March 2006
Re: [bolger] Re: Sitka Explorer (Jochems Family Schooner) (47 messages)
Wed Mar 01 2006
Thanks, John and to Nels for pointing it out to me. I m interested in hull for future Delaware/ Halifax. Clyde ... [Non-text portions of this message have been
Re: Now: Andrew's Long Micro (6 messages)
Thu Mar 02 2006
... Micro ... He ... sailing. ... his ... Hey - great news Graeme! I wonder how much he is asking for his LM and if it includes the trailer, which will likely
Re: [bolger] Re: Inpolite gossip about Phil and Susanne's motivations and business conduct (5 messages)
Thu Mar 02 2006
... .02 from me can t hurt... I searched and searched for plans, bought over a dozen books and finally found that a bolger design, fisherman launch (shivaree),
Re: Another Micro in OZ (2 messages)
Thu Mar 02 2006
This is the boat that I took a photo of and put in the NSW Micros File in Bolger 6 It is moored just off the Balmain Sailing Club on Sydney Harbour Greg F
Re: [bolger] Re: Bolger wikipedia index (12 messages)
Fri Mar 03 2006
... Great, do it. That is a beautiful thing about the Web, is that content in far away places can be linked together easily.
RE: [bolger] Digest Number 2816 (1 message)
Fri Mar 03 2006
... Hear hear. Exactly my sentiments too. Thank You Aaron ... _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find.
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 2817 (1 message)
Fri Mar 03 2006
In a message dated 3/3/2006 8:08:22 AM Central Standard Time, ... OK, I realize this is a Bolger love fest, but who among us is above criticism? Robert
Re: Birdwatcher II (11 messages)
Sat Mar 04 2006
David - thanks for the advice, and encouragement. I finally had a couple of hours to sit with the plans, scale rule, and building key and had some fun just
Re: micro navigatoresque' update. (5 messages)
Sun Mar 05 2006
My head s reeling, trying to keep up with your organically evolving Navigator. I have had no trouble with engine smoke in the cabin. But we always have a
Re: [bolger] Hope Photos (2 messages)
Mon Mar 06 2006
Strange, that boat, the white one, is on 4 and I did a search last night for further info and zeroed out looking. Thanks Bruce in NJ ... From: Nels
Two invitations... (1 message)
Mon Mar 06 2006
For west coast (or very determined) members This is to make sure everyone knows about our two gatherings of small boats planned for Spring and Summer of 2006.
Re: [bolger] Re: Bolger steel sharpie "Lions Paw"/PB chinese junk designs? (13 messages)
Thu Mar 09 2006
Good catch Bruce, I had forgotten about Freeship, haven t had the time to mess with it yet. HJ
Re: Stain on plywood under EPOXY (WAS polyester) (13 messages)
Thu Mar 09 2006
I caught something on the discovery Channel last night that might be of interest to the whole community. Just in passing as they were discussing the Titanic,
Fiddler II (1 message)
Thu Mar 09 2006
Has anyone built one of these. Are the plans available? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [bolger] Nice pictures of a Shearwater (2 messages)
Fri Mar 10 2006
That is design #353 from the book _Different Boats_, and a good bet it is one-of-a-kind. Not to be confused with the other Bolger design sharing the name
Re: Low Power for Diablo? (6 messages)
Fri Mar 10 2006
... 18mm ... Hey Maximo:-) Whenever I look at your website it creates a lot of smiles and feelings of warmth inside. Not sure if the people or the dogs are
Some more bookshelf clearing (1 message)
Sat Mar 11 2006
I m succumbing to domestic pressure to clean up the library,and so am starting to put a few more books up on eBay should anyone be interested. First is A Unit
Lobster boat construction Pictures (1 message)
Sat Mar 11 2006
Hi, Everybody, I was down in Port Sorell yesterday and took a few new pictures of the progress of our lobsterboat. The propeller shaft is now installed in the
Re: Loose Moose 3 (11 messages)
