February 2004
Re: U.S. or Canadian made electric planer (2 messages)
Sun Feb 01 2004
Interesting question. In these days of NAAFTA you can find US brand products that were actually manufactured in Canada (or Mexico) in US stores for sale under
more narrow boats--Sharpshooter (1 message)
Sun Feb 01 2004
Speaking of narrow Bolger designs--does anyone here have any experience with the power dory Sharpshooter? Has anyone built one? Thanks in advance John
Tampa area Recreational Rowing Club (1 message)
Sun Feb 01 2004
Hello fellow portly (and I m sure a few very svelde) Bolgeristas. I m starting a rowing club here, hoping to meet someone willing to stand me to a pint in
Re: water ballast (47 messages)
Sun Feb 01 2004
Free surface effect? I don t follow. Nor did I say anything about water ballast sloshing around in the bilge, because you re right, sloshing water does
Hartley Trailer-Sailers (1 message)
Mon Feb 02 2004
... The Hartleys are indeed multi-chine, but not stitch & glue.. they have solid frames and chine logs. They are also not water-ballasted. I built their 14
Re: Greg, can't access Photos (3 messages)
Mon Feb 02 2004
I was wanting to look at Vince s Dakota pix, mentioned in the Files section. Hoping that Photos will come back :-) Thanks/Don
Re: [bolger] Black Skimmer - leeboard raising (2 messages)
Mon Feb 02 2004
... Are you kidding ! I am sure that I am not alone around here... I would love to see more, plus I would love to see some photos of your Black Skimmer,
Bolger barge? (1 message)
Mon Feb 02 2004
Somewhere on the Net I ve seen a site where some guy is buildbing a 60 foot Bolger-esque barge. Does anyone know where I can find this site. Google in not
Re: Paradox (5 messages)
Tue Feb 03 2004
... belong ... Hi Richard, I hate to disappoint you but I belong to both groups, and am a co- moderator at the Paradox group:-) I posted the link to Bill s
Re: [bolger] Re: Black Skimmer - leeboard raising, etc (3 messages)
Tue Feb 03 2004
... Thanks sooo much for the excellent, on topic, post. Three comments: I am sobered by your observation that building a new boat might be easier than
Re: [bolger] neural mass (6 messages)
Tue Feb 03 2004
I hereby nominate you to , by yourself, do this for us .... collectively! Congrats for being nominated for this honor. Don Tyson who would like to be able to
Re: [bolger] Re: Sinkers v. Swimmers (23 messages)
Tue Feb 03 2004
... Small leaks at the hull/deck join are pretty common on older lasers (mine was around 37400 or so). I saw the same thing on a couple of other hulls at my
Re: [bolger] bedding polycarbonate (3 messages)
Wed Feb 04 2004
Be careful what you use, Fritz. I had to take windows out, and found the compound I had used was stronger than the wood (good quality BS 1088 marine ply) to
plastic film (1 message)
Wed Feb 04 2004
There is a film which is quite heavy and durable. It goes under the name visqueen. The type I am thinking of is used to cover things which have to be exposed
Re: homebuilt boat insurance (13 messages)
Wed Feb 04 2004
Peter - At least I take some comfort that you have received the same letters as I have from the Insurance Companies. I too have done the survey / file a
Re: [bolger] Re: Good Chebacco story (8 messages)
Wed Feb 04 2004
Humph, you guys ought to try living here in Indonesia, one of the great coffee producers of the world. I live in Java - whence comes the name for coffee. Here
Re: [bolger] The Snow Goose (2 messages)
Wed Feb 04 2004
Hey everyone it s Stan! We all wondered how you have been. Sorry to hear that your plans have had to change. Good luck with finding a new home for Snow Goose.
