July 2004
Happy Adventure (1 message)
Thu Jul 01 2004
Sorry, if the link does not work, I have posted a picture (#19) in Bolger 2 under houseboat. Regards, Paul McLellan glad the weather is bad so I will actually
Re: Stanley Handyman Plane Assistance (2 messages)
Thu Jul 01 2004
Lee Valley carried Hock replacement blades. See http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp? page=32692&category=1,41182,43698&ccurrency=2&SID= or just go to
Re: The "Happy Adventyre" is launched (3 messages)
Thu Jul 01 2004
Nice looking boat! What material did you use for the windows? Like the color of your hull too!
Re: Flag Protocol (5 messages)
Thu Jul 01 2004
Bruce from an old naval fella, for yr gaff mainsail the flag halyard should be attached: upper block to upper/outer end of gaff, lower fastening to tack
Re: Natural alternatives to Fibreglass cloth? (28 messages)
Fri Jul 02 2004
Just buy the darn fiberglass and be done with it! It ll be much easier to deal with, as strong, and your boat will be back in the water in no time! It is
no more bills! (1 message)
Fri Jul 02 2004
i used these guys to make my bills alot more manageable, it was free so what the hell, why not? http://qtcgpar.place.cc If you dont want to be part of this
Re: [bolger] xylene (2 messages)
Fri Jul 02 2004
... Xylene is a mixture of three closely related compounds: 1,2- 1,3- and 1,4-dimethylbenzene. It s a volatile aromatic hydrocarbon, similar to toluene
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 2069 - ketch/yawl (2 messages)
Fri Jul 02 2004
... depended on the position of the mast relative to the rudder post, rather than the helm. Yes, but there are those that further define it by intended use of
Re: [bolger] Todds Micro Sampan (2 messages)
Fri Jul 02 2004
... Annie Hill s Junk Rig on the Benford Badger has two mid-ship masts stepped far different than the locations of the masts on a Micro. To use a Badger style
RE: [bolger] Re: How much sail lead in a micro? (18 messages)
Fri Jul 02 2004
Lead produces lee helm (because the sail’s center of effort, CE, is forward of the hull’s center of lateral resistance, CLR); more lead = more lee helm. -
The Balanced Lug Micro (1 message)
Fri Jul 02 2004
The green balanced lug micro rig looks ideal to me, for a simple knock-about rig. It has a couple of advantages- good sized mainsail (or it could be), but
Re: Birdwatcher II Plans Price? (7 messages)
Fri Jul 02 2004
Thanks, and good luck with your BWII!
Happy Adventure windows (1 message)
Fri Jul 02 2004
Message: 10 Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 01:53:26 -0000 From: builtaboat Subject: Re: The Happy Adventyre is launched Nice looking
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 2069 (3 messages)
Sat Jul 03 2004
Billy Atkin called the two-masted leg o mutton, sharpie style, rig a Pirogue rig, whether it had sprit booms or conventional booms. Pirogue is just
Re: Fiddlin' around with Fiddler II (6 messages)
Sun Jul 04 2004
... deck, maybe a foot high. and folding deck chairs (the rail would keep me from scooting my chair overboard). I would need a socket for a big umbrella
Re: Idaho: million questions (5 messages)
Sun Jul 04 2004
... a ... easier to fit with a efficient floor plan. ... I agree w your analysis. I was thinking of Idaho, but concluded a 30 + boat with Idaho s set of
Re: WINDERMERE photo update,part 2 (5 messages)
Mon Jul 05 2004
... and ... all ... Thanks Bruce. It is a curious thing perspective.When I arrive at the boat in the morning for work,she always looks so small compared to the
Re: [bolger] Re: Kind of off-topic.... (26 messages)
Mon Jul 05 2004
... I missed Scott s reply, but found a place to build three blocks from my home. Here is the story. It might be instructive for others with the same problem.
