November 2002
Re: New issue of Chebacco online (5 messages)
Fri Nov 01 2002
Thanks for the notice Richard! I ll have to stop checking out the Chebacco news so often.Those pictures of your boat are driving me nuts!!!I have not stopped
Re: [bolger] Re: The Ship (14 messages)
Fri Nov 01 2002
Could you tell us about her handling and sailing abilities? Stuart
Re: Micro Ocean Crossing Atlantic Route (53 messages)
Fri Nov 01 2002
Stunts like this were not ever NECESSARY, in any day or age. Necessary isn t always the point. It isn t necessary to build boats out of wood. ;o) As long as
Re: Sneakeasy Modification - Why? (36 messages)
Fri Nov 01 2002
Not as fast, but how bout an electric one? http://www.psnw.com/~jmrudholm/etekoutboard4.html Mark
Re: LeCabotin site web update (5 messages)
Sun Nov 03 2002
Incredible! AZ motor-sailing version of the AS 39. My French is pretty rusty, but the photos tell the story in any language. Congratulations on a fine job (un
Re: Sneakeasy Variations (7 messages)
Mon Nov 04 2002
That whole folder has some interesting pix, John. The one you flag below is very nice. Call it _Sleek_ easy if you like. The real Seal boat is an interesting
Re: Chebacco cruise (4 messages)
Mon Nov 04 2002
Paul, I saw you yesterday (Nov. 4) anchored in Hampton Creek. I was crewing on a Capri 25 that went by you enroute to the river for a race. I mentioned to
Re: Glassing for impact resistance/resistance (10 messages)
Mon Nov 04 2002
... it cost? ... Try Crown Plastics: http://www.crownplastics.com/ 513-367-0238. For notes on a conversation I had with Pete there, see
Re: micro navigator (14 messages)
Tue Nov 05 2002
Peter,the Navigator also has only 3 battens, each with a sheet as you describe. Alert now has a full chinese junk rig. The owner is quite elderly, and has
martha jane in french canals (1 message)
Tue Nov 05 2002
... and finished it off as a powerboatwith stand up cabin. last may he shipped it antwerp from s fl. to do the french canals, hes now back in fl. says her had
Re: [bolger] Re: acrylic vs polycarbonate (Lexan) (10 messages)
Tue Nov 05 2002
Sorry for the poor information. The greenhouse was built using polycarbonate. James ... From: soussouchew To:
[no subject] (1 message)
Wed Nov 06 2002
Captjbturtle wrote -- my bantam is now finished even got the locks on the doors, a great boat for those of you who want, shade, comfort, room, trailerability
Re: [bolger] Re: Chebacco mizzen sizing (13 messages)
Wed Nov 06 2002
PCB&F wrote back I should fly a riding sail from mizzen mast to cabin top. Be a hassle, me thinks. If I do any serious cruising I think I ll increase the size
Re: Books, (was micro navagator) (6 messages)
Wed Nov 06 2002
... My dream wish would be to scan and post an online illustrated index of the Bolger designs. *Not* to post entire books wholesale [That, I understand, is
Re: Wyoming Plans and a Builder (20 messages)
Thu Nov 07 2002
... Send here over with a brush and a drill driver, we ll keep her mind of her troubles.
Re: [bolger] Re: Plywood for gypsy (29 messages)
Sat Nov 09 2002
You have to watch out for 3/8 AC. Three ply has often has the most atrocious void filled core with thin outer ply. Pretty good 4 ply shows up sometimes. HJ
Re: Industrial Formulators Epoxy (12 messages)
Sun Nov 10 2002
... I didn t say that. ... Hasn t bothered me so far. ... Possibly, like gasoline. But you have your high octane, your low octane, gas with cleaners, gas with
Re: 25', water ballasted, schooner. (3 messages)
Sun Nov 10 2002
... D oh! Thanks Nels.
Re: The cruise of the Chebacco Samantha (7 messages)
Sun Nov 10 2002
Way to go Paul. You re living a dream I ve also had. I live at the entrance to Tulls Bay, in sight of the waterway alternate to the Dismal Swamp canal. It
Techply (1 message)
Sun Nov 10 2002
Has anyone heard of this stuff? http://www.tecply.com/specs.htm It is 5 ply with waterproof, boil proof glue and is Birch. Seems to be very tough stuff.
