May 2006
Re: " Bolger 22" for sale in Melbourne (7 messages)
Mon May 01 2006
Well, that s the asking price and everybody comes down with boats for sale here, so, yes, it seems very reasonable price to me. There is a Micro for sale here
MN Messabout countdown (1 message)
Tue May 02 2006
Exactly one month from today is the Minnesota Messabout at Lake Pepin. Full details are at http://tinyurl.com/dngwy At the bottom of the web page are two items
Re: [bolger] Re: SIngleHander Schooner boom and gaff questions (4 messages)
Thu May 04 2006
... OK, so both outhaul for the sail and the topping lift go through the notch and then tie off on one side of the dowel rod or the other. Got it! ... Got it
upcoming messabouts (1 message)
Sat May 06 2006
This is for any readers within reach of Puget Sound in the US and/or Canada s Gulf Islands. There are two small boat rendezvous taking place this summer, one
Re: Design With Plywood - Viewing DFX files (19 messages)
Sat May 06 2006
Hello Everybody, I have tried several of the DXF viewers and could not get any to work. They all seemed to be teasers for paid products. The best results I ve
Re: Queen Mab Plans (15 messages)
Sat May 06 2006
Phil Bolger drew the plans for the Queen Mab to be built using glued lap ply and molds that became part of the finished hull. I smoothed out the station
Queen Mab History (1 message)
Sat May 06 2006
The plans for the Queen Mab were drawn up for Karen Seo who wanted a small lightweight sailboat she could easily launch and handle as well as paddle. The name
Yuloh Demo (1 message)
Sat May 06 2006
Anyone interested in watching Dave Bolduc of the microcruising group using a yuloh can go here. http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=microcruising He also has
Re: [bolger] Jochems Schooner "SAPPHIRE" (3 messages)
Sat May 06 2006
... I don t have tons of experience with Brightsides, but I have some, and the nice glossy look that is possible with that paint really depends on doing the
Queen Mab (14 messages)
Sat May 06 2006
Is there a table of offsets for this design. Or how are the plans written up? The plans are complete with table of offsets, including the deck and coaming
Re: [bolger] Power catamaran (2 messages)
Sun May 07 2006
... I wish I did, I like the concept for a workboat with lots of room to move around. It looks like it could easily be turned into two single boats too I
Re: paint removal-help (6 messages)
Sun May 07 2006
Well you have my sympathy. I looked at the Eco-Strip bit from Harry James but my observation is that heat is heat. Marine paint is more tenacious than Latex
Great Loop (1 message)
Mon May 08 2006
The journey begins soon. I work until the end of this week, the boat is launched next Monday. I ll take the next few weeks to shakedown the boat, get moved
Black Skimmer Update (1 message)
Mon May 08 2006
For those Skimmer fans - the Nexus Marine website has updated it s Black Skimmer construction page. http://www.nexusmarine.com/skimmer_construction.html Looks
Re: [bolger] Re: micro (7 messages)
Mon May 08 2006
Thanks! Nice photos, Jeremy Menage ... There are some photos on my site- http://oink.kiwiwebhost.biz/ Bolger rules!!! - NO GO AWAY SPAMMER! posts!!! Please!
Re: Unsubscribing help needed (6 messages)
Wed May 10 2006
... Right on - you can edit your choices that way. I belong to about 35 boating groups and the only one I get mail from is the Bolger4sale group:-) Here is my
Re: [bolger] Centennial 11 sails very well, a defence.! (4 messages)
Thu May 11 2006
Hi Thanks for the reply, I m glad to hear that she s a better boat than you would think from the article. When were you in Cocoa? I grew up in Rockledge, and
check out todays Captain Humphreys (1 message)
Thu May 11 2006
http://www.captainhumphreys.co
Re: long term plywood test (15 messages)
Fri May 12 2006
I have many scrap peices of ply laying out by the fence some for 7-8 years and the only one that is no worse for wear is the MDO two sided. It is still
Re: Birdwatcher-2 Progress (2 messages)
Sat May 13 2006
... The one ... installation ... experts to ... and I ... comments on ... contributed his ... these ... and yard ... along. I hope ... Hi Bob, Thanks for the
Paddlewheeler (1 message)
Sat May 13 2006
A Friend in Norway is taking a trip on this boat in June. Wow - can you imagine? http://www.skibladner.no/engelsk/ Nels
Looking for Wyoming Project (1 message)
Sat May 13 2006
Hey guys, I haven t been around this board for a couple of years. I built a sneakeasy and subsequetly trashed it because I used inferior plywood and methods.