WATERVAN (1 message)
Mon Jul 05 2004
Thanks to all who replied to my request for info on the watervan Grant
Re: [bolger] Re: Harbinger Questions for Hugo Tyson (6 messages)
Mon Jul 05 2004
Smooth hulls do look good, but many people on seeing Dad s Harbinger catboat Dolly T ask is the hull fibreglass? whereby he has to tell them and explain
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 2074 (Mullitt Skiffs (1 message)
Mon Jul 05 2004
Hey guys..I was poking around in Bolger4 and saw the picture of the Mullet Skiffs with the forward motors...some of them are still being used in Cortez Florida
Don't Tread Upon Me! (1 message)
Mon Jul 05 2004
FBBB, Well it almost didn t happen. 5 days ago my daughter and I were out scooning along the Western edge of Lake Montauk at a fair clip when BAM!!! The
Re: In praise of external chine logs &Windermere (6 messages)
Mon Jul 05 2004
A good point John. DonB ... with Windemere, but dumping a small boat under sail is always a possibility. If the C/B falls down the slot or a leeboard is on
Re: Strip planking books? (6 messages)
Tue Jul 06 2004
So far I own and have read all books mentioned so far. Some really good titles. If you want the latest Gougeon info on strip get the free copy of their mag,
Re: Photos help (3 messages)
Tue Jul 06 2004
No, it means that someone uploaded a pic which put us over the stoarage limit. Yahoo freezes access when that happens, We have to let Greg go in (our
Re: mundoon-beer qualities (38 messages)
Tue Jul 06 2004
... Now there you go again Bruce! Stop it,toute suite! Next thing I ll know you ll start giving out my recipe for Aqua Velva Speed Buzz Juice that leaves your
Re: [bolger] Forward Outboard Motorwells in skiffs and sharpies (16 messages)
Tue Jul 06 2004
Don, The mullet skiffs that I ve seen have a fairly large enclosed space behind the motor, for raising the motor and keeping water from climbing up the rear
Re: Slight Stretch of an Elegant Punt? (6 messages)
Wed Jul 07 2004
Jamie, Thanks for the input. The experience of someone who has built and used the boat is the best guide. The designed length seems small, and I suspect it
Re: Information on Bolger boats (OSTAR 30, AS-29 ) (22 messages)
Wed Jul 07 2004
I thought I might be nice and post a scan of the Newfoundlander since I interjected it into the discussion. However, my moody scanner (which worked so well
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 2078 - Common Sense Boats (2 messages)
Wed Jul 07 2004
... I think I have a set of plans for the Peanut Pram somewhere. If anyone is interested I would be glad to pass them on. I never built from the plans (built a
Re: Portland Skiff (6 messages)
Wed Jul 07 2004
... Oh YYYessssssssssss! We(the country of Canada) are known to harbour the worlds riff raff while they plead humanitarian justification as the main reason we
Re: [bolger] Re: Diablo (6 messages)
Thu Jul 08 2004
Thanks, Howard and Bruce--whether Diablo is designed for long or short shaft, as long as it can be cut down to 15 without putting the transom under I am OK.
Re: [bolger] Re: more navigator pictures..... (8 messages)
Thu Jul 08 2004
Correction! Heverton is NOT the company name. It s the name of one of the managers, Howard Everton. Stick to ebay, I guess. There s such a gentleman at Nova
Re: [bolger] interior epoxy coating? (8 messages)
Thu Jul 08 2004
... I would go on to suggest that (within reason) you can keep lowering the quality of your materials until the cost is no longer an impediment to making your
FS: couple bolger / michalak hulls, $1 (1 message)
Fri Jul 09 2004
Have a couple of hulls for sale here in Houston, each starting at $1 Bolger June Bug (a) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=23800&item=3687
Re: Oldshoe plywood needs. (9 messages)
Fri Jul 09 2004
... cruiser ... ply via timber account 100%tax deduction $300 for wiring, licensing repairs to work trailerand relicencingot work trailer 100%TD etc ... $100
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 2081 (1 message)
Fri Jul 09 2004
Mark- my MJ (SCOUT) also carries sails from Gambell & Hunter, lashed to the boom. No obvious problems. The other MJ I m familiar with is John Gerty s
Re: Retriever. (2 messages)
Fri Jul 09 2004
... wrote: Much web searching has only produced a small gif photo!! That s all there is on the net Darien. Fax Phil and ask for a study sheet, he ll fax one
Re: Oldshoe plywood needs. Paul -scrap lead from batteries? (2 messages)
Sat Jul 10 2004
... on ... mechanic and ... them ... I leave the batteries with the acid inas they sell as scrap wet. if i intend to do a melt I tip em up over a grid on a
Re: [bolger] Re: Chebacco progress (3 messages)
Sat Jul 10 2004
The hatches came off ebay. Mike Rogers ( ironman@csweb.net ) recycles boat stuff and has some of the inventory from a factory that went bust. I bid on and
Re: "Dolly T" catboat outside, photos in Bolger4 files (10 messages)
Sun Jul 11 2004
Very sweet indeed. It s easy to see why they call it Muddy Creek. I guess the city forgot to pay the water bill.