Re: Minessotta scans (4 messages)
Thu Feb 05 2004
Thanks Bruce---Got them out of the file My computer must be Tiny shy. As always, I enjoy your post and knowledge. thanks chuck
Re: Matha Jane (12 messages)
Thu Feb 05 2004
... Thanks for the diagrams, John I recommend that you drop PB&F
Water ballast revisited (1 message)
Fri Feb 06 2004
Jim Pope did a good job of explaining the way water ballast affects a sailing vessel, and it s advantages over, say lead. One important thing to keep in mind
Re: how to clarify ballast! (4 messages)
Fri Feb 06 2004
Jim, Your statement that Each water tank is fully supported by the weight of the water it displaces, and {as the boat heels} one water tank simply sinks
Re: Not Bolger, but similar to HMS Rose (2 messages)
Fri Feb 06 2004
... tropics ... (weep,weep,snifle,snifle,) it s all too bleedin true,t is, an I s got no one ta blame but me bleedin self......,boohoo,boohoo... Peter three
Re: Sun Coast Rowing Club (4 messages)
Fri Feb 06 2004
... Le Baron, How many times must I tell ya ta stop,(arrete tout suit!) from scouting out locations the day before? Yer drainin em dry way too soon :-)
Re: [bolger] (unknown) (rub rails) (1 message)
Fri Feb 06 2004
You might check out Jamestown. http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/ I did a search for rub rail in their page and got several -- typically $8 .. $10/foot
Re: [bolger] Elegant Punt Launch (7 messages)
Fri Feb 06 2004
Build it for him now.. YOU use it now to row next to your daughter. A dad and child can have much more fun in two boats. When your son is old enough to row the
Re: Missing State Series Design / PBJ insult?!! (4 messages)
Fri Feb 06 2004
Sorry for the typo, I know the letter sent was correct...didn t mean to offend any delicate sensibilities with poor typing technique... ... him as PBJ, surely
Calif. Delta (1 message)
Fri Feb 06 2004
I thought this might be oddly on topic. Let me know if you think it isn t. http://tinyurl.com/2p29e Charles Rouse
Re: rub rail vinyl substitute (5 messages)
Sat Feb 07 2004
... NAPA, UAP, or Canadian Tire be likely suppliers? Yep, I know CTC has them in the auto accessory isles, the ones for trucks are wider. Also, shops that
Re: [bolger] Plastic film (16 messages)
Sat Feb 07 2004
It s in the fabric department but I m not sure of the name. It s mentioned as furniture protection. It cost me $1.99 per yard. Jeff ... From: John Spoering
Are Photos lost forever??? (1 message)
Sat Feb 07 2004
Greg, I keep checking back to see if I can get the photos to come up. No luck yet. If they are lost ( Oh, lost, and by the wind greived ghost, come back
Re: [bolger] The boatbuilder in winter (4 messages)
Sat Feb 07 2004
We had our first frost free, fog free, cloud free sunrise of the year this morning and now, 9 1/2 hours later, it s still clear blue skies with more than an
Re: [bolger] Pounding in the chop. (7 messages)
Sun Feb 08 2004
... Heel the boat some. so the chine presents more of a V-edge to the wave. Sail more off the wind if possible so you ride wave faces more diagonally. More to
Houseboat #481 Winter boat work (1 message)
Sun Feb 08 2004
In the past few weeks I have been working on the furniture for the houseboat (Shanty) Using baltic birch which looks great, is very strong (at least 8 layers
Re: Pounding in the chop (1 message)
Mon Feb 09 2004
That ain t marine ply, that s lauan underlayment or a close cousin. I ve never seen marine ply of this sort. I haven t seen every possible style of marine ply
[bolger] Re: Who likes Surf ? (6 messages)
Mon Feb 09 2004
FBBB, The first Bolger boat I built was a Teal, but if I had it to do over again, I d have built the Surf for sure. YIBB, David -- C.E.P. 415 W.46th Street New
Re: What's happened to the portrait? (2 messages)
Mon Feb 09 2004
... I was going to suggest that it had gone away because the photos section was non-operational, but when I tested it, photos worked fine. Go figure. Peter
Re: [bolger] Re: Fouling resistance of UHMW plastic (5 messages)
Mon Feb 09 2004
Gene, It is not all that strong, and not easy to join at corners. It s used on the bottom of drift boats to help them slide over rocks. If you do a Google
Re: MONET - a pre-Bolgerite? (33 messages)
Tue Feb 10 2004
Did you notice that it s a spud barge. Two poles on the starboard side that can be dropped into the mud/botom to anchor it in place for hors of sketching or
Re: Turning the keelboat (4 messages)
Tue Feb 10 2004
Peter, A summer expediton that covers much of the same route in canoes can be found in the book DISTANT FIRES. It is a good winter read and is probably
Re: [bolger] Re: Skat vs. Bobcat (4 messages)
Tue Feb 10 2004
I ve sailed a Bobcat in some pretty good winds and waves. It can handle handle them quite well. It s a lot of boat in 12 . My only criticism of the boat is
Re: end plates on oars? (4 messages)
Tue Feb 10 2004
You would want the end plates on the sides of the oars, I think, as if I recall correctly there is or can be significant motion endwise thru the water and
Re: Plastic sheet and Epoxy experience (4 messages)
Tue Feb 10 2004
How about, if you re only using the plastic once and it s not very thick, making a pinhole in the plastic to let the air out of the bubbles?
