February 2006
Re: [bolger] Epoxy and vinegar (20 messages)
Wed Feb 01 2006
There was a day a couple of summers ago when I ran out of stainless screws in the middle of a boatbuilding session. Jumping into the truck, I drove the hour or
Re: micro or long micro (15 messages)
Wed Feb 01 2006
... more than a Micro. Almost everything will cost more. The sails will cost more, the plywood will cost more, the epoxy will cost more, the paint will cost
Re: [bolger] Re: Boatbuilding and Stereotypes (12 messages)
Thu Feb 02 2006
...or, in the immortal words of Ben Johnson I didn t take no stereo . RonB.
Lack of pictures of Micro sailing at Port Stephens (1 message)
Fri Feb 03 2006
Well...the best of intentions, but just didn t get Matilda Jean back into the water after we took it out to go back to Sydney for a couple of days. The tides
Model material (1 message)
Sat Feb 04 2006
... A craft store or hobby store will offer up all sorts of plywood. That s what it s for. I ve built several models of a boat I m designing myself, for
Instant boat construction suggestion (1 message)
Sun Feb 05 2006
I just did a mid-winter evaluation of my 20 year old Diablo that is constructed of 1/4 AC ply covered in dynel set in epoxy. There is delamination and rot at
Re: [bolger] Model materials? (4 messages)
Sun Feb 05 2006
Sounds like a perfect use for el-cheapo lauan 1/8 (less than that really), often sold as doorskins at your local home improvement store. It s better quality
Re: [bolger] Steam engines (to keep on topic) (2 messages)
Mon Feb 06 2006
I wanted to keep this on my favorites list but I could not find a proper place . So, I created an Entertainment category. This link can keep me
Re: Completed Fast Brick (8 messages)
Mon Feb 06 2006
... Yes I am aware of the stick on UHMW, this place seems to specialize in it: http://www.crownplastics.com/ I did get my UHMW from Mcmaster Carr, a great
Re: [bolger] Re: Punt Gun Photo (16 messages)
Tue Feb 07 2006
I was taught, when I was becoming a Hunter Safety Instructor, that the modus operendi was to scull out quietly to the resting flock. Once you were in position
Oldshoe Photos (11 messages)
Wed Feb 08 2006
There is room in the photos section of this group and I have posted some. This Oldshoe was built in 1988 from plans purchased from Elrow LaRowe who later sold
Re: Confused about Paint (3 messages)
Wed Feb 08 2006
I have used both oil based and latex paints on boats. What I have found is that the latex is easier to apply and clean up but does not give you as hard or
Re: Bolger Whaler Ketch - image (14 messages)
Thu Feb 09 2006
... Peter, probably much like Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of rum . I have a nice bottle of red stowed away, and when we see the first picture of a wet bottomed
Re: Diablo builders. 15 year report (7 messages)
Thu Feb 09 2006
... ease of building while I work on a long term lapstrake project. At this point diablo seems like a quick build but if you have a better choice, please
Re: Singlehander Schooner (7 messages)
Thu Feb 09 2006
... I have always found it easy to tell the waterproof glue from interior glue. Just look VERY closely at the edge of the sheet and the waterproof glue will
Sail lacing (1 message)
Fri Feb 10 2006
What is Dutch lacing as mentioned in the Black Skimmer thread? I know of three different methods: around, around and back, and Payson s. I used Payson s lacing
PDRacer World Championships - Magnolia Beach TX (1 message)
Fri Feb 10 2006
May 13th, 2006 (12 weeks from now) at Magnolia Beach, TX, we are going to have our 3rd annual Puddle Duck World Championship Race. Free event that anyone can
Re: Digest Number 2795 (3 messages)
Fri Feb 10 2006