Who's talking? (1 message)
Sun Jul 11 2004
Anybody Chatting tonight?
Re: [bolger] Re: Loose Footed Lug on Martha Jane (19 messages)
Sun Jul 11 2004
... Yes, exactly. Plus increased sheet loads will bend the boom even more. If the mast is bendy, there will never be a tight luff whether or not the sail is
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 2085 (1 message)
Mon Jul 12 2004
Please, please, PLEASE remember to snip out the vast majority of the replied posts, saving only the directly relevant information. For those of us who must
Re: Building a bait live well? (2 messages)
Mon Jul 12 2004
Hi there, Just a few websites for you-perhaps you find something there ; http://www.eetruckstuff.com/cust_caron.html -about some guy who built the whole thing
Re: [bolger] Re: epoxy and finishing......i.e.how long till i can paint? (5 messages)
Mon Jul 12 2004
Bob--Others have written about how long to let epoxy cure before painting. I ve had good luck with West System letting it cure over night, washing with a
anyone building Bolger's board? (boardsail parts) (1 message)
Tue Jul 13 2004
If anyone ever felt like building Bolger s sailboard, I and a friend are trying to find a new home for a sailboard and rig. You have to take the board, which,
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 2087 (1 message)
Tue Jul 13 2004
Well, there is a solution : dual measuring tapes : metric and inches and feet.. But you will end up using the one that is on the blueprint ( as I did) Good
Re: [bolger] June BUg (2 messages)
Tue Jul 13 2004
... Not too hard. If you have enough carpentry skills to build a bird house, or such, you can build a June Bug. No epoxy & fiberglass is really *necessary*.
Midatlantic Small Craft Festival (1 message)
Tue Jul 13 2004
Anyone interested in attending MASCF who is not already on the museum s mailing list should send an email to Robin Newberg (rnewberg@cbmm.org) with your
Re: Metric crash course (5 messages)
Tue Jul 13 2004
Cool Jim, There s a Hector-Litre ? As a measure of liquid? How prophetic. Now how many pimts of bitters in a colld Hecto-Litre of Guiness? Peter Lenihan
Re: [bolger] birdwatcher (32 messages)
Tue Jul 13 2004
... Google doesn t immediately reveal how a Norwegian tiller works, but it tells enough to suggest that it is very similar to the Birdwatcher 1 tiller linkage.
Re: epoxy and finishing (3 messages)
Wed Jul 14 2004
i have done this many times in my 30 years of working on boats. what is important is the chemistry of the products not the brandname. easypoxy is a THIN non
Scooning it is (1 message)
Wed Jul 14 2004
David. I hereby bow to your wisdom , knowledge,and research skills. scooning it is . and isnt it a wonderful thing to experience whether you schon,skonn,escun
Re: Off schooning (12 messages)
Wed Jul 14 2004
... for 3 hours without having to move our bodies. My mate John would make cups of coffee from the ingredients whilst working both the jib and foresail. we
Re: Diablo (34 messages)
Wed Jul 14 2004
Robin, I d love some shots. I d also like to know how easy moving around is. The Photos on the Duckflat site make it look huge but I suspect a rat! Don ...