Sun Mar 12 2006
... Bruce... Too dark , cavernous and hot is certainly not a phrase that I would use in describing our LM2 experience. LM2 was really an awesome boat...Where
Re: [bolger] Re: Diablo Power, my silly ideas (5 messages)
Mon Mar 13 2006
It s LOUD! (what did you say?) ... -- John One must have a heart of stone to read the death of Little Nell by Dickens without
MN Messabout - June 2-4 (2 messages)
Mon Mar 13 2006
Only 11 weeks until the Minnesota Messabout at Lake Pepin on June 2- 4. It s hard to imagine that it ll ever be that warm again since we re being buried today
Re: Bolger Chinese Gaff Rig (3 messages)
Mon Mar 13 2006
I suggest you insert chinese gaff in the search box above, and you will find more information, Don http://oink.kiwiwebhost.biz/
Tahiti Completed Yet? (1 message)
Mon Mar 13 2006
Has anyone heard if the Tahiti has been completed yet? Thanks Phil
Re: Lobsterboat construction pictures/ New group (4 messages)
Tue Mar 14 2006
But Bolger 7 is all empty so why not joint and put the files there
Re: SBJ on EBay (2 messages)
Fri Mar 17 2006
Still US$91.00. 2 days left. Wish they were in Oz.
Surfer Girl Seen Around (1 message)
Fri Mar 17 2006
Surfer Girl. Ready to paint. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackyardBoatbuilding2/files/Surfer% 20Girl.wmv Nice pics are in Bolger groups files/photos
Re: The money is burning a hole in my pocket, Superbrick (3 messages)
Fri Mar 17 2006
Hello, I think Nels is now comitted to building a Birdwatch...esp. after purchasing my sails for one. So, it s up to me to take the plunge. Do keep us posted
Re: [bolger] Wanted: Unsed plans for a "Super Brick"... (2 messages)
Fri Mar 17 2006
Consider buying the plans from Bolger, I suspect he will charge about $300. That price is a bargain, if for no other reason that it would get you the right to
Re: [bolger] Eeek!........Bruce Hallman started this one. (23 messages)
Sat Mar 18 2006
If anyone s hankering after a ply conversion... http://www.selway-fisher.com/Yacht2024.htm#YAMATO It s both beamier than Sucher s smaller model and wider on
Re: [bolger] Re: Fibreglass resin or epoxy (20 messages)
Sat Mar 18 2006
Thanks for the ref Nels,now downloaded.The first firm I approached manufacture glass fibre products as well as supplying the raw materials retail.The second
Sometime or Never (1 message)
Sun Mar 19 2006
Hello, I m considering sometime or never as a strong candidate for a rough water fishing skiff. Has anyone got any firsthand experience with how this design
The Captain Humphreys Project (1 message)
Mon Mar 20 2006
Anyone checked out this website? The voyage is real. The commentary, tongue-in-cheek. http://www.captainhumphreys.com
Re: Digest Number 2834 (3 messages)
Tue Mar 21 2006
Leo, There are usually several perfectly good ways to solve any woodworking problem. For some (though probably not the crew on this list, the best way might be
STRETCHED RETRIEVER (1 message)
Tue Mar 21 2006
Thanks Don Shultz for posting the cartoon of the above boat at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BolgerCartoons/ Any other information on this baby? Great looking
Re: Bolger Bartender Equivelent? IVB + The Thing (5 messages)
Wed Mar 22 2006
FREE Plans for a stunning fast , light Origami dinghy , a headturner everywhere , nice paintjob :-) add seats and flotation and of you go with 10hp !! a
TarantulEeek! (1 message)
Wed Mar 22 2006
I ve been considering simple dory type hulls that may sail reasonably well, but remain good fast rowboats. I keep coming back to the slender Banks type sailing
Re: Micro sails (8 messages)
Wed Mar 22 2006
... An option to avoid pouring is to have a steel pan welded up and set ontop of cinder blocks and melt the lead in the pan. This is especially effective if
Re: Micro with box keel, standing room? (16 messages)
Thu Mar 23 2006