... screw heads. Just ... to a ... I meant to also mention that the cheap off-shore driver bits are more of a hazard than a bargain. It is worth the extra
Maxx (1 message)
Fri Feb 10 2006
There is another type of screw that is called a Maxx and has a square drive socket for installation and can also be taken out with a philips screwdriver. It is
Re: [bolger] Re: Birdwatcher Video (10 messages)
Sat Feb 11 2006
Hang a big mirror on the ceiling and you ll get yourself and the boat in the picture. (Use an off camera flash.) Roger derbyrm@NOSPAMinsightbbNOSPAM.com
Re: [bolger] Robertson (Square drive) Screws (29 messages)
Sat Feb 11 2006
Where are you getting torx stainless? HJ
Lobsterboat progress pics.Engine beds fitted (1 message)
Sat Feb 11 2006
Hi, I ve just posted a few new pictures of the engine beds being fitted to the floor timbers. There posted in the files section of bolger6 in the folder
Re: [bolger] Re: Bunny R Lobsterboat. More Pics. Stern tube fitted (3 messages)
Sat Feb 11 2006
Hi Peter, The hull will not be fibreglass sheathed, as far as I know at the moment, though it would be a good idea, but the effort involved turning the hull
Re: Digest Number 2794 (2 messages)
Mon Feb 13 2006
... the scrap ... the home ... board ... exterior ... Strand board ? Hmmmmm......sounds like what we call beaver vomit around here.And that other
Re: Wanted Bolger boat Texas (3 messages)
Mon Feb 13 2006
Messages 45759 (Sept 1, 2005) (Micro for sale in Washington State), and 45285 (August 9, 2005) (Micro for sale around San Fran). And yes I realize these are
Re: [bolger] Re: Free Micro hull (3 messages)
Mon Feb 13 2006
... I started my Micro Navigator project with a partially completed hull, described as 90% complete. 600 manhours later, I launched. . Bear in mind that
Re: [bolger] honda BF2 lower unit oil issue?? (2 messages)
Tue Feb 14 2006
My guess is wrong side . I had a similar experience when I bought mine and hauled it home on the wrong side. Be sure to check the oil level. Clyde
Re: AS29 or AS39 Navigator (2 messages)
Tue Feb 14 2006
... received ... to ... Carribean. ... Hi Kevin, There are photos of an AS39 Le Cabotin in the files section at both Bolger3 and Bolger6. Maybe these will
Re: A modest proposal. (12 messages)
Wed Feb 15 2006
The Blondie looks like a great boat and may be the best choice for the Bio Bio. Mark Angelo (for National Geographic) says there are several dams since he last
RE: A modest proposal (1 message)
Wed Feb 15 2006
Hey,Joe. Given your time limits, I suggest you stick with the 6 hour boat idea. Robert Fraser in Dartmouth NS picked up two 16 ft. pieces of 1x10 yellow pine
Re: SInglehander Schooner engine mount (14 messages)
Wed Feb 15 2006
... That s already standard in the design, and the photos from the Kingston Messabout last year show me installing it.... -- Susan Davis
fast motorsailer (16 messages)
Thu Feb 16 2006
would like to talk to someone who has built the fast motorsailer
pictures of clam skiff, more af3 and a one sheet skiff (1 message)
Fri Feb 17 2006
Hello all! I ve just now gotten around to posting some pictures of last year s projects. - Sailing pictures of AF3, Cream Cheese , in the Poconos on a calm
Re: Queen Mab 7' Catboat (2 messages)
Sat Feb 18 2006
Hey Mike, this is great. I am sure there are others of us on the list who like the Queen. Please keep us posted on your project. Frank
Re: [bolger] Re: Flat cut mizzen (3 messages)
Sun Feb 19 2006
Hi Nels, Bolgers Moccason has a flat fully battened mizzen. Doug
Re: Flat Mizzen Sails (12 messages)
Sun Feb 19 2006
... If you sheet the mizzen amidships and lower the main, the boat will lie more or less head to wind and drift backwards slowly--useful if you need to take a
Bunny R Lobsterboat. Engine Beds installed. (1 message)
Sun Feb 19 2006
