June 2005
Re: Arcebus to launch at Minnesota Messabout -- driveway pics. (2 messages)
Wed Jun 01 2005
Congratulations, Greg! I can t wait to see your beautiful boat on the water. Bill Paxton
Re: [bolger] Re: Help needed (7 messages)
Wed Jun 01 2005
Thanx Bob. I will try to scrape it off and maybe some alcohol if necessary. It should not be necessary to remove everything (silicone i.e.) though. Final
Bernie's Idaho (8 messages)
Wed Jun 01 2005
I don t think I have shared this picture before, from an old MAIB classified advertisement. http://hallman.org/bolger/Idaho/BerniesIdaho.jpg It was Idaho that
Re: [bolger] RE: a call for chemists (4 messages)
Thu Jun 02 2005
... Yes, but please be aware that the non-toxic vinegar will quite happily carry the nasties from the epoxy (mainly the hardener) into your skin. It is much
Fancy on ebay... (1 message)
Thu Jun 02 2005
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6536851094&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1 or http://tinyurl.com/9f6fb Justin
looking for pictures of double hung rudders to wind ward (1 message)
Thu Jun 02 2005
Hi I am looking for a thread or file or pictures in this web site showing a double rudder hung to windward - where one is kept stationary and the other is used
William D Jochems (the boat) for sale (1 message)
Thu Jun 02 2005
Bill has just informed me that he wants to sell his masterpiece. Sapphire is in San Fransisco Bay and Bill can be reached at wjochems@rof.net [Non-text
Re: Look it up! (1 message)
Thu Jun 02 2005
... db, you need to pay attention. He didn t say anything about Vintage . Sam
Re: [bolger] Light Schooner Motor Well Slot Cover (2 messages)
Thu Jun 02 2005
Rob--I hinged the slot cover at its aft end and held the forward end down with a sliding bolt barrel latch (? the sort of latch you frequently find on gates)
Re: ID of a boat in the Photos section? (2 messages)
Thu Jun 02 2005
It s Phil s design Watervan . One will be at the 2005 Kingston Messabout this September. If you surf around the other Bolger groups you ll find more pics,
Re: New construction Pics. of our "Bunny R" Lobsterboat. (2 messages)
Fri Jun 03 2005
Looks like a pleasant riding design. And ambitious project which should be rewarding. Thanks for the picks. Don Tyson ... stem all ... and ... craft, ...
More pictures of our Bolger "Lobsterboat" construction (1 message)
Fri Jun 03 2005
Hi everyone, My brother just got back from Port Sorell today with some new photos of the latest developments in the construction of our Bunny R Bolger
Re: [bolger] Re: Herb Payson (4 messages)
Fri Jun 03 2005
... Herb lived in SoCal, though he writes in is book of his childhood in Maine in a nautical family. That they are the same age suggests that he might be
Daewoo marine diesel for sale (1 message)
Fri Jun 03 2005
It s a brand new DC24, premium wet-sleeve four cylinder. The same engine is used in a bazillion different lift trucks. Commercial marine duty rating is 34HP at
Re: Cartoon #5 progress photos. (2 messages)
Sat Jun 04 2005
... about twelve hours into it. Incredible progres rate Bruce, hope you can keep it up, and post rowing pics soon. Looks fun. The other B.H.
Fiji (8 messages)
Sun Jun 05 2005
I cannot find among my old MSAIB s the third article about Fiji (Nov 1, 2002). Are the articles scanned and posted somewhere?
Re: [bolger] Re: P. Bolger Boat on Ebay (10 messages)
Sun Jun 05 2005
He s talking about Truancy, another boat built to the design. ... -- John http://www.boat-links.com/ Show me a man who has enjoyed his
Re: Prince William Sound Yawl and Lynx (5 messages)
Mon Jun 06 2005
Had to drop off more stuff into storage today, so I found the MAIB issue. I see it said this was designed as a high end, low volume production boat ... Cost
Northwest Messabouts Coming Up (1 message)
Mon Jun 06 2005
A couple of good boating get-togethers are coming up soon. First is the Summer Solstice Messabout on Caterpillar Island just downstream from Vancouver,
MN Messabout report (1 message)
Tue Jun 07 2005
Messers brought a wide variety of boats including a Cosine Wherry with forward-facing rowing, a small sailing pram, a Norwalk Island Sharpie 31, and a 30-year
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 2495 (1 message)
Tue Jun 07 2005
In a message dated 6/7/2005 8:32:03 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, bolger@yahoogroups.com writes: I tried it with the plastic version (vs. the steel) strapping
BIRDWATCHER II (1 message)
Wed Jun 08 2005
I have just checked out the great photos on the BW II being built and wondered if anyone has actually built one and are there shots or a report on that? Rob
Re: Cabin Clam Skiff Pictures in Bolger5 files (5 messages)
Wed Jun 08 2005
... yes! A honda 40 is a thing of beauty. And me a life-long sailor :-) This is my first motorboat ever (I still have AF3, Creamcheese). ... Good catch!!