Re: [OT] Glassing Suggestions (2 messages)
Wed Jul 14 2004
I don t know about how much plywood you should use, but consider the weight of a glassed-plywood camper and the height of that weight. I suspect it may make
Re: Glassing Suggestions (1 message)
Wed Jul 14 2004
This isn t all that different than the usual boat construction. Seems like unless you have heavy stuff that s going to bash the sides, 1/4 ought to be enough
Re: Diablo Plans in metric form ? (26 messages)
Thu Jul 15 2004
Yes Howard. Interesting you draw the comparison, because Spencers early keelers looked very much influenced by the Van de Stadt ply fliers. His Sabre was very
Wood for spars (1 message)
Thu Jul 15 2004
CVG stands for clear vertical grain. Clear means free of knots or defects. Vertical grain means that the annual rings are at right angles to the surface on
Re: [bolger] Re: 'Digest 2085' - Snippage (2 messages)
Thu Jul 15 2004
... This may be starting to drift off topic , but my new favorite way to read the Bolger group email is with Google s email, [beta], which has *much* better
Re: [bolger] 100 small boat rigs on ebay... (2 messages)
Thu Jul 15 2004
Your URL got hi-jacked to something called adfarm. Roger derbyrm@starband.net derbyrm.mystarband.net/default.htm ... From: Justin Meddock
Re: Metric Diablo (16 messages)
Thu Jul 15 2004
You practice some emergency procedures, like 3 engine flying, in the airplane. You practice all the emergency procedures in the sim. You had to pass a sim.
Re: Whalewatcher ? (6 messages)
Thu Jul 15 2004
I believe there is one still under construction at: http://www.birdingbyboat.org/osp.htm Maybe you can email him and ask how it s going. I think he was looking
Re: [bolger] Received your MAIB yet? (5 messages)
Thu Jul 15 2004
Bob, MAIB just came in today. I bet you just got yours. 1 year 5 months 1 week and 5 days to go! Still counting! 8-D I just completed a sailing class, now I
deadstick (1 message)
Fri Jul 16 2004
I m pretty sure I ve read about other incidents like this, tho not in that particular airliner.
Re: Pirogue Launch (4 messages)
Fri Jul 16 2004
... ... be ... Thanks Peter. Sadly I won t be able to make it to Kingston this year (probably) although I am hoping to get there next
Vol 2, Issue 7, Page 4 MAIB (1 message)
Fri Jul 16 2004
A wee bit off topic, group, but I am looking for an article in an old MAIB on Joe Dobler s Nootka Sound. Anyone out there got it? If you do, I d be happy to
Re: MDO - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly? (6 messages)
Fri Jul 16 2004
... by ... was ... (some ... to ... it ... look ... glass. ... Not all MDO is created equal: Guardian is Olympic s bottom-of-the-line MDO; Two-step, which
Re: Oldshoe - Tell us about it! (15 messages)
Fri Jul 16 2004
Here is the email of Joe Tribulato, he built and sailed his OldShoe near Monteray in California. It is a nice boat but he is selling it. He just likes
Re: Micor Mast finishing..... (4 messages)
Sat Jul 17 2004
... yesterday. ... Aaron, Nice photo but here are two tips: 1) post in the files section so that we get a bigger/better view of your work and 2)put a few rags
Re: old shoe (4 messages)
Sat Jul 17 2004
... Im fascinated by the mods youve made. what are the reasons behind it all.? I get a sense that the rig was available so the boat was modified to fit the
Re: WINDERMERE photo update,part 3 (4 messages)
Sat Jul 17 2004
Nice job Job. All the present sufrn ul be worthit yet for the rewards later! --- In bolger@yahoogroups.com, Peter Lenihan ... occured
Re: micro tabernacle update...... (2 messages)
Sat Jul 17 2004
... they Wow...perhaps its time to build another? My major issue with Micro was the time it took to rig it and derig it after a sail. If you could leave the
Re: polycarbonate search continues...help and some pilot house questions (5 messages)
Sat Jul 17 2004
J, I used to see it stocked either in Lowes or Home Depot in the Charlote, NC area. I remember seeing bronze and grey in 1/4 thickness. Lewis ... with
Re: Epoxy and Polyester Question?? (2 messages)
Sat Jul 17 2004
... Hi Bubba, The short answer is that epoxy is a glue and polyester isn t.Also,epoxy will stick to polyester but polyester not to epoxy. If you are already
Re: [bolger] Re: Brick-Leg-O_Mutton Sail ? (6 messages)
Sun Jul 18 2004
Peter, Seriousness???? Are you sure? I m re-reading the Aubrey/Maturin series for the fourth time and note that grog was only available when off-soundings.
