January 2005
Re: VS: [bolger] Micro plans (6 messages)
Sat Jan 01 2005
... LOL!! All the best to you Bruce and have a safe New Year! Sincerely, Peter Lenihan,curious to see which boat gets built next for the Hallman fleet....:-)
Re: Boats (1 message)
Sun Jan 02 2005
Phil, it is certainly OK to e-mail me directly. You can talk to Phil and Susanne IF they call you. I d recommend either mailing them or faxing them your
Re: New Year Bolger thoughts (20 messages)
Sun Jan 02 2005
Being partly Welsh, as my dad had it, means you HAVE to sing, doesn t necessarily means that you re good at it . Hey, I m not 60 (yet). My mom was a real
Carbon masts (1 message)
Mon Jan 03 2005
Im stunned at how hard the mast builder is making it for himself. I have 3 carbon masts. they are all 2nd hand sailboard mast i was given by a sailboard maker.
Re: [bolger] Intro and Burgundy (3 messages)
Mon Jan 03 2005
... This out of print book is rare, but not unavailable on the use book market, expect to pay $$$. I just checked www.abebooks.com and several copies are
Oldshoe plans - update (1 message)
Mon Jan 03 2005
I sent a letter to Phil Bolger and Friends just before Christmas and when I returned from vacation found a warm response! Oldshoe plans are $100 with first
Re: Crazy idea, but... (5 messages)
Tue Jan 04 2005
Hi Rick, That name sounded familar! Is this the same guy do you think? http://www.pacificdesignspaddles.com/index.html Cheers, Nels ... and great material.
Folding schooner again (1 message)
Wed Jan 05 2005
Thanks for the comments on my folding schooner ideas. The Cheap site looks fantastic. I ve bookmarked it, and will splash around in it when I have more
Re: carbon fibre option for small masts and sprits (16 messages)
Wed Jan 05 2005
... Hi Pirate Nels! Well,I should have checked my terrible spelling first,thus rood would have been corrected to read roof :-) I plan on keeping the
Small Boat Journal (6 messages)
Wed Jan 05 2005
Heads up, these people just listed back issues of Small Boat Journal for sale, $2/ issue. Columbia Trading Co. One Barnstable Road , Hyannis, MA, U.S.A.,
Bolger 5 photos added... (1 message)
Wed Jan 05 2005
I just uploaded some photos to Bolger 5 group under Gene s boats. Two unchristened boats! Ran out of good weather. The second larger boat is the Single
2005 Midwest Messabout (1 message)
Wed Jan 05 2005
The 2005 Midwest Messabout will be held on June 10, 11, & 12 2005 @ Gun Creek Campground @ Rend Lake in South-central Illinois, USA. We have been reserving
Re: [bolger] Re: Launch of Micro Navigator (31 messages)
Thu Jan 06 2005
... Of course, I have those pictures as a slideshow on my screensaver, and one thing I notice is that the wave/wake of the moving hull raises the water at the
Re: Birdwatcher II, others being built? Foam details... (7 messages)
Thu Jan 06 2005
... ply and foam, or rot will find it s way. That is, unless you intentionally keep them separate and allow for air circulation and drainage between the foam
Re: Stitch and Glue (30 messages)
Sat Jan 08 2005
John, I guess this most apropriately nails my concerns. Don ... plywood left over from planking and bulkheads. If building one of these boats out of MDO, the
Re: Bolger catboats (10 messages)
Sat Jan 08 2005
-Camp Skiff is a fifty year old design by Howard Chappelle. If you have seen Redwing in the last few issues of Woodenboat you will have seen the latest
Re: OldShoe light wind performance? (8 messages)
Sat Jan 08 2005
As a former Oldshoe sailor, I can vouch for everything John says. Most of my sailing is on Lake Nockamixon, a Philly-area reservoir surrounded by hills that
2005 Sucia Small Boat Rendezvous (1 message)
Tue Jan 11 2005
Hi there, This one s aimed at boaters in reach of the San Juan Islands between Vancouver Island and Washington State. The second Small Boat Rendezvous is
Re: Gold-plater Chebacco? (12 messages)
Tue Jan 11 2005
The website for the V-39 has links to an excellent build up site that provides much detail. The designer added some shaping to the hull that makes the boat
Re: Micro builders/owners in Chesapeake Bay area? (2 messages)
Thu Jan 13 2005
Rod - You can visit my web site to see some photos of my Micro going together. http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeokhsb/Micro.htm The only part I found troublesome
Re: POWER Sharpies and V39 Comparisons. (6 messages)
Sat Jan 15 2005