Re: Newbie + Question (2 messages)
Wed Nov 13 2002
Hi Anders, The address for ordering plans is in the files section here. You would have to make an enquiry for plans directly to Phil Bolger and Friends. This
Re: [bolger] Re: UHMW source (2 messages)
Wed Nov 13 2002
You might want to check out this site for UHMW scraps at reasonable prices. He also has all kinds of other plastics and metals as well. I boutht some UHMW
Re: [bolger] Re: New Member (11 messages)
Wed Nov 13 2002
Steve; If your guys ever want to build a really big boat and start buying maps to Cuba, i time to notify the Coast Guard. CCG sallobadon
Help - Wisp Design (1 message)
Wed Nov 13 2002
We have a newbie who is seeking information about Wisp as seen in 30 Odd Boats Chapter 30. My copy is out. Could someone please post the lines drawings and any
Re: UHMW (2 messages)
Wed Nov 13 2002
... rubrails and keel skids/ shoes. A friend at church has seen it used as the full bottom skid on drift boats in the Tenn. rivers. ... Air Boats use UHMW for
OFF TOPIC: "ebay account verification" is a scam (1 message)
Thu Nov 14 2002
Ladies and Gents, The topic here is pretty much boating and Bolger. The group s just too big to take on computer topics or much else without getting out of
Re: Downunders (4 messages)
Thu Nov 14 2002
Hi Don, Great to know you aren t having that much fun after all:-) Don t know if you get Sail mag over there but there are a couple of photos of AC boats
re:uhmw-starboard (1 message)
Thu Nov 14 2002
I have used both alot in the metal fabrication buisness for commercial boats and for pleasure i prefere the starboard over uhmw in most cases it seems to be
Re: Mohogany refit (3 messages)
Fri Nov 15 2002
Thanks Peter, Yes I have. Just enough almost touches at the apex on the swing up. I use a 2 hp honda 4 stroke. I don t know much about motors but I d guess
Oldshoe in San Diego (1 message)
Sat Nov 16 2002
Could the builder of an Oldshoe in San Diego email me off line? I will be there from the 2nd to the 14th of December, and I would love to discuss the oldshoe
Re: [bolger] Crystal Plans? (2 messages)
Sat Nov 16 2002
If you look at the bottom of the post you will see Mr Bolger s address, 3 lines down from the caution to lay off of the Dead Horses. You can write a letter or
Re: Digest Number 1298 - "dead horse" (1 message)
Sun Nov 17 2002
While I have heard a couple of definition s {some which make NO sense or have ANYTHING to do with the sea} here s one that I have seen a number of times. This
Fiddler ll (1 message)
Sun Nov 17 2002
Has anyone built or sailed a Bolger Fiddler II?
Re: [bolger] Re: fiberglass and plywood (3 messages)
Mon Nov 18 2002
From some recent tests in Boatbuilder 1 layer of Xnole is almost 6 times as abrasion resistant as 1 layer of 6oz fiberglas. Some of this is because 1 layer of
MDO-OMG (1 message)
Mon Nov 18 2002
Hi Group, Missed getting on board earlier on this week due to pressing concerns over WINDERMEREs winter cover.... Anyway, there are DIFFERENT levels of
Re: The term "flog a dead horse" (18 messages)
Mon Nov 18 2002
... Hi, I ve heard that term,spurway,used in connection with railroads not with river travel.Up here,along the various old canals,the paths where
Fillers and Comparisons (1 message)
Tue Nov 19 2002
Here s some testing information about two homemade fillers. Homemade Fillers: o Aeropoxy + micro o Alphapoxy + micro DENSITY Aeropoxy + micro = 3.8 lb/gal*
Re: MDO & Dakota pics (3 messages)
Tue Nov 19 2002
John, The plastic boat you see beside the Dakota is a 1980 Tanzer 7.5 meter sloop. I didn t get it in the water for the past two years. Actually, it is for
I've got mail (1 message)
Tue Nov 19 2002
It looks like things are back on an even keel - so to speak - at Common Sense Boats. Jerry called me late last week to say that he (finally) was shipping my
Re: [bolger] Re: Chebacco people: question about ballast and a few other things (10 messages)
Tue Nov 19 2002
I prefer pilot house and batteries as my ballast ... ... From: ymaapub To: Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 9:44
Re: TABLE SAW QUESTION (6 messages)
Tue Nov 19 2002
The main reason to use a table saw is for accuracy, mainly accuracy riping. If that is what is wanted, and the power is OK, then it would seem to be a good
Nymph Thwart (1 message)
Wed Nov 20 2002
Being too cheap to spring for the suggested solid lumber thwart, I laminated one up from a packet of pine T&G cladding. I filled the V grooves with wood flour
Re: Building Bolger's Nymph (6 messages)
Wed Nov 20 2002
Mike has a good point, but often 4 oz is more expensive and narrower than 6, which is why I used 6. The difference would be in the order of 12oz a side per