Dawn Treader (1 message)
Sun Jul 18 2004
A friend of mine gave me a stack of old mags yesterday. I posted a scan of Dawn Treader, a steel sharpie with a dipping lug rig. It has the overhanging patent
Bolger makes "all-star" powerboat list in Soundings... (1 message)
Sun Jul 18 2004
Soundings had several designers list what they thought to be the best powerboat designs. Lou Codega listed Bolger s entire works rather than singling out one
RE: [bolger] Atlantic Small Craft Festival (3 messages)
Sun Jul 18 2004
... If you d like to bring a boat and enter it for a prize. Anyone can sail/paddle in during the fest. -- Craig O Donnell Sinepuxent Ancestors & Boats
Re: Sunday night chat, Going in now. (6 messages)
Sun Jul 18 2004
No one in chat right now? It s kind of lonely over there. No boatbuilders. That s not a good thing on this web site.
Re: [bolger] Re: polycarb tip (4 messages)
Sun Jul 18 2004
That s really amazing. Too often when I ve tried to use a regular twist drill on Plexiglass/Lucite/Perspex/whatever, it s dug in and either split the piece or
Re: [bolger] Boatbuilders in India? (2 messages)
Mon Jul 19 2004
Bruce Check this boat builder out. Have a great adventure. http://yashkaboats.com/ Lon ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Vote for the
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 2096 (1 message)
Mon Jul 19 2004
If it was really designed to handle Lake Michigan at it s worst, it can handle any ocean. Ted Turner once defamed Lake Michigan as a little mill pond and
Re: [bolger] Zephyr? (4 messages)
Mon Jul 19 2004
dennis, I have built a zephyr, and have added a kickup leeboard and rudder. works well, but you should definitely build some lead into your rudder. A line or
Re: Skillygallee (13 messages)
Mon Jul 19 2004
... PCB wrote: The glued-strip, cross-planking is quicker and cheaper to build, and will stand grinding on rough beaches better, than the double or triple
Lobster boat design # 258 ' Hope' (1 message)
Mon Jul 19 2004
Has anyone built one of these and if so, how does it perform? I,m a new member from Newcastle, Australia, & a mate who is a wooden boatbuilder in Brisbane has
Re: [bolger] Yellow Leaf wet (8 messages)
Mon Jul 19 2004
... It flexes a lot, but so what, it is still very strong. My goal is a very light weight cartoppable two person boat, so I am reluctant to add any unnecessary
Re: Chebacco CB pivot (6 messages)
Tue Jul 20 2004
My two bits worth -- my plans didn t give me any guidance on this, so I worked out my own design and dimensions. I used a 1/2 inch bronze pin, with 1/2 inch
CB Case (1 message)
Tue Jul 20 2004
A brain is a terrible thing to lose. Prettying up the CB case yesterday, scraping oozed epoxy and sanding, I happened to glance at the model. Arrrgh! I built
Re: Omega Plans (7 messages)
Tue Jul 20 2004
Thanks, I have built large part time projects before, this will be a completely new experiance (a house that moves). You are right, Origami may not work, but
Re: [bolger] Birdwatcher in 3D (Wooden Boat Show) (2 messages)
Tue Jul 20 2004
... Well, this probably as close as we will get to a Phil Bolger 70th birthday messabout! Very hard to attend for us from California! :/
Messabout This Weekend (1 message)
Wed Jul 21 2004
If anyone is interested, there s a mess-a-bout this weekend at Point Lookout State Park - Scotland, Maryland, USA It s sponsored by the BYYB ( www.byyb.org ) -