Hi, I wonder what would happen to these designs if one added chine logs as per Matt s Paradox design? From reports, it sails just fine with the chine logs and
Re: Birdwatcher keel- Nels (3 messages)
Thu Mar 23 2006
I think that you will want the bigger board with the solent lug BW. The BW1 board was sized to go with the original leg o mutton of 125 square feet. The
laminating multiple ply layers (1 message)
Thu Mar 23 2006
When I laminated Dakota s three layer bottom and four layer shoe, I pre-drilled the inner layers for screws on a 6 x 6 grid pattern. Seeing thickened epoxy
Re: SUPERBRICK - with a built-in trailer (36 messages)
Fri Mar 24 2006
Sure. No problem. Just reproduce the cellular structure of wood, with all those spaces for mechanical grip. I understand that there are now high tech laser
Re: [bolger] regarding foam and aluminum (4 messages)
Sat Mar 25 2006
In 1979 I build Bolgers Wolftrap a 30 ft aluminum Cat yawl. We sandblasted her inside and out, a horrible job but doable with a suit that has an outside air
Re: wood for birdsmouth spars (1 message)
Sun Mar 26 2006
The problem we face is an understanding of what constitutes a rated structural member and an appearance grade member. Most of the time in this group I think
Re: [bolger] Trailer Sailer (5 messages)
Sun Mar 26 2006
Of the AS series, only the 19 footer would be considered trailerable. While BS is technically trailerable, it is considered by many to be too heavy to be much
weather better, Brick more appealing? (1 message)
Mon Mar 27 2006
Surely someone around Boston is interested, or will be after tomorrow s sunny, warm weather? It s still for sale. February clearly is not the right time!
Re: Junk Rig Micro and Birdwatcher (2 messages)
Mon Mar 27 2006
Looks like that BWatcher could really use a jib or the mast moved a bit forward..... a lot of weather helm? Thomas Colvin did a lot of junk rigged sharpies and
Re: Steel/aluminum advanced sharpies? Stock plans? (4 messages)
Mon Mar 27 2006
Already in the mail. Thanks!
Re: [bolger] Increasing beam only on the larger ASharpies (2 messages)
Mon Mar 27 2006
... Basically anything that looks like a boat *is* a boat. Starting a design from a base point of another design, known to be a good design, is an old old
Re: curved boom? (16 messages)
Tue Mar 28 2006
... I did that for a living for awhile:-) Did wind studies for the Province of Saskatchewan during the developmental phase of their wind generation project.
Re: curved boom. (3 messages)
Tue Mar 28 2006
... Bill, If you are still interested, you might take a look at the web site for Shell Boats in Vermont. Fred Shell uses a curved boom in many of his
Re:Wood for Birdmouth spars (1 message)
Tue Mar 28 2006
*From today s Sailing Anarchy Major Wood* /Here is the follow-up to the Lotta Wood story we did last week. Amazing technology
Re: Dovkie Straight Bottom Pointy Stern (5 messages)
Tue Mar 28 2006
Birdwatcher is probably a better design for the purpose than Dovkie, and I think PCB says as much somewhere. That does not necessarily mean Dovkie is a bad
Re: fiberglassing tortoise (2 messages)
Wed Mar 29 2006
I forgot to mention that it seems considerably easier to fiberglass a flat plywood board lying horizontally across sawhorses than to fiberglass on the boat. If
RE: [bolger] Re: Wood for Birds'mouth spars (13 messages)
Wed Mar 29 2006
Boy, this thread went places I never expected when I asked the original question! One final question along the latest line of discussion - I m obviously going
Re: small power cruiser ideas? (97 messages)
Wed Mar 29 2006
In my opinion an AF-4G with increased scantlings would neatly do the trick. A 20hp 4 stroke would give you the cruising speed/range you seek with reserve
Re: Small mast alternatives (2 messages)
Fri Mar 31 2006
I calculate that without a safety factor, and with a mast step that distributed the load properly, this tubing would be good for 500 to 800 ft-lbs. But I could