Re: Epoxy Additive Question (21 messages)
Wed Nov 20 2002
... very ... The stuff I use in System Three, it is very fine, but it still isn t a fairing compound. Anything can be pressed into use, but that didn t seem
Re: Building the Nymph (2 messages)
Wed Nov 20 2002
I used a nice piece of pine for the thwart on my old nymph. I then stained it with a mahogany stain and coated it with 3 coats of polyurethane varnish. It
Re: oar/scull (4 messages)
Wed Nov 20 2002
In my competitive rowing days we called them sculls if we rowed with one in either hand, if we rowed one oar with both hands it was a sweep. The boats are also
Re: restoring Bolger Otter (2 messages)
Thu Nov 21 2002
... rub ... Not sure, but if you whack it with a hammer, poly will probably crack bad and epoxy only a little. Not a test I would recommend tho. Poly is
Update on trip to Hobart wooden boat festival (1 message)
Thu Nov 21 2002
Unfortunately all my keen volunteers have pulled out of the trip due to work so I was contemplating driving the6000 kms myself. then my work schedule got in
ine more thing before I go (1 message)
Thu Nov 21 2002
In a town near here the locals have decided that having no water holes to play in due to no rain for 2 years that they would make one . They have dug out an
Putty? (1 message)
Thu Nov 21 2002
What does everyone reccomend as far as a putty material goes? Epoxy with a filler? Actual putty? I m looking for something to fill holes imperfections so it
Re: [bolger] micro-navigator and 2 issues (4 messages)
Thu Nov 21 2002
... For crying out loud! The boat is only 15.5 feet long! But I hear what you re saying. Most, maybe all, of PCB s glasshouse/birdwatcher derivatives have
Re: Substituting plywood for lumber (8 messages)
Thu Nov 21 2002
Another option is whatever they call it with fiberglass where the thing goes around in channel form. You have the hull side, it goes inboard an inch or two,
Re: Yuo ththought you had problems. (5 messages)
Thu Nov 21 2002
Seriously, call it a multihull. A cat with 60 of hulls is a 30 boat, even in Oz? ... follow ... radar, as ... you to ... your boat, ... to tow
Re: Any Idaho's? (31 messages)
Thu Nov 21 2002
... but ... boat ... Oh ... make ... Maybe it is a little help to me, I have the Sneakeasy and Tennesse plans, just ordred the Idaho 31, Micro Trawler and the
Wave height and wind links (1 message)
Thu Nov 21 2002
All this talk of ocean crossing lead me to investigate wind driven wave sizes. The link below gives interesting information on fully developed seas. Quite
Re: [bolger] Re: Dory Question (14 messages)
Fri Nov 22 2002
Be sure to include your reply fax number, I don t think thier machine prints out the calling fax number. ... From: pibracing To:
RE : [bolger] Sneakeasy deviance (3 messages)
Sat Nov 23 2002
Well, because I did not want to alter the design of the hull too much.. But I ll think it over ;-) ... De : Richard Spelling [mailto:richard@chebacco.com]
question for Frank San miguel (1 message)
Sat Nov 23 2002
Hi im building a michalak AF3. how many adults can you put in it? Sam
Re: Another dory question (6 messages)
Sun Nov 24 2002
John Gardner, is probably the absolute authority on Dories in all their various form says that, The flared, straight sides of the Banks Dory permit these
Re: Varathane water or oil base? (4 messages)
Sun Nov 24 2002
Spar Varnish.....Whichever brand you prefer. None of the Varathanes (brand name) seem to have the stated UV protection that Spar Varnish has. Most seem to be
Re: oar (3 messages)
Sun Nov 24 2002
Yes. I find the drawknife and long plane most useful, but I ve been messing with a couple of spokeshaves for some of the tricky parts where it curves. ... and
Re: [bolger] Re: stitch tie material (2 messages)
Sun Nov 24 2002
... hard to tie.
What is the Yahoo Spam Filter ??? (1 message)
Mon Nov 25 2002
Please tell me what the Yahoo Spam filter is and how do I envoke it Dave Thibodeau ... figuring
Re: Who Wants A "Free" Micro To Finish? (9 messages)
Mon Nov 25 2002
FWIW, I just got off the phone with the guy giving away the partially completed Micro hull and I will be picking it up this Friday. I need to rent a flatbed
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 1310 - Re: Varathane water or oil base? (1 message)
Mon Nov 25 2002
Todd & Steve, Since no one mentioned a potentially harmful error { Bannings and the cost of Champlain seemed top take precedence}, let me jump in. Todd
Wire Twisting - {was 'Nymph Update: [bolger] Digest Number 1310 } (1 message)
Mon Nov 25 2002
Steve, When I was in the Air Force (Airborne Electronic Nav Aids}every plug & mount had to be Safety Wired . . . . 041 Stainless wire, 10 twists/inch, etc. .
