August 2006
Mast musings (1 message)
Tue Aug 01 2006
Had the pleasure of spending this weekend at a friend s lake home near Rhinelander Wisconsin, in the heart of the Nicolet National Forest. He has about ten
Re: [bolger] Re: BIRTHING ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!! AS-39 LE CABOTIN (15 messages)
Tue Aug 01 2006
If you haven t seen a project like this in progress then you it is hard to emphasize with the level of commitment required. Watching the Double Eagle Great
RE Bolger commisions (2 messages)
Tue Aug 01 2006
... of me ... Well, ... have ... It ... offering ... different ... incorporated to ... The original post was from some time in 2004. I found it by searching
Tennesee posted in bolger_study_plans_only (1 message)
Tue Aug 01 2006
I created a folder named Tennesee there and uploaded the picture from a July 06 issue of MAIB. I wanted to put it in cartoons but that is filled. Seems to me
Re: [bolger] Re: June Bug--with outboard? (7 messages)
Thu Aug 03 2006
Good ideas, Lewis. I believe I would make the coaming into a full bulkhead and run the seat back to it to make a girder. That ought to give her sufficient
Re: Anemone/Loose Moose (2 messages)
Thu Aug 03 2006
... differences between Jean and ... Moose 2 was not ... better idea...For anyone ... flies when you are having ... Hi Bob, Great blog you ve got there! One
Re: Bolger commisions. Anybody seen any completed in the last 2 years? (3 messages)
Sun Aug 06 2006
... Looks as if PB&F are still much exercised by the environmental, social, and economic fishing sustainability issues, and the associated politics, at least
Re: Lenihan Zen (11 messages)
Sun Aug 06 2006
Hi Leo, thanks for documenting your AS29 build, and thanks for that contact info for Emilio s Long Micro, and the photos at your site. Do you know if Emilio
AS-29 Walkure (1 message)
Tue Aug 08 2006
Hello I was on vacation in Canada, at my mother s summer cottage, doing some grocery shopping in Buckhorn on the Trent-Severn. Driving down the road, what do I
Re: Bolger boats book (2 messages)
Tue Aug 08 2006
Mike, I m fairly sure it does. One authority: http://www.friend.ly.net/~dadadata/boat/bolger.html Graeme ... The Folding Schooner... in their entirety?
Re: [bolger] Re: Blowing up a sea-hawk or inflating, as the case may be. (7 messages)
Tue Aug 08 2006
Mike, Look at Diablo and Diablo Grande on instantboats.com. If you have access to Boats With An Open Mind., look at Samuel Clyde. These are similar to
Bolger Micro for sale in UK (1 message)
Tue Aug 08 2006
Please see advert in Bolger for Sale. Thanks
Re: [bolger] Re: T Bar for Sail track (10 messages)
Wed Aug 09 2006
Depending on the alloy and the environment., Aluminum galls and corrodes. Being firmly attached to a wooden surface, it s coifficient of expansion might also
Re: [bolger] Re: Bolger commisions (17 messages)
Fri Aug 11 2006
... Thanks Doug, you describe perfectly what I think all of us love about Bolger boats, that they are often a work of inspiration.
Re: Seabird 86 Ballast (8 messages)
Fri Aug 11 2006
... for ... For Newbies, Stefan has a website about his Seabird: http://ca.geocities.com/nohnpages/original.html Nels
Long Micro strongback (1 message)
Fri Aug 11 2006
Hey all, Just a short update of sorts on my Long Micro s construction- which has slowed to a snail s pace over the past 6 months. Work now entails frequent
Stainless stapels and nails (1 message)
Sun Aug 13 2006
Doing a lot of Ceder sideing we use a lot of 304 Stainless nails and stapels as well as hand drive ringshank. They can be gotten to fit most nail and staple
Long Micro plans (1 message)
Sun Aug 13 2006
A set of plans for Long Micro is on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200017094447&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:AU:1 Not for me, but US
Re: Any Dovekies near Michigan? (2 messages)
Mon Aug 14 2006
Hi Andrew -- If you don t find one here, ask over on the shallowwatersailors Yahoo group, which is the center of the Dovekie Universe . . .