Re: [bolger] Re: Sprits, Wishbones and Dovkies (12 messages)
Sun May 14 2006
Mike, PCB frequently leaves details up to the builder, and I m not sure how you have the sheet rigged now. A traditional approach is to install a rack with a
Re: Oars for Tortoise (6 messages)
Mon May 15 2006
Hi Rhett, David, ... Last year, I was anxious to get a Toto double-paddle canoe I built in the water and tried her out only about a week after I painted her.
Re: [bolger] "Topaz" Spyder (3 messages)
Mon May 15 2006
... I also recommend the plans, the value being that they did all the hard work calculating the dimensions of the pieces, bulkheads and panels. The building
Paloma Blanca (1 message)
Mon May 15 2006
On Bolger 7 in the files section under file: Australian Micros just posted two (long distance) pictures of Paloma Blanca, the Micro of Roger Keyes in South
RE: [bolger] proper provisions (3 messages)
Mon May 15 2006
some rough math reveals that every man onboard drank 1.8 gallons of rum per day plus the wine and rum captured from the 12 English merchant ships. how the
Re: Micro cockpit (2 messages)
Tue May 16 2006
Bob, I know of three people who have built self bailing cockpits for their Long Micros. Dan Gonneau (http://www.znw.com/homepage/zephyr_faq.htm); Andrew Pryor
shear,un-ending,sunblind madness,say some! (1 message)
Wed May 17 2006
Greetings Bolgerados! I m back from a near 4 week vacation and what a time it was.Of course, anything that can keep me away from the nuthouse for a stretch
Re: [bolger] Paloma Blanca Goes to Kangaroo Island (3 messages)
Wed May 17 2006
Greg, Thanks for posting this great article. Mark
Re: [bolger] Re: Topaz webcam (16 messages)
Wed May 17 2006
I haven t use the stuff in several years, but I always mixed small amounts when I did use it. It s expensive and small pours won t waste it if a batch is more
Re: Diablo Trailer (10 messages)
Wed May 17 2006
My guess is that the state is making sure that you don t try to register a $30,000 boat as a $500 homebuilt and beat them out of the sales tax. Thus the
Re: [bolger] Re: Robb White died May 16 (8 messages)
Thu May 18 2006
I think Bailey White is his sister, also a fine writer, similar to Robb, but gentler. Mama makes up her mind is one of the funiest collections of short
Re: Just posted Bolger 7 File "Australian Micros" (20 messages)
Fri May 19 2006
Ho Graeme Glad you liked the article and I think that AABB just want to be advised of what is posted where ; I emialed them that I had posted the article:
Re: More Tortiose Oars (3 messages)
Sat May 20 2006
Hi Rhett, ... Er, that s astrophotography - I m not that smart. I built the 8 Big Tortoise, which had no oarlock positions on the plans. So, I scaled the
Re: [bolger] Digest Number 2894 (1 message)
Sat May 20 2006
In a message dated 5/15/2006 1:51:16 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, bolger@yahoogroups.com writes: My question - what is a simple approach to improving the
New File posted to Bolger 7 overflow group (1 message)
Mon May 22 2006
Hello All, Back again, as I have just been able to post another article from the magazine: Australian Amateur Boat Builder, from Vol 2, issue 2, Spring
Re: New builder (2 messages)
Mon May 22 2006
... Michael(or is it really Deek?), I can only hope and pray that those are tears of un-relenting laughter and not tears of anguish that I cause ! It is good
Re: [bolger] Yahoo Madness!... (2 messages)
Mon May 22 2006
The Chebacco plans include several variants. I like the lapstrake version. There s also another set of plans for a 25 version. I suspect the stitch and
Re: Bobcat Pictures Posted (6 messages)
Tue May 23 2006
... You have a lovely boat there Bobby, congratulations. Please keep us informed of your adventures aboard her. cheers Graeme
Re: New Birdwatcher 2 pics (7 messages)
Tue May 23 2006
Congratulations on the launching! A terrific boat, and well done. Thanks for the construction log and pics. Cheers Graeme ... is
Re: Looking for hatch ideas (3 messages)
Tue May 23 2006
