February 2005
MN Messabout Feb. update (1 message)
Wed Feb 02 2005
The groundhog saw his shadow today, and immediately headed back to his garage to finish his boat in time for the MN Messabout. It s only four months away.
Re: Micro Sunny Sailing and Free Flooding Wisdom (12 messages)
Wed Feb 02 2005
... No ice on Sydney Harbour in winter, Cheers, John
Folding schooner holiday to remember (1 message)
Thu Feb 03 2005
We just got back from 10 days on the southern ocean with the schooner. the highlight was finally getting an experienced crewand then saing across the Esperence
Re: bee (7 messages)
Thu Feb 03 2005
There s a Bee album in this groups photo section with some good shots, looks pretty servicable. Bruce Hector
New Tool Alert for future Builders (1 message)
Thu Feb 03 2005
Festool-USA has an intro special on their new 5 Rotex RO 125 rotery sander. They usually come in first place in magazine tool tests in the if price was no
Re: Is this a Bolger craft? (2 messages)
Thu Feb 03 2005
... Oops! I found the same pic that I have in the Photos area - called the WATERVAN.
Re: FastBrick and Tortoise Update (Virtues of Forefeets) (16 messages)
Thu Feb 03 2005
Hi Stefan, Thanks much for the first hand information. Sounds like a great boat. Steve H
Re: Lenihan HomeMade Charcoal Cabin Heater (55 messages)
Thu Feb 03 2005
... He ain t heavy...he s my brother........thanks for weighing in Dave. If I am the genius then you re surely the technical wizard who will not only improve
Re: [bolger] Bunny - R Lobster Boat/ Construction method and Wood types (12 messages)
Fri Feb 04 2005
... I notice that Bolger s Bunny R used a 6 cylinder Ford truck engine, which I presume was salvaged from a wrecking yard. Yes, Bruce, that sound right, I
Re: [bolger] Trailer for Cartopper (5 messages)
Sat Feb 05 2005
Northern tool has one that would be perfect, $399. http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=6970&productId=1063&R=1063 I
Re: Shallow draft designs plus a crazy notion.... (11 messages)
Sun Feb 06 2005
... probably ... of ... Dave I sail/row/motor a folding schooner. 2 daggerboardsthat are notched on the trailing edge to allow the boards to setat varying
Yulohs (1 message)
Sun Feb 06 2005
A little Googling always helps . . . here are links to Ben Fuller s article A Lesson in One-Oarsmanship from Small Boat Journal Oct/Nov 1985, in parts 1, 2,
RE: [bolger] Re: scarfing plywood using lap joint (10 messages)
Sun Feb 06 2005
Actually.... Most of the Bolger boats call for butt-blocking the sheets, not scarfing them. ... From: Nels [mailto:arvent@hotmail.com] Sent: Sunday, February
Re: [bolger] Re: Now that winter is over... / Yulohs (13 messages)
Sun Feb 06 2005
... You re confusing angle of attack with teh angle in the water. If it s too vertical, you are getting less power, because you are exerting less leverage on
Yulohs / McNaughton plans (1 message)
Mon Feb 07 2005
Has anyone ever ordered the plans from the McNaughtons? Are they worth the $18? All best, Garth Here s all I have seen online about them: Making a Yuloh, by
Re: Aluminum Teal???? (3 messages)
Mon Feb 07 2005
Curtis: Couldn t get the links to work but would love to see images. Can you email pix? My personal address is dg@nehalemtel.net My metal books rate 0.125
Re: Kerthwack- Plonk! - Tabernacle for Micro (2 messages)
Tue Feb 08 2005
Although totally ignorant about masts for the Micro, here is an alternative which assume your mast is 16 feet or less in length: Fiberglass windsurfing masts
Midwest Messabout 2005 (1 message)
Tue Feb 08 2005
The 2005 Midwest Messabout will be held on June 10, 11, & 12 2005 @ Gun Creek Campground @ Rend Lake in South-central Illinois, USA. Details in message # 8882
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 2357 (1 message)
Wed Feb 09 2005
For working with aluminum, I used (and STRONGLY recommend) two reference books: BOATBUILDING WITH ALUMINUM by Stephen F. Pollard
Wow! (1 message)
Wed Feb 09 2005
The WSJ today has an article on Ellen McArthur s circumnavigation -- solo, non-stop. To quote: Late Monday a 28-year-old woman named Ellen MacArthur did the
Re: [bolger] Re: Birdsmouth masts & spars (17 messages)
Wed Feb 09 2005
... I was trying to speculate about the asymetry for Centenial II, and the best I can guess is that Bolger wanted flex in the fore and aft direction, but not
Re: Bolger Kayak? (35 messages)
Fri Feb 11 2005
... I haven t received the Feb issue of MAIB. I have uploaded a photo of Bob Cushing in his Cruising Kayak in the Kayak folder in Photos . It appeared in an
New Bolger Website (1 message)
Fri Feb 11 2005
New Bolger Website seems a neat idea - for those who are interested in a computer website website ... i d rather discuss boats - specificially Bolger type
Re: Yellow Leaf Anyone!? (15 messages)
Fri Feb 11 2005
For a solo double paddle canoe on this theme, an article on my LPB (Le Petit Bateau, zee leetle boat) is upcoming in Duckworks in about 4 to six weeks.
