June 2006
Re: BW-Amherst-WJD (11 messages)
Thu Jun 01 2006
Hello Greg I get the message about a motor on AG. Also had similar thoughts on interior of WDJ but will check it out again. Thanks - Darrell ... best as a
Re: [bolger] Rudder for Gypsy (1 message)
Fri Jun 02 2006
Hmm, that does not look like the rudder I see in Payson s book. I am using a rudder on my Cartopper that swings between the cheeks. What I did different than
RE: [bolger] Fiberglass over plywood repair question (5 messages)
Fri Jun 02 2006
Bill, I recommend removing the loose cloth and replacing it with new fiberglass and epoxy. You will have a much better result. Frank
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 2913 (1 message)
Fri Jun 02 2006
In a message dated 6/2/2006 5:20:06 AM Central Standard Time, bolger@yahoogroups.com writes: - Pls add your comments at the TOP, SIGN your posts, and snip
Re: Anyone Designed/Built A Stretched "Fast Motorsailer" (17 messages)
Fri Jun 02 2006
... and ... Did anyone mention Retriever? There is an upgraded ersion as well as a stretched one proposed by Don Shulz. 90 HP Honda required to plane it which
Re: [bolger] Re: Oldshoe with cabin - Gnushoe (17 messages)
Sat Jun 03 2006
Hi Graeme Yeah, this boyancy and stability thing can certainly get more complex the longer one things about it no doubt. Certainly needs alot of work for
Wooden winch post (1 message)
Sat Jun 03 2006
Bruce Hector? Didn t you make one of these? I ve been looking for the picture w/o any luck. You may have said it worked out only middlin well. That s all I
Re: WDJ Photo (2 messages)
Sat Jun 03 2006
... Harbo s ... Captain Nels, You have a talent for digging up the oddest things from a rapidly receding past :-) Just for the record: the woman in the photo
Boom (mast) Gallow/Traveller System (2 messages)
Mon Jun 05 2006
I am wondering if anyone has looked into building a traveller system onto a boom gallow. A built-in boom gallow is quite common, especially among cat boats
Paint systems (1 message)
Mon Jun 05 2006
I am refurbishing my Skimmer to be the tender for my Bantam, and it needs paint. In the past, I have used BIN - white pigmented shellac for the primer, and
Re: MN Messabout photos (2 messages)
Wed Jun 07 2006
Great photos Bill ! Now, are you sure the IMB builder s name is not Salvador Dali? Greg F ...
Re: Family motor cruiser - Tennessee? (4 messages)
Wed Jun 07 2006
Thanks, Pete and Chester, for your comments. Unfortunately, you are both voicing doubts that I had myself. Guess I ll have to keep looking. Cheers, Matthew
Re: Shoebox write-up (3 messages)
Wed Jun 07 2006
... 1990 Common Sense Design Book has a Shoebox page. Peter Spectre s WoodenBoat comments, a picture of Bolger rowing, two profiles and a plan view. I built
Re: [bolger] Re: One-man unsinkable lifeboat? (19 messages)
Sat Jun 10 2006
PCB s Cartopper with the sprit rig comes close. With the addition of some flotation (perhaps by raisung the fore deck to the sheer line and adding flotion
Re: [bolger] Re: Rudder Problems/Request design or help with Gypsy rudder (24 messages)
Sun Jun 11 2006
I made stainless steel fittings for kevlar rope to anchor mines with. The fittings were cones tapered inside and out there was a bail on the big end of the
AS-29 Plans for Sale (1 message)
Sun Jun 11 2006
Unused set of plans originally bought from Comnmon Sense Designs. 4 sheets plus building key. No boat has been built fromm this set. $50. Jeremy Marshall
Tennessee photo album (1 message)
Sun Jun 11 2006
Hello Friends, I ve added a photo album of my model Tennessee. The model is sixteen inches long. Creating an album was more straight forward than I had
FENESTRA for sale (1 message)
Tue Jun 13 2006
......in the ditch on State Hwy. 25 between Durand and Menominee, Wisconsin. Wasn t sure what I was looking at till I found photos under Champlain in Bolger 2.