... that? ... Have a look at these... http://www.nitro-pak.com/product_info.php?products_id=497 Nels
Re: Micro in South Australia, Paloma Blanca (7 messages)
Tue May 23 2006
Greg, good news that Roger may be coming back aboard. Does he know there may be a few enquiries about his Paloma Blanca adventure? He does seem to have cruised
AW: [bolger] Re: Zephyr - pics (33 messages)
Wed May 24 2006
... yes they were. I usually had them sticking out the front of the cockpit. when you are alone in the boat it is not a big deal, but with 2 and all the sticks
RE: [bolger] stern-o-rama revisited (3 messages)
Thu May 25 2006
to add to Sam s comments: The Delaware (something I was looking at with great interest prior to obtaining Esther Mae) has slightly deeper draft than a
Re: [bolger] Stern-o-matic (2 messages)
Thu May 25 2006
It really doesn t sound like a good idea to me.By changing the hull shape all sorts of issues will arise. For a start she ll be more difficult to build as
To Nels, everyone - Re: Lestat (16 messages)
Thu May 25 2006
... Hi Tony, Hmmm, Newcastle Brown Ale. Haven t tried that. Nor the Ruff Red stuff that Roger Keyes mentions. I must admit I have done some sailing while on
Re: Martha Jane stern-o-matic (7 messages)
Thu May 25 2006
This is indeed the Fast Motorsailer concept. Check also Hawkeye and Sneakeasy (with box keel). All three are described in Boats with an Open Mind ...
RE: [bolger] Re: Paging Nels/Peter Lenihan re: Lestat keel thickness (41 messages)
Fri May 26 2006
Thanks Nels! At least now I know what I m dealing with... hoping to make some progress on the keel over the long weekend -Paul ... From: bolger@yahoogroups.com
Re: Arava - Design Number? (5 messages)
Sat May 27 2006
That should have been Bolger3 Files. Sorry. Graeme
Bolgergroups' Index (1 message)
Sat May 27 2006
For group members to update, add, and edit. Please go for it! Try some small chunks of Bolger groups at a time. Make an entry when you post a pic or file
Red Zinger, Martha Jane and a Micro (1 message)
Sun May 28 2006
Hello One & All, Not sure if anybdy has mentioned this before, but the Duck Flat Wooden Boat Web Site has three Bolger boats for sale at present, and, although
Re: [bolger] Re: Micro Plywood Thickness (6 messages)
Sun May 28 2006
Greetings Nels, I am a lurker on this board-Getting interested in building either a Micro or a San Francisco Pelican. I am interested in the link to Peter
Re: bolger 2: catamaran (9 messages)
Sun May 28 2006
G day Peter, here s a couple of spots for as they surface, as is convenient: There is already a photos album created by Jim Pope with some pics of St Jan The
Re: [bolger] Re: Chebacco, building costs (21 messages)
Mon May 29 2006
... Well, what to do with that big pile of boats accumulating in the backyard?
Re: Cost of Boatbuilding, etc. (1 message)
Mon May 29 2006
To reiterate Tim s words in a more succinct phrase . . . For some people it s the journey, not the destination. My memory dredges up a discussion - from
Re: cost of boatbuilding (5 messages)
Mon May 29 2006
gravediggerjames: you are a troll. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll) troll. troll. troll. please go away. bhmildy ... history. ... Model ... cases
Re: GRP Queen Mab (2 messages)
Tue May 30 2006
I was unable to view your pics, but if you look at the pic of the Just Ducky posted on the internet you will see it sitting peacefully at rest with the rig
Re: A family motor/sail cruiser? (56 messages)
Tue May 30 2006
Thanks for the tip, Bruce! If anyone else, like me, was a little confused by Bruce s links, here is a direct link to his Abbondanza 24 scans from MAIB:
Re: New Member with New Pictures (2 messages)
Tue May 30 2006
... Hello Mike, She looks like a lovely boat, the white and brightwork together look good. Thanks for sharing pics of Olivia (in this group Photos)
Re: [bolger] Re: To Graeme, Nels, Peter and everyone... (3 messages)
Wed May 31 2006
Hi guys,:) I think i ve probably confused the hell out of everyone with the embarrassing post. One minute I m Micro mad, then the next - ??? I think I need