Re: [bolger] Re: BW2 photos (2 messages)
Fri Feb 11 2005
... Cool, I am curious about the process of laminating the insulation to the sides, bottom, top?...
Re: [bolger] attacking jetskis (2 messages)
Sat Feb 12 2005
... For which, if you had caught him on a digital camera, he could have been (and should have been) hauled into court. IMHO, only points on your drivers
Angle Grinders (1 message)
Sat Feb 12 2005
As you know, some homebuilders are adept with angle grinders which is an art as much as a skill. Peter Lenihan uses his a lot and he is a Dewalt user. I just
I think therefore it is (was Foam installation) (1 message)
Sat Feb 12 2005
Bruce Wrote ... This is something I agree with 100% - and it s VERY important: Some Bolger fans unfortunately think that because PCB (a time-served naval
Re: [bolger] Re: Lenihan areil bombs (4 messages)
Sat Feb 12 2005
Everybody has different tasks, I am building raised snow berms on each side of the drive way. HJ
I 60 plans (6 messages)
Sat Feb 12 2005
... I d rather have them drawing Insolent 60 pictures than posting to the net. :-) Don t be bitter! Sir Bolger will gallop to your rescue soon, methinks. Any
Re: new wbsite - quick wiki primer (10 messages)
Sat Feb 12 2005
... A person in this condition is not capable of locating his computer let alone posting anything. About the most likely action that can be accomplished is the
Re: [bolger] Re: Polycarbonate blocs (24 messages)
Sat Feb 12 2005
... My pivoting cleats idea was not a good one. What I found was that I need to do an actual shake out to know the angles, logical cleating points, and best
Re: I think therefore it is . . . (3 messages)
Sat Feb 12 2005
... Wow! Did if offer any suggestions like perhaps, rowing? Nels:-)
Re: new bolger website (14 messages)
Sun Feb 13 2005
... Then there is ahh - the storage, care and ... Goddamn yer eyes Sir and avast ye bullocks! Aye matey,theres some things,dark things,evil things better
Re: Lenihan wisdom (7 messages)
Sun Feb 13 2005
... morning and possibly the whole day could be very unpleasant indeed (2+ Bottles!!!!), that nasty red wine head!!!! Dear Hugo, Soaking up fortifide red
Re: New Plan: Chebacco Raised Deck (21 messages)
Mon Feb 14 2005
re: Tabernacle. Wouldn t live without it. You leave the sails attached when you pull the boat out. I have to walk to the front of the boat on the side decks to
Re: [bolger] Re: Catfish Beach Cruiser? (21 messages)
Mon Feb 14 2005
Yes - it works. That looks like a serious boat! Not unlike a sheet-ply version of Harbinger, apart, of course, from the inboard rudder. I suspect the CB
Re: a couple of chebacco questions (13 messages)
Mon Feb 14 2005
I used Richard s variation of the Michalak Boat Baloney theory to calculate the weight of mine. 1) Home built boats cost $2 a pound. 2) I spent about $3500
Re: [bolger] Re:foam installation (20 messages)
Mon Feb 14 2005
What I had in mind was re-plumbing the device to underneath the driver s seat and wiring it to the airbags. Mike ... From: Peter
Re: [bolger] Re: Micro Navigator first sail! (39 messages)
Mon Feb 14 2005
... FWIW, I was poking around my collection of grabbed online Micro photos, and I see one from Shorty that has a balanced lug rig too, though smaller than
Re: [bolger] Re: Micros across the Atlantic? (6 messages)
Mon Feb 14 2005
Found it! See http://www.artnet.com/magazine_pre2000/reviews/hart/hart8-8-96.asp Bill [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Bufflehead url Dovekie spinoff (1 message)
Mon Feb 14 2005
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger4/files/Bufflehead/
Re: [bolger] Re-intro and Dovekie spinoff (long) (2 messages)
Mon Feb 14 2005
I was just in Port Angeles last week! I wish you had posted this before now, I would have loved to see what you were up to. JB, back in GA for the time being.
