September 2007
Re: Gold-plated June Bug (2 messages)
Sat Sep 01 2007
... It s not outfitted for sailing, and they want upwards of $8,000. Here s my prediction--it will not sell for any price in that neighborhood, nor any
Re: Bolger Sampan series Non Instant Diablo on steroids. (65 messages)
Mon Sep 03 2007
... Finally I know whom to say a big THANK YOU! Stefan
A side or C side out ? (1 message)
Tue Sep 04 2007
I thought I had already sent this, but it hasn t shown up in my bolger mailbox yet so I ll try again. Sorry if this is a duplicate. I am working on a
Re: [bolger] New Teal on EBay (3 messages)
Wed Sep 05 2007
So donate it to some museum and take the tax writeoff. Clyde, PS I also like the Summer Ease. PCB, ever the business man, suggested it when I asked about
Re: [bolger] Re: A or C side out (6 messages)
Thu Sep 06 2007
Thanks for the info! Hard to find boatbuilding type wood around here. I ll check some of these places out. Thanks Chris Kottaridis (Chriskot@quietwind.net)
Re: Cartopper review OT Lake Berryessa (2 messages)
Thu Sep 06 2007
Berryessa is really quite nice. I was there on Labor day - I was the only sailboat I saw. The PWC s and motorboats were all quite polite and friendly. I sailed
Re: Modern Sandbagger (2 messages)
Thu Sep 06 2007
Bruce, You are truly a madman. I love it and I can t wait to see you sailing it. Reed
Re: Catfish Beachcruiser (29 messages)
Fri Sep 07 2007
I came across this discussion while searching for Catfish info. I just ordered the plans after lots of research on different catboats and decided that this one
Re: Cynthia J Plans (3 messages)
Sun Sep 09 2007
Hi Bob, plan @ $75 - PB&F wrote up C J last year in MAIB Vol 24 No 11, October 15, with some suggestions (mast stepping, ballast, bouyancy, free water, thicker
SUMMER EASE #471 (1 message)
Sun Sep 09 2007
The design index has it: MAIB, V16#22. Mark has it above at Message #15736 as MAIB 4/1/99. Roger Vaillancourt was preparing his index to a MAIB sorting
ZEPHYR #316 20'9" x 3' 8 " (1 message)
Sun Sep 09 2007
How heavy? What other rig? Lighter options- ZEPHYR is out of 3/8 ply. SPARKLER #409, at 19 X 4 11 has thick panels, 1/2 and double bottom, to give the
Re: Avast -September 19 Be Talk Like A Pirate Day - (2 messages)
Mon Sep 10 2007
... wrote: How be your elocution of them vowels - a, e, i, o, u, r? a, Ah as in A hm gonna run ye thru matey! e, EE as in Ooh the bluidy ell is e
Re: material cost estimate birdwatcher I or II (18 messages)
Mon Sep 10 2007
Hi Clyde, ... sometime ... was ... By chance I have the building key in my briefcase this morning and it says the design is #471. Jon Kolb
The keel is on (1 message)
Mon Sep 10 2007
A milestone has been reached on my Old Shoe project. The keel in now in place on the hull. You can catch a couple of pictures on my web site:
Re: [bolger] Paddlin' Madeline (8 messages)
Tue Sep 11 2007
http://flickr.com/photos/hallman/1360743403/ Being curious, I worked through the details of the paddle mechanism of Paddlin Madeline, with the isometric
Re: [bolger] Chebacco 20 (4 messages)
Tue Sep 11 2007
What is it about some boats that generates almost a universal positive response. Certainly the Chebacco is one of those, I can t look at a picture of one
Re: Long micro day trip (3 messages)
Wed Sep 12 2007
Bill, Nice story about your cruse. I have made that trip many times out of West Harbor. I am impressed with the performance of Long Micro. It gets pretty
Re: [bolger] Re: Kingston Messabout - Happy Adventurer Bolger HB (10 messages)
Wed Sep 12 2007
... Funny, that fully rockered bottom is not all that different from a Superbrick bottom
Re: [bolger] Re:Cartopper review (8 messages)
Thu Sep 13 2007
Try using two sheets, like a jib. Put turning blocks for the sheets where the hooks are. That s the way the spritsail on my skiff is rigged, and it works
Re: Blueberry on Ebay (4 messages)
Thu Sep 13 2007
... +0000Subject: [bolger] Re: Blueberry on Ebay ... What s wrong with this boat? Looks like a nice job of it to me (superficially at least). Anybody know
Motorsailer plans (1 message)
Thu Sep 13 2007
Does anyone have plans for either the fast motorsailer or economy motorsailer that they would be interested in selling? If so, please contact me at