Idaho Saloon (1 message)
Tue Feb 10 2004
I ordered a set of Saloon Skiff plans and asked about using the cabin and shoe as an alternate for the Idaho. I got a note with the plans We would think the
Re: [bolger] Bernie's Micro (2 messages)
Tue Feb 10 2004
LaRowe sent out Micro photos to anyone interested and printed photocopies of photos of the first few Micro s launched as far back as his 84 Newsletters . I
Re: More Water Ballast (8 messages)
Wed Feb 11 2004
Geez guys, come on. I ve lived and sailed my Catfisher catamaran here in and around San Francisco Bay for six years. I ve sailed her with full main and genoa
Re: mdo (11 messages)
Wed Feb 11 2004
... I have called their toll-free number and got excellent information about the locations of suppliers near me and even what kind of products of their were
Re: beer ballast (15 messages)
Fri Feb 13 2004
I d point out that as the beer ballast is consumed, the boat will still ride on the same lines. Albeit stability could be affected if the crew drinks the amber
Re: [bolger] The need for speed. (1 message)
Fri Feb 13 2004
I appreciate all the responses and you have given me a lot of food for thought. An open Chewbaca sounds good and so do many others. I ll check out the
A Non-bolger Power Sharpie (1 message)
Fri Feb 13 2004
This might be of interest to some Bolgeristas: http://www.stlmusic.com/skiffamerica/skiff.html Vince
Re: Snowbirds on parade::::: (3 messages)
Fri Feb 13 2004
I m working on it every day. My Filipina looks foward to going home too.
Queen Mab materials (1 message)
Sat Feb 14 2004
How many sheets of ply go into planking a Queen Mab ? More generally, does anyone have a reliable rule of thumb for guesstimating ply usage for lapstrake
Re: MDO Strength (4 messages)
Sat Feb 14 2004
Never confuse strength and stiffness. I would be willing to guess that the coating, having no straight fibers, is relatively floppy stuff and doesn t get up to
Re: crude foils (3 messages)
Sat Feb 14 2004
Sounds like a good way to go. Particularly if making more than one board. The method I mentioned doesn t require tooling or a router, can be used on tapered or
Re: MAIB's email (2 messages)
Sat Feb 14 2004
officesupport@comcast.net I believe it s his daughter.... ... take ... to
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 1898 (1 message)
Sun Feb 15 2004
Vince, last year, I did a detailed estimate for the Saloon Launch :-) extended 3 and with a head, portapotti and basic galley structure (existing camping gear
sailing faster than the wind was :Re: Proa (22 messages)
Mon Feb 16 2004
... wasn t aware that following the wind was the slowest point of sail. It s not, dead into the wind is the slowest point, it produces a negative speed
Re: How much would one cost?? (13 messages)
Mon Feb 16 2004
Exactly. Finishing costs are usually something I try not to think about. Even though I should. Specifically, how am I going to get my quick and easy sneakeasy
Re: [bolger] The Chebacco Samantha (4 messages)
Mon Feb 16 2004
... Absolutely! Glad to hear from you again. -- Craig O Donnell Sinepuxent Ancestors & Boats The Proa FAQ
Re: chewbacco modifications (6 messages)
Mon Feb 16 2004
... where ... so ... The reason the Chebacco centerboard is on the centerline is that it has a shallow keel which covers a portion of the board so that it is
Re: New rig for Light Schooner (15 messages)
Tue Feb 17 2004
Hi Peter, ... like poor ... excecuted ... she ll ... boat ... or ... You ve busted me! But thanks for the compliments! I hope to get some photos of her at
Power proa hull (1 message)
Tue Feb 17 2004
Someone was posting about the possibility of adding a pro outrigger to stabilize a narrow sharpie. This is a link to a surf boat conversion on the sme idea:
Re: [bolger] The need for speed... (23 messages)
Tue Feb 17 2004
LIES LIES LIES!!! As long as you ve got at least one crew, Bolger s Light Schooner ought to meet your need for speed. It meets most of your requirements except
Re: Antifouling (7 messages)
Tue Feb 17 2004
... experiencing ... every ... Hi Nels, Yeah,I ve heard......winter is a tough one this time around,but glad to hear Lestat is holding up alright. And yes,it
To Sell a Micro (1 message)
Tue Feb 17 2004
I would like to sell my Micro but I m not sure what to ask for her. Here are the Details: Built: 2001 Construction: As per plans but with 1/2 bottom. System
2004 Midwest Messabout (1 message)
Tue Feb 17 2004
The 15th or 16th (can t remember which) Midwest Messabout will be held the weekend of June 11-13, 2004 at Gun Creek Campground on Rend Lake in South Central
Re: micro-dried out attitude? (19 messages)
Wed Feb 18 2004
Yours looks fine to me Bruce, wish mine was like that. DonB
RE: [bolger] JointAbility (2 messages)
Wed Feb 18 2004
Tim, I sent for literature on JointAbility, but can t find it at the moment. It looks very interesting. Here s a link:
Re: To Sell a Micro - Continued (6 messages)
Wed Feb 18 2004
... next.... ... Building an Optimist? Sorry Derek, someone beat you to it--and he s got an Oldshoe for sale! My apologies to the group for this moment of
Re: Houseboat #481 furniture (3 messages)
Wed Feb 18 2004
You are really coming along great. Please keep posting the progress pics.