Re: design changes (9 messages)
Mon Feb 14 2005
... 1/8 ... strong, ... applied to ... Hi Bob, I agree with you 100%. Having built cedar strip canoes I understand the engineering concept. My point is that if
Bobcat hinged mast (1 message)
Mon Feb 14 2005
Someone stated in this forum that they had seen plans for a hinged mast for Bobcat somewhere on the internet. I was wondering if someone could point me
RE: Re: How many Micros ? (3 messages)
Mon Feb 14 2005
Thanks for your reply Peter. Is difficult for me to think only one hundred were built until date !! I imagined several hundreds of that cheap, simple and
Re: [bolger] Re: Tiny Cat -Catboat Assn Bulletin (8 messages)
Tue Feb 15 2005
I don t know if it is readily available. It goes out to members of the Cat Boat Association. They do have a web site, but I don t think the Bulletin is on
RE: [bolger] Steam bending (3 messages)
Tue Feb 15 2005
Along with the previous advice on rinsing, fill the can to it s max capacity on the first boil to eliminate any space in the can for fumes to collect. The tiny
Re: Bolger designed trawler for sale (8 messages)
Wed Feb 16 2005
... An interesting question. There was discussion of insulation among the steel boat builders on Origamiboats that gave the general impression that not only
Re: Oink Re-Launched (9 messages)
Thu Feb 17 2005
Thanks Nels. Looks like the weekend after this, because the tides are all wrong this weekend. I don t want to be sorting out all this rigging jumble at high
Re: Staysail design (3 messages)
Thu Feb 17 2005
Had to go to http://sailing-ships.oktett.net/ to look up staysail... suspected what it was but didn t want to appear dumb. Whether this applies or not isn t
Re: Lexan Source info (16 messages)
Fri Feb 18 2005
Got the latest All Electronics catalog in the mail today and page 92 features 9 x7 x0.20 clear Lexan panels for $2 each or 10 for $1.75 each. Good size,
Re: [bolger] More Lexan questions (4 messages)
Fri Feb 18 2005
You know how hot the sun can get out on Fern Ridge, Bob. I d go with tinted all around, you don t want a greenhouse. ... -- John
Re: [bolger] Queen Mab plans? (2 messages)
Fri Feb 18 2005
... Plans from Bolger, Fax: (978) 282-1349 Google on: Bolger Queen Mab to find what is on the web Sure is a pretty little boat! If you build it you got to
Re: [bolger] Re: Single source for Bolger boat design info? (41 messages)
Fri Feb 18 2005
... No I m afraid I don t. Máximo.