The long and short of varnish (1 message)
Mon Nov 25 2002
Thanks for the info, I didn t know there was a long and short to varnish. I think I spotted that UV Varathane the last time I was browsing. Might have to give
Re: CHAMPLAIGN on ebay (27 messages)
Tue Nov 26 2002
Hey John, Never take anything I say too seriously. I totally agree with all your comments. I received the Nortel stock when BCE did a two for one split, so it
Lists, Bans and democracy (1 message)
Tue Nov 26 2002
Lists are a great thing, but they do not run themselves. I would like to praise all of the moderators for doing the best they can, and while they may not be
Dory plans (1 message)
Tue Nov 26 2002
I sent a fax to Mr Bolger about plans for the 20 ft Big Dory and sent me some info on an even larger Dory that is 23 feet long and can take a motor in a well.I
Re: Nymph Update (9 messages)
Tue Nov 26 2002
I used the ties on two Nymphs. Had the holes for the ties about 3/8 inch from the edges of the both ply parts. Yesterday I was showing someone one of the boats
Re: [bolger] Bolger FAQ (1 message)
Tue Nov 26 2002
Maybe the dead horses should live in a FAQ? ... From: Michial Thompson (At Work) To: Sent: Tuesday, November
Re: WTB: Bolger Black Skimmer (2 messages)
Tue Nov 26 2002
I ve always thought that Black Skimmer is one of the prettiest of Bolger s simple to build boats. Since you have first hand experience with Black Skimmer I d
Re: [bolger] Re: Bolgers Camper (11 messages)
Wed Nov 27 2002
Jim Michalak has discussed the stability of his unballasted, Birdwatcher cabin boats in his recent newsletters. Pretty interesting stuff, the boats didn t want
'Iceboats" - Re: [bolger] Digest Number 1315 (2 messages)
Wed Nov 27 2002
Take a peak at Stevenson s projects, they have a pretty nifty wheeled land sailor there. Could give you ideas. Steve ... all. ... {Lake ... has ... Iceboat ...
RE: [bolger] Digest Number 1315 (1 message)
Wed Nov 27 2002
Hi George, ... [***] snip ... regards Paul - NZ
Re: [bolger] Re: Nymph Progress (7 messages)
Wed Nov 27 2002
I have found that working the tape with a chip brush will usually take care of the wrinkles working gently from the center of the tape out. Cheap source of
Re: [bolger] Bolger Black Skimmer (3 messages)
Thu Nov 28 2002
And we are always happy to listen. Thank you for a fine exposition confirming what I had always thought about one of my favourite Bolger designs. HJ
WTB Bolger 20 ft Dory Plans (1 message)
Thu Nov 28 2002
If anybody would like to sell a set of 20 ft Bolger Light Dory plans please drop me an email. Thanks Mike mcerio02@twcny.rr.com
Re: angle of stem (4 messages)
Thu Nov 28 2002
Just so, or you could break out the sidewalk chalk and sketch em out. When you come up with something you like, Whip out the protractor and measure. Might have
Re: bolger iceboat question? (6 messages)
Fri Nov 29 2002
... this is a links page I got off our bolger site a while back whilst looking for scooter plans. Its got the lot. http://techline.com/lord/ychtlnk.html Please
re: oars (1 message)
Fri Nov 29 2002
looks like you got yourself a custom oar that will pull better because the blade bites better. Always look on the brightside of life, doo ,doo, da,doo ,da
Re: [bolger] Re: oar warp (8 messages)
Fri Nov 29 2002
... Mabe laminating two or three thin boards together to make oars is an option. They would be less likely to warp though I ve had mast warp some if I tie them
Re: Name these Dory's (14 messages)
Fri Nov 29 2002
Thank you for the help. Mike C ... or Mystic ... article in ... drink what
Re: Plans Ordered Today (2 messages)
Fri Nov 29 2002
Hey Brent, I would be interested in your assessment of the the Icester plans. I also have the same sail as yours and think it work well. Today we had winds
Re: quotes for Mircro Lovers (38 messages)
Sat Nov 30 2002
... a ... Hi Nels, It is also worth noting that the larger power sharpies,with or without the box keel,have a centerboard up forward.This is what is helping
Re:privacy posting (3 messages)
Sat Nov 30 2002
I use a couple of very small FREE utilities from a site called Analog-X. They are designed to make cookies and pop-ups disappear. The are very small not like
Ripping tip (1 message)
Sat Nov 30 2002
Here s a good simple ripping tip. http://www.woodworkingtips.com/etips/etip021129ws.html Not Bad.
Re: Self Steering (4 messages)
Sat Nov 30 2002
Windvane forum: http://cruisenews.net/cgi-bin/windvane/windvane.pl Sheet to tiller instructions: http://www.jsward.com/steering/index.shtml cheers Derek