Micro Update - Applecross (1 message)
Thu Jun 09 2005
Yesterday I went out on the River Deben and with light variable winds I found myself sailing with the last section of the junk sail reefed. If the sail is
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 2499 (2 messages)
Fri Jun 10 2005
In a message dated 6/9/2005 8:40:49 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, bolger@yahoogroups.com writes: 1 sq ft of waster weighs 62 lbs - 1 sq ft of Dow blue EPS
Re: [bolger] choosing Micro tow vehicle, Safe winter weight and Betting pool (1 message)
Fri Jun 10 2005
Great idea Bob! And a good point - Concrete Blocks or similar objects become lethal projectiles in the advent of an accident. Several decades ago I was
Re: Thanks for the ride on Arcebus -- Here's how she performed (1 message)
Fri Jun 10 2005
You are very welcome! I appreciated having an experienced sailor on board to help test how she does in a string wind. I ve been kind of busy since we got
Re: Blue EPS builder's foam for buoyancy? (35 messages)
Sun Jun 12 2005
With Al there is a lot of starting and stoping to min distortion. When starting the penitration is low and pinholes form eaisly. TIG can help this problem but
Re: [bolger] Question on Bolger "Cartopper" (2 messages)
Tue Jun 14 2005
... If it were me, I would glue up the nailer edges on the transom to the dimensions on the plans, which are to the unbeveled sizes. I would then spring
Re: Latex Sealer or Primer over Expoxy? (6 messages)
Tue Jun 14 2005
Stefan, I think the problem with recounting our own experience is that products vary from market to market. FWIW, my recent experience of painting a stitch and
Re: [bolger] How many boats? (3 messages)
Tue Jun 14 2005
Before I write to PB&F do they do study plans like most of the other design firms Cheers Andrew Airey ... boat...open mind and ... list with ... do. ... This
Re: [bolger] identify boat? (2 messages)
Wed Jun 15 2005
... That is Jessie Cooper [oddly not in the book itself] Google on Bolger Jessie Cooper for more info.
Re: [bolger] Re: choosing Micro tow vehicle (45 messages)
Wed Jun 15 2005
I have owned old woodenboats and old airplanes.The most expensive recreation I have tried as far as money spent with no hope of getting any of it back was dog
Re: [bolger] Bolger books (7 messages)
Wed Jun 15 2005
bookfinder.com also
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 2505 RE> luan ply (7 messages)
Wed Jun 15 2005
In a message dated 6/15/05 10:25:17 AM Central Daylight Time, ... 1) The luan stuff that tempts local (MN) amateur builders is a 3-ply material, 1/4
Re: [bolger] Luan and Luan? (1 message)
Thu Jun 16 2005
I have ordered and received four sheets of 6 mm Luan named Aquatek from Allied Veneer in Los Angeles. Their write up for marine ply includes a Joubert
Re: [bolger] Re: bolger boats near Portland Oregon (4 messages)
Thu Jun 16 2005
I m hoping Chuck Gottfried shows up with his Chebacco at the messabout this weekend. but he didn t sign up for the Armenian BBQ, so we ll see... There will be
Re: [bolger] Soap In Your Chocolate Bar (34 messages)
Fri Jun 17 2005
Tohatsus are sold in the US as Nissans and Mercuries. But there are still some parts problems. Nissan wants a minimum $50 parts order from their dealers!