Common Sense Designs (3 messages)
Wed Feb 18 2004
... wrote: or something about common sense boats? CSD plans are poor quality, slowly delivered (if at all), rip offs without ANY royalty being paid to Phil
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 1904 (1 message)
Wed Feb 18 2004
As a member of said group...there hasn t been anything in over a year, I think. I got in at the start. Someone did make an Oldshoe with a cuddy cabin on it.
Re: H.M.S. Rose (5 messages)
Thu Feb 19 2004
... An interesting irony since the movie had a Frenchy stand in for an American ship. In the Far Side of the World O Brian was depicting war of 1812 action. So
Re: Black Skimmer (and other cat-yawls) rigging ideas (1 message)
Fri Feb 20 2004
Leo: appropriate bolts for those plastic/SSTL fairleads are pretty small (8-32, as I remember, 10-24 at the largest), and it ll be easy to counter-bore a
Re: Re: old shoe pseudo navigator? (& OLDSHOE yahoogroup) (11 messages)
Fri Feb 20 2004
All you folks wating for the warm weather to come and thaw out the barn so you can continue with the building. Hey!! Send me some of that cool weather.
Re: [bolger] Re: Floatation for a teal (15 messages)
Sat Feb 21 2004
... Hi Rob, I seem to remember that someone wrote on this subject that they were able to get bags of ping pong ball seconds from the manufacturer for a very
Dakota Pics (1 message)
Sat Feb 21 2004
See: http://tinyurl.com/yth85 or search in this groups photos section, in the album Vince s Dakota. Vince, Wonderful progress. That tt make that lazy, Maudite
Re: 'JointAbility' and 'Another Joint' (1 message)
Sun Feb 22 2004
Tim and All, Let me see if I can answer six messages at one go . . . Tim, I already sent you a direct answer about a technique to solve the movability
Re: Another type of joint (21 messages)
Sun Feb 22 2004
... Hi David, Neat photo of a zigzag joint but boy-o-boy it sure looks more involved then a straight forward scarf joint,especially in that high grade
Re: Chebacco Model Update (2 messages)
Sun Feb 22 2004
Roger, It s not ugly at all. A little light sanding, slop on some paint and framw it inside the cabin of the next one. The full size one that is. I think
Plywood Viking Ship (1 message)
Sun Feb 22 2004
I need some online sources for Bolger s Viking ship. Does anyone here have any? This is the 30ish foot plywood lapstrake one in Boats With An Open Mind. A
Micro Navigator lead keel fin (2 messages)
Sun Feb 22 2004
Well, my remaining to do list for Micro Navigator just got shorter by one BIG task today. I jacked up the hull, and dragged the 400 lbs lead ballast and
Re: [bolger] sternwheeler (3 messages)
Mon Feb 23 2004
There is a bassboat paddleboat design (old Popular Mechanics Plans) at he link listed below, as well as several pedalboat designs. This plan is a johnboat type
NOT Bolger's 38' longship construction (2 messages)
Mon Feb 23 2004
... wrote: I think I ve found a group that ss building Phils Longship. Nope, sorry. I just got off the phone with Thorgold in San Antonio, and it s not
champlain (1 message)
Tue Feb 24 2004
To those better heeled than I please note Marine Concept s brokerage (builders of sea pearl in N.W. Fla)appears to have a professionally built Champlain for
Re: Navigator (7 messages)
Tue Feb 24 2004
I do not think the aussie navigator I mentioned is the same person as the original person who consulted Bolger. His web site still exists, but unchanged since
Re: [bolger] Re: How to make a link? (4 messages)
Tue Feb 24 2004
... That is because the email is actually just text, it doesn t really support links. Most mailreaders recognise a URL and turn it into a hyperlink, but the
Re: Shelter version clam skiff (2 messages)
Wed Feb 25 2004
... clam ... k in the folder Saloon Launch,in the photo section of this group........... or at least that is what I think he/she was trying to write before
Re: [bolger] Re: oldshoe questions? (6 messages)
Wed Feb 25 2004
Is absolutely true. I didn t even think about the Smith/Umpqua/Reedsport connection. To think that I m only 50 miles from there, too. I m soooo embarrassed
Re: [bolger] Virus Alert (2 messages)
Wed Feb 25 2004
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 13:41:00 -0500, Frank Bales ... Frank, This is what Norton said about it: Date: 2/25/2004, Time: 11:11:14, Jon on
Ring vs. Threaded Nails (1 message)
Wed Feb 25 2004
Hi Group, I recently order a pound of Silicon Bronze Ring Shank Nails from Clark Craft for my Sneakeasy project. I ve used them before on another project and
Websites, please do it! (1 message)
Wed Feb 25 2004
If I can make a website, I reckon anyone can. I m computer illiterate.I too would like to see everyone s lovely Bolger boat, and dream of building every one of
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 1912 (1 message)
Thu Feb 26 2004
This is an amazing photo sequence and the description of the normal procedure used by the pilots and crews to shoot the bridges at high water is remarkable.
