (212) 247-0296
Re: [bolger] Re: Suggest a Design (14 messages)
Sun Mar 24 2002
The steel workboat is in Ch. 55 of BWAOM. It is 15 11 . Displacement is 5360 lb., so maybe it s not an ideal first project. Currach, des. no. 408, is a 24
Expand the Envelope this Spring (1 message)
Sun Mar 24 2002
Greetings one and all! I have been as guilty as the next fella of cyclic boat fever (thinking overtime of Blackberry lately and I own 7 boats!), but I realized
Footnotes to Wooden Boat #165 (3 messages)
Sun Mar 24 2002
Computer down for two whole days...anquish...where to read on boats? Bought a magazine! pp. 139, the classifieds A guy in Texas asks for his 15 year old
Re: table saw issues (11 messages)
Mon Mar 25 2002
I run a furniture manufacturing bussiness here in Australia, and my first suggestion would be to get a blade recomended for the material you are cutting. If
foldingschoonerin Oz update (1 message)
Mon Mar 25 2002
Firstly , I ve just seen the drawing of ISO60 and can only say Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh. Good luck with the building, enjoy, and BE PROUD TO
Re: [bolger] Uploaded photos to Bolger2: Micro (6 messages)
Tue Mar 26 2002
I remember when that boat was just a gleam in the eye. Nice work! Mark
I60 (2 messages)
Tue Mar 26 2002
David, I don t think the back pivot is a pivot but rather a stop, which I think keeps the wing level when the board is down, and lets it become horizontal
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 936 (1 message)
Tue Mar 26 2002
... could also be a warped blade, which is more likely I think, given what you describe and the fact that it is a very soft wood.
Re: OH NO!!! (4 messages)
Tue Mar 26 2002
... See? I told you it was feasible. Shall we make this Plan A? -- Susan Davis
Re: [bolger] I60 hinges (4 messages)
Wed Mar 27 2002
In a message dated 3/26/02 6:24:40 PM Central Standard Time, ... The only souvenir I have of welding is a nice pattern of scars on my left forearm from the
East Coast vs. West Coast (38 messages)
Wed Mar 27 2002
... Prior to the construction of my teal, all of my boating experience was on the West coast. Not surprisingly my ideas of a get the job done boat looked a lot
Re: Electric info (2 messages)
Wed Mar 27 2002
Forgot one www.waterdrive.com Mike ... safer
Re: Windsprint, Teal, and expedition boats (22 messages)
Wed Mar 27 2002
Preview Yellow Leaf at http://www.geocities.com/owlnmole/Pages/yleaf.html
Re: [bolger] Re Electrics: (6 messages)
Wed Mar 27 2002
Well there is what I think is a better solution out there, but unfortunately it is not available in the US yet. An outfit called whispergen
Re: Long Micro Site update (2 messages)
Thu Mar 28 2002
I share your concerns but one must consider one thing. If we boycot these products the poor individuals working in those countries become unemployed and
Re: Oops, I did it again (19 messages)
Thu Mar 28 2002
Mike, That is food for thought. But, I think it has more to do with life style than anything as practical as thinking about dollars and cents. If you get the
Building Bolger boats (1 message)
Thu Mar 28 2002
Here is something on-topic, if mundane... ===My Tortoise=== Yesterday evening, I took some white polytarp bought from... http://tarps.com/white.htm ...and
Re: [bolger] Sharpie reminiscences (2 messages)
Thu Mar 28 2002
... I think anyone who s sailed a Light Scooner (23 , 1500lbs, 260ft^2 sail area) knows the I60 (60 , 8-10Klbs, 1000 ft^2 sail area) will be very fast. The
Re: Another Wacky I60 thought (2 messages)
Thu Mar 28 2002
WHy leave the sections at home? Take them with you. Leave at starting line. Offer as committee boat ... with ... Winter,
Ray Electric Outboard (1 message)
Fri Mar 29 2002
Description by a born adman. Bidding only $875 today. Reserve s been met. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1815874078&r=0&t=0
Re: [bolger] Re: Knotmeters (11 messages)
Fri Mar 29 2002
Well, yeah. And measures over the ground more easily to boot. Mark
Re: yahoo derived spam (5 messages)
Sat Mar 30 2002
Go to your account in yahoo and edit your marketing preferences, mine where al set to yes (??????) change them to no. ... *every* ... to ... below ... one ...
Re: [bolger] Re: Fridges (was: Electrics) (18 messages)
Sat Mar 30 2002
For years I ve had an idea that the way to go with refrigeration in a boat would be to take along a cylinder of compressed carbon dioxide which could be used
Re: I60 wing (4 messages)
Sat Mar 30 2002
Not sure what you mean here by laminar flow. In general engineering usage it means that flow in the boundary layer is steady and increases in a uniform fashion
Re: Power Sharpies (13 messages)
Sun Mar 31 2002
The writing for MAIB with this tells a story of designer and client in Phil s own classic style. Thanks, Bruce. That folder is becoming quite a nice
Subject vs. Message (1 message)
Sun Mar 31 2002
To all you 1000 odd boatbuilders: I am a newcomer to this list and just spent about 25 hours surfing through the message archive for information relevant to my
test (3 messages)
Sun Mar 31 2002
This is a test to see if I am receiving mail.
Re: [bolger] messages (2 messages)
Sun Mar 31 2002
In a message dated 3/31/02 11:07:41 AM Central Standard Time, ... Hi, James - nearly the same thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago. I suddently started
OT help re yahoo? (5 messages)
Sun Mar 31 2002
... Yea, if you remember, in exchange for Free Pop3 delivery (They charge starting next month), we said that they could send us advertisements... You shut of
Re: [bolger] Trailer Considerations (6 messages)
Sun Mar 31 2002
Harbor freight has a boat trailer also for $300. http://www.harborfreight.com Item 5002-0VGA This is for boats up to 14 and 600#. I wouldn t hesitate to