Re: [bolger] Jester Challenge Topaz variant (80 messages)
Fri Jun 17 2005
I m thinking of the inwale with an inside strake (I guess you would call it) like the Lily and it could extend down a little to cover cables and wiring. Clyde
building a bolger diablo with all 1/2" plywood.. (1 message)
Fri Jun 17 2005
hi guys, i am building my bolger diablo skiff with all 1/2 plywood instead of the 1/4 specified. I wanted a little more heavy duty boat. it is turning out
Re: [bolger] Old Shoe first, MY BAD! (1 message)
Fri Jun 17 2005
Sorry Guys and Gals I was trying to cut and paste something I had just read in the archives and email it to myself to remind me to email it to a distant friend
Re: [bolger] Re: All trailered and Jestered out? What about racing? (8 messages)
Sun Jun 19 2005
Bolger did design a racing sailboat of about 15 sometime in the 50 s for the rudder magazine. It had to comply with a set of rules for a certain class(I
Re: [bolger] Re: Old Shoe first, quick and dirty, then a Micro? (13 messages)
Mon Jun 20 2005
I hope that this doesn t sound too much like heresy but surely the way to go if you want to learn to sail is to pick up something cheap on ebay - even if it
RE: [bolger] Re: need source for sodium silicate (15 messages)
Mon Jun 20 2005
Hi Peter, Yes, I m going ahead with the bolted-on keel like yours. I put an inner keelson in when I built the hull, so I ve been planning to do it this way all
Re: [bolger] Re: Paint Questons (26 messages)
Mon Jun 20 2005
You ll need a White Ensign then Howard if you re joining the Grey Funnel Line Cheers Andy Airey(trying to catch up with back emails) ... In one of his books,
Re: [bolger] Bolger Cartopper progress (2 messages)
Mon Jun 20 2005
I ve been using a very cheap laser level as a long straight edge for checking measurements. It s good for about 1/16th inch in twenty feet. (1 mm in 6 m if
Chebacco pic (1 message)
Mon Jun 20 2005
Hi, Just received my copy of Water Craft magazine. Nice pic of Vicenzo Ciminale s professionally built Chebacco in it. Very handsome! Bill [Non-text portions
Re: [bolger] Re: Sighting! Bolger's Jillian in San Diego Bay (5 messages)
Mon Jun 20 2005
Do you have a copy of BWOM. Try number 67. HJ
Re: Sodium Silicate (3 messages)
Mon Jun 20 2005
http://www.mcmaster.com ... toxic, nor ... as it seals ... time I needed ... gallon can at
Dolly-T and Merlin Pictures/Link to files section added (1 message)
Tue Jun 21 2005
Just added this link to the files section which may make things a bit easier http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger5/files/ Hugo Tyson
New Pictures of Tyson's "Bunny R" Lobsterboat progress. (1 message)
Tue Jun 21 2005
Hi everyone, I ve just posted some of the latest pictures of the ongoing progress of our( The Tyson family s) Bolger designed 28 Inshore Lobsterboat. They re
Re: Have Plans for AS-29 (12 messages)
Tue Jun 21 2005
Good advice regarding the bilgeboard trunks and the fillets. I built my mast of Doug Fir as per plan, and with the counterweight it raises and lowers very
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 2514 (2 messages)
Tue Jun 21 2005
My good old hammer was taken to the site of a skate board ramp and never returned. I complained bitterly and my Father s Day present was a new hammer! It
Re: [bolger] Re: Paint Questions (8 messages)
Wed Jun 22 2005
Hi Jon In my motorcycling days I was restoring an old Ariel and my friend Dave a couple of Royal Enfield V-Twins. Because powder epoxy provides a durable
Re: Bolger Raceboats (7 messages)
Thu Jun 23 2005
... Which reminds us of the 40 Gloucester schooner drawn for a similar scheme. A very sweet boat. Somewhere it picked up a design name that is not in the book
Re: [bolger] Dolly T and Merlin(?) (2 messages)
Thu Jun 23 2005
Hey, Thanks! The Motor Cruiser is Merlin or what she was once known as Marina Cruiser in Bolger s Book Boats with an Open Mind (BWAOM) as they abbreviate
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 2516 re: white epoxy (1 message)
Thu Jun 23 2005
i have used the steelflex white epoxy for many years with good results from this company. http://www.fascoepoxies.com/ very opaque and fairly thick but still
Re: [bolger] Re: Tinting epoxy (12 messages)
Thu Jun 23 2005
My assumption is that the uv will break down the first skim of epoxy until it reaches the pigment. Then it stops. This could result in a painted surface
Re: Super Brick Yawl? (3 messages)
Fri Jun 24 2005
sorry it is photo 59 in the photo section. as to the sail, I really was just looking for a place to store the mast and sail for the tortoise and thought that
Re: [bolger] Re: best way to order plans Or Buildng Costs and How to Guestimate (14 messages)
Fri Jun 24 2005
I have a friend in Britain who makes coracles out of animal hides and sticks. Peter Faulknor would be happy to make you one or to teach you how to do it. Phil
Re: [bolger] Neophyte Builder Supplies Questions (13 messages)
Fri Jun 24 2005
When we built the three Gulls a couple of years ago we put xynole on the bottom of all three because of its supperior abrasion resistance (6 times one layer of
Re: Marina Cruiser was [bolger] Dolly T and Merlin(?) (2 messages)
Fri Jun 24 2005
Yes , My father saw Bolger s article in Wooden Boat magazine which featured the Marina Cruiser as well as Micro , Red Zinger Etc. in a cruising scenario
Re: Aeneas's Birdwatcher - Dido - what is it (2 messages)
Sat Jun 25 2005
Searching back on BWII info I found this and realized I never posted Aeneas email address. His email address is: aeneas@sasktel.net I did not want to post it
Re: 1960 Bolger Sharpie in MAIB? (2 messages)
Sat Jun 25 2005
... I belive it is the original Black Gauntlet originally owned by Peter Duff, but I don t know that as a fact. I saw Durr s boat in Stamford, CT shortly after
Re: [bolger] Enlarging Bolger Plans (2 messages)
Sat Jun 25 2005
I was interested in making more chines while keeping the basic shape rather than changing any dimensions. Bruce s work with lapstrake looks like serious fun.