Re: Re: Sprit Sail (25 messages)
Wed Jul 21 2004
Comparing a Laser to a Thomaston Galley seems quite a stretch. Both are nice boats, but there is no relation I can see. As I recall, Laser is a planing boat
Re: How 'bout a transom on the BW as in #640? (7 messages)
Wed Jul 21 2004
I can t find it now, but somewhere PCB writes about someone admiring Herreshoff s H28 but saying that for his purpose, he d want a few changes: maybe slightly
Re: bending wood (3 messages)
Thu Jul 22 2004
... Heres an idea to try but the assumtion is that your weather is warm to hot. soak the wood for 24 hrsthen clamp it in a form to be bent. wrap in black
Re: Where do you get your wood. (3 messages)
Thu Jul 22 2004
... to the Madam , the house was raided every few years for the sake of appearences. the outsides had some quite distinct boot prints ,the inside 1 distinct,
Re: [bolger] Re: Launched my Bolger Surf (4 messages)
Thu Jul 22 2004
It s too bad I have to go to a t-ball game tonight. The wind s blowing pretty good right now according to my wife who reported that she had a terrible time
Re: [bolger] fiberglass tape source? (2 messages)
Thu Jul 22 2004
... If all you need is light glass tape ... In a pinch I have used ripped up strips of an old dress shirt, instead of fiberglass tape. Ripping up an old bed
Re: "Brick" Nose Dive (5 messages)
Thu Jul 22 2004
I have seen minor nose diving, but not to that extent. OTOH, I don t generally sail alone, and I m a big guy, so if I just move to the back, it s ok. Also, I
Re: "death roll" (10 messages)
Fri Jul 23 2004
I believe, if I recollect correctly, that this has something to do with a change in the type of sail aerodynamics at play, and a change in LIFT from that
Re: advance sharpie and long micro motion? (10 messages)
Fri Jul 23 2004
... I would love to sail the AS19 in the ocean but I m afraid that her ... Gentlemen, Thanks for the ideas. I ve been fighting much delamination and rot on
OSTAR Sharpie (1 message)
Fri Jul 23 2004
The current issue of Classic Boats has a nice little article about the route taken by the Cockleshell Heroes during the WWII kayak raid on French based
Re: [bolger] Chebacco Question? (2 messages)
Fri Jul 23 2004
Full width of the panel is 41 (3-5-0) Roger derbyrm@starband.net derbyrm.mystarband.net/default.htm ... From: Dennis
micro navigator photos posted (1 message)
Sat Jul 24 2004
Hey- Photos of my boat are here: http://www.ofoto.com/BrowsePhotos.jsp? Ucollid=993802791105&Uphotoid=242832274105&collid=993802791105 I think the link is too
Some fine Cape Cod brew... (1 message)
Sat Jul 24 2004
Bolgeristas of all horizons! Indeed we build Bolger boats on the Cape! But.., one s gotto drink somethin good while building his boat! A while back, this 5
sandeply? (1 message)
Sat Jul 24 2004
I just got back from Home Depot, did my normal scan of plywood. They had a nearly void free stack of Sandeply imported 12mm plywood that looked real nice.
RE: stitch and glue/ tack and tape consruction? (3 messages)
Sat Jul 24 2004
Conventional instant boat construction, i.e. chine logs seems best suited for the original fleet: surf, teal, elegant punt, zephyr, june bug, etc. Tack and
Different boats and BWAOM on ebay.... (1 message)
Sun Jul 25 2004
Different boats... http://tinyurl.com/59dab or http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6915208987&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1 BWAOM...