Bolger Ocean Racer on ebay... (1 message)
Fri Feb 18 2005
http://ebay.doubleclick.net/clk;7383084;8891932;y? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&item=4529180268&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1
Re: [bolger] Black Skimmer and possible Whalewatcher for sale (3 messages)
Fri Feb 18 2005
I d be interested in Whalewatcher. David Lipsey
Re: [bolger] Staysail vs RC Models (15 messages)
Sat Feb 19 2005
thanks Derek, I do have the Book . Claudio Derek Waters wrote: Along wit hthe original 31 foot design, the CorSair 24 is discussed in BWAOM
Re: Micro For Sale (2 messages)
Sat Feb 19 2005
... I see Ping Pong is now on the duck flat website for a lot less! http://www.duckflatwoodenboats.com/mainpages/forsale.php Also you will see a Martha Jane
Re: Modifications to Micro Rudder (2 messages)
Sun Feb 20 2005
Your steering should be more precise, because the wings channel the water flow across the blade, and prevents the flow from bleeding and vortexing off the
Re: [bolger] Bobcat / Tinycat constuction problem (2 messages)
Sun Feb 20 2005
Hi Bobby The drawings of Bobcat in one of Payson s boat modelling books have an additional note [not in PCB s hand] shown on the bilge panels, saying cut away
Re: [bolger] Boy's Launch Plans? (3 messages)
Sun Feb 20 2005
Plans are available for this and all of Phil Bolger s designs from Phil Bolger and Friends, P.O. Box P.O. Box 1209, Gloucester, MA, 01930, Fax: (978) 282-1349
Re: Economy Motorsailer (7 messages)
Sun Feb 20 2005
... I believe it is exactly the same concept taken to a bit larger scale. If I recall the person who commissioned the design lives in Alaska and therefore the
Re: [bolger] Re: Tippy Bill? (17 messages)
Mon Feb 21 2005
... Does the Romilly still use a boomless lugsail? If so, it would be interesting to compare the upwind performance with a Chebacco, especially on the bad
Re: [bolger] Re: Construction Methods for Trailer Sailing (7 messages)
Mon Feb 21 2005
I built a 26 plywood on frame modified Pacific Dory. The bottom and chine seams were fiberglassed the rest was just painted. The boat was fished in Norton
Re: [bolger] Re: Alternative to the Chebacco? (6 messages)
Tue Feb 22 2005
... your waters or are other designs such as Dix s more appropriate? Do you plan some interesting kayaking trips this coming season? Dick It s hard to say
Re: Ordering Plans (3 messages)
Tue Feb 22 2005
Wow, very smart to choose the Japanese Beach Cruser. I have long admired it since its first appearance in SBJ, even after building Oldshoe. And no lead keel to
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 2379 (1 message)
Wed Feb 23 2005
In a message dated 2/22/2005 10:48:23 PM Central Standard Time, bolger@yahoogroups.com writes: one and/or 2 person rowing boat for small ponds? ... Sounds
Phoenix AZ sailors ? (1 message)
Thu Feb 24 2005
Looking for others in the Phoenix AZ area that are interested in sailing, building boats, doing messabouts and possibly racing PDRacer sailboats. If you are
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 2381 (1 message)
Thu Feb 24 2005
... Every time I see that shot, I just sigh. The Otter s a very cool boat, and there seems no doubt that it flies as well as it looks. I do hope it doesn t get
Re: [bolger] Bolger boat for sale on EBAY (2 messages)
Thu Feb 24 2005
... Nice boat, but the trailer is probably worth more than the boat .
Re: [bolger] Gloucester Gull or? (21 messages)
Thu Feb 24 2005
... FWIW, the definitive dory article by Phil Bolger appears in the old SBJ Vol.1 No. 7, [as his attempts at perfecting the dory spans much of his career.]
Oink Rerigging (1 message)
Fri Feb 25 2005
I had hoped to go for a first sail this morning, but the rig rigaramole took far longer than expected, and the tide was moving out before we finished. If we
SE Messabout May 13-15, 2005 (1 message)
Sat Feb 26 2005
By popular demand, I m hosting the third irregular Southeast Messabout starting Friday May 13 through Sunday May 15 at Sweetwater Campground on Lake Allatoona
Re: [bolger] Bolger Hawkeye For Sale. (2 messages)
Sat Feb 26 2005
Would you have any photos you could share? I m curious about the modified house, as well as being a little interested. But my interest is contingent on how
Marina Cruiser Merlin (1 message)
Sun Feb 27 2005
Here s a couple photos from Bolger2 Files on the above boat, taken from MAIB I believe. I wonder is Hugo has any others of Merlin under sail? I believe Merlin
Re: Light dory MK V (1 message)
Sun Feb 27 2005
ALoha and thanks for the replies. So the Light Dory MK V is the most seaworthy of all the versions? In what way? Sorry I do not have a copy of his book Small
Re: OT:boat plans from the U.N. Fisheries Org. (3 messages)
Mon Feb 28 2005
Another interesting site: http://www.fao.org/docrep/field/003/L3251E/L3251E00.htm
Re: Phil Bolger at 21 years old. (9 messages)
Mon Feb 28 2005
... enjoyed the early photo of Bruce Hector and Peter Lenihan on page 5:- ) Nels, you know we can t hold a candle to a younger PB. Although I must admit my