Hello everyone, My brother was down in Port Sorell last weekend and took some more pictures of the progress on our Lobsterboat. My father has just about
Re: Painting plywood questions (3 messages)
Mon Feb 20 2006
That checking is one of the main reasons that fibreglass sheathing is done. I know that our Micro, which sits under a shade sail most of the time, has
Re: Build a slow boat, Faster (11 messages)
Wed Feb 22 2006
... Here is one contact: http://www.tyvek.com/na/covers/english/othercov.html Nels
Re: What is it? (2 messages)
Thu Feb 23 2006
Here s the link http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger6/files/What%20is%20it%3F/ cheers Graeme ... of ... or is ... after ... lucky ... May,
Re: Paloma Blanco (2 messages)
Thu Feb 23 2006
Nels, your search is much appreciated. Graeme
International Moth Class Bolger Ideas (1 message)
Thu Feb 23 2006
Which few ideas of Phil Bolger did Tom use in 1977? I say go Archaeopteryx! At Tom Dunderdale s UK site Campion Sail and Design
Re: [bolger] Re: Micros in New South Wales (21 messages)
Fri Feb 24 2006
... Yahoo also roughly doubled the maximum size allowed for the photos, from woefully small, to medium. Files, or Flickr with a Bolger tag, are still the best
Brick near Boston (1 message)
Fri Feb 24 2006
No longer have room in my life for it. I don t like the idea of getting rid of it, but I don t have a chance to use it much these days either. In good shape,
Re: Brick plans (8 messages)
Fri Feb 24 2006
Also in addittion to the plans of Grout included with Brick from Bolger he might be willing to throw in the Gaff Rig and Flying Cloud variants as well. Might
Re: sailmaking/Johnson 3.5hp for Micro (13 messages)
Sun Feb 26 2006
Hi, David! I admire your hability in sail making. I think I m not prepared to do this right now, may be in some years... This is a hawl art/craftmanship to
Idaho on CSD website pictures (1 message)
Sun Feb 26 2006
http://www.common-sense-boats.com/idaho.htm CSD has posted some cleaner and clearer sketches of Idaho on their website. The pics have not changed and are of
Re: Queensland Micros (13 messages)
Sun Feb 26 2006
Ah, well. the good old Internet! Rival Designs 1/21 Cumberland Drive SEAFORD VICTORIA 3198 Contact: Andrew Pryer email: dukepryer@eisa.net.au Greg F ...
Re: Black Skimmer rig? (4 messages)
Mon Feb 27 2006
... Actually the original cartoon had a cat-ketch rig (and a higher bow, with more shear forwards). It was done for Mike O Brien, now of WoodenBoat magazine,
Re: Black Skimmer as ketch (1 message)
Mon Feb 27 2006
As Doug Pollard says, a ketch (or schooner) rig would be handier in most every way except going to windward. And that s what motors are for :) ... Bob
Bolger Index (was Re: Wondervogel) (2 messages)
Mon Feb 27 2006
... And significant THREADS
Pics + Video (1 message)
Mon Feb 27 2006
Noah s Ark Video Link . Topic : Small and Larger Boats ,in ALL materials and builds. Mono-hull , Trimaran , Catamaran , Proa & other . Motor , Sail , Human
Re: [bolger] Re: Delaware Trawler Outboard (35 messages)
Tue Feb 28 2006
No offense meant, John. I love the Bartenders myself. I thought those wide rails gave some extra bearing surface for planing purposes. The Topaz is a
Re: Yonder (17 messages)
Tue Feb 28 2006
... three ... There was a fair amount of discussion about Yonder a few years back and Bruce Hallman did a paper model and posted photos of the hull shape.
Re: Love or money? (18 messages)
Tue Feb 28 2006
... drawing ... a ... have ... Right you are Harry! His letters alone, are not just about boat design either, but cover an entire philosphy as well a
Re: Wandervogel (11 messages)
Tue Feb 28 2006
so went ahead and built a Birdwatcher. I still intend ... Would you mind sharing your BW sailing experiences? I d also like to ask you about how you applied