... Hull construction is usually only a third of the time used in building a boat... Holy Jumpin Jelly Beans! No wonder things have been going so slow with
RE: [bolger] Re: "Proper" 12 step program help (11 messages)
Sat Jan 15 2005
Sounds like boat-building is the gateway to alcoholism. ... From: Peter Lenihan [mailto:peterlenihan@hotmail.com] Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 1:35 AM To:
Re: [bolger] Re: Power sharpies (12 Step Program) (43 messages)
Sat Jan 15 2005
All the more reason to make sure the sea god(s) - whom you have angered migthily with blasphemous comments - are properly propitiated. You can build the
Re: Navigator Dinghy Photos (sort of off topic) (6 messages)
Sun Jan 16 2005
Hi Stefan, thanks for your comments. The plan would have been ok as drawn for your purposes, but the boat as it ended up would not. I changed from a
Re: [bolger] Richard Spelling (2 messages)
Sun Jan 16 2005
I guess you ve tried both: richard@chebacco.com and richard@richardspelling.com He was using the first one on 12/1/04. According to http://www.chebacco.com/
Re: MAIB / BW (3 messages)
Tue Jan 18 2005
... I agree that few people will get it confused with a J24. I enjoyed this comment, quite similar to one Bolger made the day they were out sailing the BW and
Mark V 39 building notes (1 message)
Wed Jan 19 2005
A few weeks ago I commented on the Mark V39/Bolger sharpieconstruction differences. A mention was made of cross members/framing needing to stepped over. When
Re: [bolger] Latex Paint (17 messages)
Thu Jan 20 2005
I can certify that the topsides of the Saint Jan are still holding the original paint, in good shape, although delamination and rot continue their progress
Re: Removing a Teal center frame (6 messages)
Thu Jan 20 2005
Brent Don t worry too much about comfort, You ll be having too much fun. Go with the spacer blocks and round off the corners of the inwales a bit. If you still
Re: [bolger] Fast Brick Progress Report (2 messages)
Thu Jan 20 2005
Jon--There are a lot of ways to do it, but as a builder who works alone, I find that rolling the hull is a major task and I do it as infrequently as possible.
Re: SV: [bolger] Bjorn's Video of Esmerelda (5 messages)
Sat Jan 22 2005
... Well, there you go, even a similar function - some sort of government :) Was it built in the 70s by any chance? Glad you liked the video. I cannot explain
Elegant Punt in a snowstorm (1 message)
Sat Jan 22 2005
It s snowing like crazy here in the Catskills today -- they re predicting 12-18 inches by tomorrow morning. But I had some luan out in the barn, and some
Re: Bolger Catboat Site (in Italian, nice pictures) (5 messages)
Mon Jan 24 2005
Try this link for Google s automatic translation into English, which is almost as hard to read:
Fast Cruising in Small boats (1 message)
Tue Jan 25 2005
When I saw the message shown below from Dave Culp, I realized that a lot of us that cruise about in small boats, fearful of the dreaded spinnaker sails, might
Airex Birdwatcher Article Final revisions (5 messages)
Tue Jan 25 2005
Aeneas revised his article, and I ve updated the website to reflect the changes. The final article is below. Here is the website again:
Re: La Cabotin (8 messages)
Tue Jan 25 2005
... The NC maritime museum in Beafort NC has boxes and boxes of those things up in the loft of the reading room/library, organized, NO. The reading room has a
Re: MDO questions... (3 messages)
Wed Jan 26 2005
I have recently installed one of these floors, and I compared every brand that Home Depot, Lowes, and local independent dealers sell. Pergo appeared to be
Re: [bolger] Please .....need more information about "All Weather Houseboat" (3 messages)
Wed Jan 26 2005
... All-Weather Houseboat is featured in Chapter 30 of the out of print Bolger Book, _Folding Schooner_. 29 10 x 13 11 , planking on steam bent frames,
Looking to buy a river cruiser (1 message)
Thu Jan 27 2005
I want to buy a river cruiser Anyone have one for sale within decent driving disatnce of Knoxville TN??? I m wanting a slow speed boat, with or without cabin,
pinging Rav Davis (1 message)
Thu Jan 27 2005
Rav, sorry to contact you so publicly, but your name came up in a conversation with john Bell today, and I can t find an email for you. Would you be so kind as
Micro Main & Mizzen Sailrite Kit for sale (1 message)
Fri Jan 28 2005
I have received from PB the Micro II upgrades and have decided to go with the Chinese Gaffer Rig and so I have The Main & Mizzen Sailrite kit for sale. The