Re: Spotted today, a Micro? (9 messages)
Sat Jun 25 2005
Do you think, perhaps, that the owner might be reluctant, not wanting to confess to driving a Volvo wagon? Howard ... owner?
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 2518 (5 messages)
Sun Jun 26 2005
In a message dated 6/26/05 7:49:21 AM Central Daylight Time, ... I, too, have an old back and old eyes, not to mention limited attention span, poor fine-motor
Barn Owl in the West River (1 message)
Sun Jun 26 2005
All: Saturday morning at about 10AM, I spotted what I think to be PCB s original Barn Owl getting underway leaving the West River in Galesville, Maryland.
Re: [bolger] It's a boat! (3 messages)
Mon Jun 27 2005
Fantastic!!!! I cannot even begin to imagine the dedication required for this project. You deserve to be very proud of your accomplishment. Of course,
Got a letter from Phil (1 message)
Tue Jun 28 2005
Wow a real letter from the man ! I had faxed a memo asking for some info on a plan and he repsonded himself.
Re: short shaft on diablo (4 messages)
Tue Jun 28 2005
I use a short shaft Yamaha 25HP 4 stroke. When I bought Diablo it had a 15 hp short shaft, on 20 (or was it 19 ? transom. Ran OK, once in a while got some
Long Micro pictures- Reloaded, and lead keel (1 message)
Tue Jun 28 2005
Hi all, I have updated (somewhat) the pictures on my webspace. These pictures document the construction of my Long Micro (which I have been building since
Re: Towing Ideas (2 messages)
Tue Jun 28 2005
Someone just posted their tongue extension system at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shallowwatersailors/files/Trailer%20tongue%20extension/ More like a
Re: [bolger] Cheap materials (1 message)
Wed Jun 29 2005
In a message dated 6/29/2005 8:08:49 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, bolger@yahoogroups.com writes: The longer one waits the lower the quality of even the
New issue soon. (1 message)
Wed Jun 29 2005
Have the next issue almost ready to publish. Only have three contributions this time. Would prefer more, so if anybody has any in the works that you haven t
Re: [bolger] Utility for hauling and towing (2 messages)
Wed Jun 29 2005
I believe that a Diablo or Diablo Grande is a much better sea boat than the Clam Skiff. I also think that the resale value, which probably won t be high in
Re: Digest Number 2523 (3 messages)
Wed Jun 29 2005
... Damn! Wish I wasn t to cheep to pay for duckwork. Robert One afternoon picking up empties along the highway will pay your subscription. Then write a couple
Re: [bolger] Re: Lapstrake stuff (70 messages)
Wed Jun 29 2005
Howard--New factory built boats are extremely expensive. However, used fiberglass boats are amizingly inexpensive, particularly since the price of a used boat
Re: Enlarged Gypsy (3 messages)
Wed Jun 29 2005
Robert, would you mind posting your photos from here, http://www.lightarteddesign.com/boats.html to one of the Bolger group files sections? As is, the thumb
Re: [bolger] MIC & Home Built values was Neophyte Builder Supplies Questions (2 messages)
Wed Jun 29 2005
... From: Cooper & Price ... Thanks Jon. I will try it that way. Right now don t have any intentions of being a production boat
2005 Kingston Messabout (2 messages)
Thu Jun 30 2005
I just finished updating my site with info, pictures and attendees who ve eMailed me for the 05 Kingston Messabout at: http://www.brucesboats.com/index.html
Re: any info? (9 messages)
Thu Jun 30 2005
... already ... you ... trouble, ... electric ... the ... other ... the ... They ... site ... served? ... and ... right ... making ... power. ... may ... there
Re: Pontoon Boats, HP, Fuel economy (was: Delaware concept--trawler yacht) (13 messages)
Thu Jun 30 2005
... Would be interesting to see photos of both situations, as well as your graph. ... Hull speed is an effect of the bow wave. I don t know whether a pantoon