Re: [bolger] Re: New Navigator Website (19 messages)
Thu Feb 26 2004
... The last time I bought from Raka I paid $239 for six gallons and the shipping was $45 to California. $47.33/gallon In the last two+ years I ve used 13
Re: Notes From the Field: Trilobite (2 messages)
Thu Feb 26 2004
They re completing the ... contests. Please let us know when you have the pictures up. I ve been wondering if anyone would build one. Reed
Re: Viking Ships, the real ones (2 messages)
Fri Feb 27 2004
Extremely cool, and litereraly also, by the look of some of those photos. Almost made me homesick for the Canadian winter. Almost! Thanks Daniel. Bruce Hector
oink board (1 message)
Fri Feb 27 2004
I am thinking of using pink board (foam insulation) to hold the new bulkheads away (3/4 ) from the GRP hull of my boat to avoid print through. Does anyone
solar panels (1 message)
Fri Feb 27 2004
Not having needed or used solar panels I ve never paid much attention to them or know much about them other than that they were expensive.Within the last few
Re: [bolger] Re: Woo hoo! (6 messages)
Fri Feb 27 2004
... If I am not mistaken, you are referring to the His and Her Schooner . This design was originally intended for the 26 mile crossing from Los Angeles to
Latest Modifications to Sea Angel. (1 message)
Sat Feb 28 2004
Latest Modifications to Sea Angel. I have added a Michalak designed weighted leeboard and rudder, Rope perimeter steering system, and fore and aft
Re: Texas Longship building. (6 messages)
Sat Feb 28 2004
... Bolgerites ... bandwidth.... ... Probably running for their lives away from a herd of hairy,snowblind,beer-stinking,cabin-fever-infected Canadians who
Re: Solar/alternative Power was Interesting engine (1 message)
Sat Feb 28 2004
Hi All, Don t forget Home Power Magazine at http://www.homepower.com/ . They have their archives on line, and you can download articles, back issues, and the
Design #481 Shantyboat Furniture (1 message)
Sun Feb 29 2004
Sorry to take so long to reply to Nels question on the bed folding design. Your question hit the nail on the head and in answering the question I realized the
Photos uploaded in File section of Bolger3 Group (1 message)
Sun Feb 29 2004
I ve just uploaded some photos of Bruce Tyson s (My father)Merlin (Marina Cruiser) in the Files section of the Bolger 3 Group.Folder called Merlin -(Marina
Re: Yet another reason to build boats.... (13 messages)
Sun Feb 29 2004
IIRC Canada is still negotiating with the Turks and Caicos islands with the idea that it becomes Canada s version of the US V.I. As for Florida, Canada has
Web site (1 message)
Sun Feb 29 2004
I just posted an update to my site after a month of working on the Sneakeasy. I m only posting some observations on new methods and tools which is the reason
Re: Co-captain wanted (4 messages)
Sun Feb 29 2004
Ah...the sirens cry as heard by Homer, et al. I concur with David...send picture of boat, and heed Peter s advise. One captain serving to make the crew happy
Re: [bolger] Re: "Quahaug" Inboard Diesel Utility Launch- Info plz? (5 messages)
Sun Feb 29 2004
My father has nearly finished building a Bolger designed Harbinger 15 x 7 1 Catboat by the Strip planked- Dynel sheathed method. She should be launched
Re: [bolger] Important Question of the Day (2 messages)
Sun Feb 29 2004
Ya can t get a better excuse for buying more... Then when you do find the lost ones you ll have the beginnings of a good collection... Rick ... [Non-text