Re: Nonferrous staples [was superbrick challenge] (59 messages)
Tue Aug 15 2006
... I made a 20 tongue extension, though it was a bit of a Rube Goldberg . I took 2 pieces of 2 galv heavy wall round conduit (OK, I had it on hand) with a
Re: [bolger] Re: Diablo Motor Support (7 messages)
Tue Aug 15 2006
You should wish for a 25hp 2 stroke as my Diablo (Sabre) will do 25 kts GPS tested with 2 people on board on an open flat sea, and is a great deal of fun at
Re: Diablo motor support - trailer advice (1 message)
Wed Aug 16 2006
Jon, I ve been eavesdropping on your efforts for sometime . . . with considerable jealousy concerning that gorgeous, flat, floor in your shop !! I presently
Re: [bolger] Re: A fun little ship? (6 messages)
Wed Aug 16 2006
I was sure I d seen the term crow s nest used for whalers, many of which were ship rigged. Roger derbyrm@NOSPAMinsightbbNOSPAM.com
Re: Houseboat #481 Happy Adventure (2 messages)
Wed Aug 16 2006
Happy cruising Paul, your screened foredeck would be very pleasant. That s not a Bolger Nymph on the upper deck, is it? Graeme ... The ... entertainment
Re: [bolger] Re: Great Sea (8 messages)
Thu Aug 17 2006
He was in town a couple of months ago, I got a bunch of pics. He decided to go with an electric winch because of the frequent anchoring required in chartering
Re: Build Site in Lousiana (3 messages)
Sun Aug 20 2006
What part of Louisiana? Louisiana is really three different states, LOL. You might contact the Lake Pontchartrain wooden boat museum.
Re: [bolger] Re: Yellow Leaf, Kotick (7 messages)
Mon Aug 21 2006
... Indeed, ply lapstrake is *by far* more forgiving than stitch and glue panels. And, if you can get over the urge to go slow for accuracy, it can be nearly
_Blue Jay_ sport fishing design (1 message)
Tue Aug 22 2006
http://bluemarlinbarbados.com/boats.htm
Bilge Keel Modified QueenMab files added (1 message)
Fri Aug 25 2006
I have added some files to Bolger7. They are pictures of my modified bilge keel QueenMab Elle. I modified her with the keels, which are solid hardwood, and
More pics of Elle (1 message)
Sat Aug 26 2006
Ross suggested I post some building pics of QueenMab Thank you Ross. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger7/files/Elle%20QueenMab/Building%20process%20grp%20/
Re: [bolger] V belt transmission (2 messages)
Sat Aug 26 2006
I knew a fellow who used an electric clutch to stop one side of a small differential out of a 1941 Crosly Automobile. When the clutch was locked up the output
Wolf Trap -- Re: WDJ (Trimara) Pictures (6 messages)
Sun Aug 27 2006
http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/smallsailboats2/photos/browse/5fa3 http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/smallsailboats2/photos
Re: [bolger] adapting a trailer to carry Junebug (7 messages)
Sun Aug 27 2006
Thank you for the ideas, Patrick. I m building something similar this very moment, using a 2 by 6 instead of a 4 by 4. I lll upload pictures once the
Re: Brick Schooner (Skimmer) (10 messages)
Sun Aug 27 2006
... If you already have a Brick Schooner combo then... Build a deeper Skimmer with a bow that would fit the regular Grout:-D Fast Brick Motorsailer? Nels
Re: Introduction (31 messages)
Mon Aug 28 2006
Graeme, I am not necessarily looking for a Bolger sailboat but I am looking for a sailboat due to many factors... increase in fuel costs, smell of diesel fumes
Re: [bolger] Skimmer (10 messages)
Mon Aug 28 2006
I have a Skimmer with an 8HP Honda 4stroke. It made a pretty good dinghy for my Morgan 41 Out Island ketch. http://mkstocks.tripod.com/boats/skimmer/ For me,
Lake Monroe Messabout, Indiana (1 message)
Tue Aug 29 2006
The 15th Annual Lake Monroe Messabout September 22, 23, 24, 2006 Get in one last fling before winter. The Lake Monroe Messabout brings together enthusiasts
Re: Picara Pictures - Rig 43 in Bolger's 103 Sailing Rigs (3 messages)
Tue Aug 29 2006
Thanks Nels for the kind words and the hatch holdown idea. Finish on this Picara is about as good as it will get, but the paint will be detailed a little more.
Re: WDJ (Deleware Trawler) (14 messages)
Tue Aug 29 2006
... Me too! I think it could work with the Fiji/Wandervogel set-up. Twin retracting bilge keels and rudders. Heavy bottom with steel plate and Bolger Chinese
Re: Becky Thatcher again (8 messages)
Wed Aug 30 2006
... modification ... Right way up version is here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger_study_plans_only/files/ Nels
RE: [bolger] External chine logs (2 messages)
Thu Aug 31 2006
The external chine on Esther Mae (Tennessee) is typically the only point of contact with the fender piles of a dock structure, and the vertical guide poles on
Re: [bolger] Re: Removeable cooler/icebox insert (3 messages)
Thu Aug 31 2006
I saw a box built into a cabnet that had sheets of plane old styrafoam in it with a commercial plastic cool stuffed down in it. The guy said it worked relly