Re: 5.2 mm luan Gypsy (19 messages)
Thu Sep 13 2007
Bruce, Exactly! That was my point about using it only to build small, cheap boats to be used in well protected waters. Once they find out they can build a
Re: Why are Micro plans so hard to get ? (42 messages)
Fri Sep 14 2007
... 1) Name one other 80 year old that does ... 2) The real issue is the premise. ... 3) Which is: Phil Bolger s has a duty to satisfy impatient other
Re: More on trailers.......... (59 messages)
Fri Sep 14 2007
Larry, Of course you are correct in your assertion, but the original post was about a 25 Black Skimmer on a too short trailer, and I assumed (that s a bad
Re: [bolger] Slicer in FreeShip ? (5 messages)
Sat Sep 15 2007
Hi Bruce, THANK YOU for modeling Slicer in FreeShip! Slicer weighs 800 pounds empty so I guess it is a pretty big boat. Not very wide of course, but its
Re: Keel is on the boat. (4 messages)
Mon Sep 17 2007
-- Hi Chris, Its under Dennis s Old Shoe .. about the 3rd page in. Dennis ... album ... Shoe ... it
Lake Monroe Messabout Sep 21-23 (1 message)
Mon Sep 17 2007
Bloomington, Indiana. Message 55169 for details. If you have a boat in progress, bring it, an onshore boat show will make for more interesting
Re: [bolger] Re: Bolger out-of-print eBooks (25 messages)
Tue Sep 18 2007
... I am not a lawyer, so I suggest reading the whole law to get the whole picture. But reading it I see that to be protected by this US Code: Per sections
Col H. G. Hassler (1 message)
Tue Sep 18 2007
http://flickr.com/photos/hallman/1402541179/ The 20 foot steel go anywhere micro cruiser, Col. H.G. Hassler
Re: On the water. (5 messages)
Tue Sep 18 2007
Garth, Nice table. Rend Lake next year will have another boat. Maybe I ll be able to cox Jim into taking a flight with me...lol. Jim ... 40
Boats Witha An Open Mind is in print (1 message)
Wed Sep 19 2007
Just looked in my catalog from the Wooden Boat Store. See www.woodenboatstore.com Chris
Re: [bolger] UltraPly (18 messages)
Wed Sep 19 2007
A uni-directional core is just what we _don t_ want in a boat. That four ply core is the same as a single ply as far as strength is concerned. If the face
Re: Seabird 86 (30 messages)
Thu Sep 20 2007
Good on ya, Stefan. Where have you been sailing? Have you sailed out in any big water like the Med, North, Baltic, & Black Seas, etc? Have you found the
Re: Casting from Gypsy (19 messages)
Thu Sep 20 2007
Hi, uh, shall I call you Sloppy? ... That s how big my alleged PWD is, too. The question with Pointy is how satisfying is it to row for a long time and
Re: 3/8" instead of 2 layers of 1/4" (4 messages)
Thu Sep 20 2007
The real benefit of a double 1/4 layers is twofold. 1. Strength 2. The ability of repair. You can rout down a 1/4 for any real damage and fit a piece
Re: [bolger] Single Handed Schooner, His And Hers Schooner (2 messages)
Thu Sep 20 2007
Didn t you do a round bottom lapstrake version bout 6 months ago? I sounded like one of those NFL commercials when I saw it I want one of those!! HJ
Re: [bolger] Idaho outboard motor size. (2 messages)
Fri Sep 21 2007
From 7.5 hp to 25 HP max. Regards, Máximo.
Re: NYMPH CUBED #527 (24 messages)
Mon Sep 24 2007
Lateen sail handling? It don t take much. One way - Fishing Dhows of Lake Victoria. Underminimalises (isthattheword?) even Bolger
Re: [bolger] Re: Bolger designed Friendship Sloop (16 messages)
Mon Sep 24 2007
The price of the Smithy s plans skyrocketed to $10 a sheet! :o( ... -- John A facility for quotation covers the absence of original
Re: [bolger] Re: Stuck swing keel on Bolger Bobcat (7 messages)
Wed Sep 26 2007
Gee -- I d surely be careful about the sledge hammer approach. If the problem is waterlogged, swollen wood in the centerboard, you might inadvertently hammer
Re: $200 OTTER (6 messages)
Sun Sep 30 2007
... Study Plan: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger_study_plans_only/files/OTTER%20% 23231/
Birdwatcher 2 (33 messages)
Sun Sep 30 2007
We made an update to our homepage, 424 hours into the construction. http://homepage.mac.com/rkpayneboats/Birdwatcher2 We were not able to complete as much work