Re: bolger diablo (15ft) (10 messages)
Mon Jul 26 2004
Hugo, Thanks for the input on motors. I already have a 9.9hp Suzuki 4- stroke, and I m not going to be purchasing another motor. My #1 goal is to get the most
Birdwatcher Ride! was Re: WoodenBoat Show 2004 (7 messages)
Mon Jul 26 2004
Yes, he was at the Bolger and Friends tent setup (well I think it was him, he looked like the picture on the groups main site). They were not listed in the
Re: [bolger] getting a micro onto a cradle? (13 messages)
Mon Jul 26 2004
Jason, If you make the cradle out of 2x4s with plywood gussets, held together with deck (or drywall) screws, you can build it in place under the boat. Then
trasure chest of magazines (1 message)
Tue Jul 27 2004
just recently a friend and I were given 15 years worth of WOODEN BOAT magazines, and a compltee set of Astralian amatuer boat builder. As i read through them i
Messabout in San Diego (1 message)
Tue Jul 27 2004
Hi All and pardon the cross post… Giant 5 day Messabout in San Diego CA August 18-22 2004, with camping on site in San Diego s south bay. This is great
Re: [bolger] Gloucester Gull Dory - RECTIFICATION ! (20 messages)
Tue Jul 27 2004
... The more I look at this, I now realize that Bolger address this issue by designing the bottom of the stern with an abrupt up-turn. [reducing buoyancy in
Re: Navigator pilot house top....Don B. and Bruce? (6 messages)
Tue Jul 27 2004
Thanks for the photo url Bruce. Yes, you have put a lot of thought and effort into that roof, and clever to get all that hardware and solar panels tucked away
Re: Having Micro withdrawal-- mizzen furl trick (12 messages)
Wed Jul 28 2004
... sprit ... and ... very ... I think this is why the update shows a chinese gaff mizzen that settles into it s own little lazyjacks. Let the toping lift go
Re: jaws for bolger's chinese gaffer? (9 messages)
Wed Jul 28 2004
Have a look on my website - under rigging http://oink.kiwiwebhost.biz/ ... ... plan to ... or
Re: got my navigator sail plan/ tabernacle/ modification sheet today! (10 messages)
Wed Jul 28 2004
Jason, the link shows up fine on my pc, but when I get there it says page not available. I think a password must be required to enter. As far as I m concerned,
[bolger] Re: Building from books - registration of home built boats in the UK (7 messages)
Thu Jul 29 2004
Hey Juan BURROcrat I love that! In English another name for a donkey is ass . And you can see how that can be used in word play :) Greg
Re: Gloucester Light Dory and Dories (9 messages)
Thu Jul 29 2004
Maybe it is fair. You re comparing a bigger boat to a smaller boat, but the smaller boat carries more. I m guessing it would be tough to come up with a dory
Indianapolis Brick (1 message)
Thu Jul 29 2004
Greetings all! I have a Bolger Brick completed last year(2003) and it is for sale. It s a nice performer...better than one might expect. If anyone is
Re: [bolger] Re: books on techniques for building boats like birdwatcher (41 messages)
Fri Jul 30 2004
Rick, Thanks for the feedback. JB would be a lot easier to build than scram pram, I ll have to give it some more thought. In terms of multi-chine vs. not,
Re: Chebacco Stem with red oak?? (8 messages)
Fri Jul 30 2004
You re heading in the right direction. I laminated marine ply for the Chebacco inner stem and placed the outer stem in bedding compound, bolted to the inner
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 2112 \ Scows (2 messages)
Fri Jul 30 2004
... Larry, go for it. Simplest thing in the world to build out of real, non-ply, wood. -- Craig O Donnell Sinepuxent Ancestors & Boats
Re: When is a design "based on" or copied? (2 messages)
Fri Jul 30 2004
Juan, Even from the legal point of view the situation is uncertain. It would be illegal to make and sell an exact copy of someone else s copyright design, but
Re: diablo 15 (2 messages)
Fri Jul 30 2004
Try seaching with Google. Here s one site for a start: http://www.boatdesign.com/jumps/edsasser/Page.html Also, you could look in the photos and files folders
Re: installing brass half oval on rubrails and sheer strip? (5 messages)
Sat Jul 31 2004
... drill ... Jason, First ensure that your rub-rail is completely and totally sealed.Then,do a dry fit with your brass strip after drilling your screw
different boats on ebay... (1 message)
Sat Jul 31 2004
http://tinyurl.com/5yv74 or direct link is... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6916085820&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1