Re: Anything graphics (8 messages)
Wed Jun 14 2006
... What did my post have to do with any new graphics site/virus?!??. Please open a new thread for a message of this sort... Neil
Re: Black Gauntlet (2 messages)
Wed Jun 14 2006
I bought The Folding Schooner when it was published in 1976, and I have always admired Blackgauntlet II, but what particularly appealed was the Presto-style
Re: what to do after your boat is finished (2 messages)
Sat Jun 17 2006
I met Robert a couple of years ago locking through north of Peterborough on the Trent-Severn Waterway. Wish I d had more time to talk to him. To see him get
Anybody in Seattle wanna show off your boat? (5 messages)
Sat Jun 17 2006
I ll be in Seattle for a meeting late next week and will have time to play on Saturday and Sunday (the 24th and 25th). Would anyone care to take on a
Re: [bolger] Re: Elegant Punt Patterns (10 messages)
Sat Jun 17 2006
Is that Peter Spectre? I have been wondering what he was up to after leaving Woodenboat HJ
Re: [bolger] Re: Martha Jane oars (5 messages)
Sat Jun 17 2006
thanks for the tip. please keep up your web site- it is a nice one! ... Mike Stockstill mkstocks@bellsouth.net http://mkstocks.tripod.com/ [Non-text portions
Re: [bolger] Re: Peapod (17 messages)
Sat Jun 17 2006
Found the picture: http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/dwforum/photos/view/3024?b=5 ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Drawing of Catfish removed? (1 message)
Sun Jun 18 2006
I just went to look at the drawing of the modified Catfish in the photos files and it seems to have been removed. Has it been stored somewhere else (or am I
Re: Long Dory Launched (9 messages)
Mon Jun 19 2006
Many thanks to Bruce, Chris, Gary, Peter, and Maximo for the kind remarks about my Long Dory. She is definitely a head-turner if do say so myself. In answer
Re: Chinese Gaff Drawings (35 messages)
Mon Jun 19 2006
The higher the attach point for the span sheets, the more horizontal the sheet pull on the associated batten(s)/yard. A horizontal sheeting angle is what
Re: [bolger] Wolfpack (5 messages)
Mon Jun 19 2006
Hi Doug No it Wolfpack. Suprizingly I talked to a lady fron his shop ( I dont know if its his wife or not) last nite. I sent a FAX & she called me back in 20
Windermere PHOTOS for your enjoyment. (1 message)
Tue Jun 20 2006
Bolgerados, If you take a peak here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger4/files/WINDERMERE/ particularly the group of pictures with June 20 dates, you can see
Re: [bolger] Re: Please post Bolger Topaz (and Spyder) links, photos, etc. (8 messages)
Tue Jun 20 2006
... On top of the obnoxious nature of this pastime, there is the issue of erosion
Re: [bolger] Re: Anyone Here Build A Windermere? (26 messages)
Thu Jun 22 2006
Yes, I am fascinated with the Windermere, but have never heard of a trawler version. Sounds like something Phil is working on. Has he provided a description?
Re: [bolger] Re: Windermere up-date VITAL STATISTICS (7 messages)
Sun Jun 25 2006
Is there some reason that I am blocked from viewing Peter s Windermere pictures? ... From: eric green To: bolger@yahoogroups.com Sent:
Re: OT: Honda "Power Thrust" Outboards - UPDATE (21 messages)
Mon Jun 26 2006
I had been considering between the Honda and Yamaha, in a small 4 stroke unit, it looks like this incident will close this deal for me. I had used the Yamaha
Re: OT: Honda "Power Thrust" Outboards - Bolger Recommends Yamaha (1 message)
Mon Jun 26 2006
Both John Bartlett and I have a Yamaha 9.9 4 sroke, mine is rated as a high thrust. Both engines perform remarkably well. His is used in salt water half the
Sea Hawk dory skiff for sale (1 message)
Tue Jun 27 2006
15 6 , w/8hp Yamaha 4-stroke and trailer. All 2003. $1500. Bangor, ME. salkaln2@aol.com 207-947-6896
Walküre on her way to Oswego (1 message)
Tue Jun 27 2006
Just an update for those following the exploits of the AS-29 Walküre as she attempts the Great Loop. We ve made it up the Hudson to Troy, through 22 locks