June 2008
Re: [bolger] Re: Bolger talk tomorrow, 'green boat' (4 messages)
Sun Jun 01 2008
Thanks for the photo. It will now hang it with pride, and look at it in awe, near where I m building his Auray Punt. Les Far North Queensland. [Non-text
Re: [bolger] hull fairing sequence (23 messages)
Sun Jun 01 2008
I have faired many a kayak and we most always fair first then glass, you end up with a greater chance of a uniform surface coating and the chance of cutting
Re: [bolger] Re:Motor bracket for a June Bug (14 messages)
Mon Jun 02 2008
Well, the trolling motor remote setup in my photos is of the Mark I model. Next time I do it, it ll probably look neater! ;o) The Glen-L trolling motor remote
RE: [bolger] Re: Drain for June Bug (18 messages)
Tue Jun 03 2008
Mike That is a great idea. Wish I d thought of it. Mike Galvin I found the same solution for a drain plug in much the same location. I used bolts but with
Storm Petrel and the Admiral of the Western Seas (1 message)
Tue Jun 03 2008
It s satisfying to find if at some time PCB makes public an answer to some problem or other he d earlier posited, pondered, and then kinda left unresolved.
Re: Leeboard Catboat (5 messages)
Tue Jun 03 2008
Thank you Peter for the response and information John
Re: [bolger] Three more isometrics (3 messages)
Tue Jun 03 2008
I use Free!ship version 2.6. Considering that I want to build full size every Bolger boat I see, (but can t), I find that making computer models of virtual
Northern California Messabout (1 message)
Thu Jun 05 2008
Last month our local messing about group got invited to a messabout at the Humboldt Lagoons in California by a bunch of creative anachronists (and boat nuts)
RE: [bolger] Contacting Bolger & Friends (3 messages)
Thu Jun 05 2008
same here. same problem. ... CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail contains privileged and confidential information which is the property of Martin Sanderse,
Re: Green boats (11 messages)
Sat Jun 07 2008
... http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_158001141.html/resou rces_printstory Well Bruce I hope there s nothing more to the fact that of the many
Re: [bolger] Re: Green boats gather way (5 messages)
Sat Jun 07 2008
John, No, I m not related to E.F. Schumacher, but we have almost the same names, reversed. He s Ernst Friedrich and I m Friedrich Erwin. I ve read his books
Cruising Kayak (2 messages)
Sun Jun 08 2008
Re: Queen Mab isometric (6 messages)
Sun Jun 08 2008
Bruce, I took the diagrams for the molds and smoothed them out You work from both the sheer and keel and you end up with a football opening that has to be
Re: [bolger] Re: hull construction patent US4489668 (3 messages)
Mon Jun 09 2008
I have seen the strange boat you mention. I ll get it done in scale today and post a shot. I have two sheets of 6mm left over but the invention uses 3mm
Re: Birdwatcher - centreboard question (3 messages)
Tue Jun 10 2008
Thank you Bob - Yes it is BW 1 that I was reading about regards rudder, -will have to get hold of updated arrangement. Sounds like best to go with CB. Am also
Unfinished Micro on trailer for sale (1 message)
Tue Jun 10 2008
Look under Bolger4sale messages and photos.
tried to sign up for Bolger4sale and was denied! (1 message)
Tue Jun 10 2008
I think that the moderator never got around to checking for new membership and the request expired. Anyone have any suggestions. I promise I am not trying to
Re: [bolger] Re: Building Update - Stretched Windsprint (5 messages)
Tue Jun 10 2008
Jon, Did you consider bending the halyard on closer to the forward end of its spar? V/R Chris
Re: [bolger] Re: Question on Single Handed Schooner Rigging.... (35 messages)
Tue Jun 10 2008
The very same. I grew up knocking around in a variety of boats. Used a lot of shear pins over the years. My Dad s 30 Dickerson at 3.5 feet draft (IIRC) was
Spinnaker pole ends for wooden pole (2 messages)
Tue Jun 10 2008
Anybody have any links for a US source for pole ends for a wooden spinnaker pole? HJ
Re: [bolger] hull construction patent US4489668 mock up (3 messages)
Fri Jun 13 2008
I have no need for a canoe or kayak because my current project is a rowboat. It seems like the hull form is so easy to make I wonder why it hasn t become
Re:Stowing oars in a June Bug (4 messages)
Mon Jun 16 2008
Simple but not elegant. I just stuff the oars up into the bow and bungee them down to the seat. They really don t move when you are sailing so I remove the
Re: [bolger] Re: Chebacco 'versions' (6 messages)
Mon Jun 16 2008
Well, the first thing I would do would be to order a set of plans from PCB or Payson. They are not that expensive, particularly when you consider what you
Re: [bolger] Re: rubens nymph in Uruguay (7 messages)
Wed Jun 18 2008
Its one of the original Instant Boats http://www.instantboats.com/epunt.htm You don t have to fiberglass which speeds things up. Stitch and glue is an easy
Re: Small Bolger boats for sale in Europe? (5 messages)
Wed Jun 18 2008
I don t know of any for sale, but you might try Wilfried Vermeiren who hangs out on the JW Builders group and is in the process of building a really remarkable
Yonder isometrics (1 message)
Thu Jun 19 2008
Here are isometric renderings of the 30ft x 10ft Yonder, with her Chinese Gaff rig. This is a great boat, which sadly has not been yet built. (On my real
MAIB Bolger Index (1 message)
Fri Jun 20 2008
Well I was just looking up Laguna Madre Scows. Thought I might try Google images, as you do - no pics of scows on the first page, or any other, but in the
Re: Martha Jane (Texas 200) (3 messages)
Fri Jun 20 2008
Hi George, I watched that clip over, and over - seeing that hull and bow move so easily through the water at some speed is entrancing. I sailed beside one for
houseboat #481 bow enhancement (1 message)
Sat Jun 21 2008
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/files/houseboat%20%23%20481/ I have added a few pictures of adding the stringers and the results of the project including
Re: Before - Seabird '86 isometric (4 messages)
Wed Jun 25 2008
Does anyone know if a wishbown mast has been used for a dipping lug (although with the wishbone you would not have to dip...)? I have been thinking about this
Re: [bolger] diesel launch (22 messages)
Thu Jun 26 2008
Sorry to be so lomg getting back but if you don t find anything by PCB, you probably ought to look at selway-fisher.com or I think he s on duckworks also.
Re: [bolger] Re: SBJ Proposed Canalboat isometric (5 messages)
Fri Jun 27 2008
... It would take a pretty big solar array to get adaquate power, and there is scant storage space for the battery bank, but perhaps... I think Bolger
any new as29 or as39 builder sites avail with pictures / updates (1 message)
Sat Jun 28 2008
I need some encouragement - entertainment any new as29 or as39 builder sites avail with pictures / updates [Non-text portions of this message have been
Re: Gypsy isometric (2 messages)
Sat Jun 28 2008
Bruce, Lovely job as usual. You even nailed the stem construction and the off center dagger board case. Isn t there a 30 foot Bolger design which is an
Solstice Messabout (1 message)
Sun Jun 29 2008
Last weekend my sailing skiff, Pickle, and I attended the annual solstice messabout on Fisherman s Slough and Caterpillar Island, a little downstream from
and the link (1 message)
Sun Jun 29 2008
whoops. The link to the ad is: http://www.sailboatlistings.com/view/9131
RE: [bolger] MAIB (26 messages)
Mon Jun 30 2008
Send me a mailing address, either via this format or off line at chester@hanswilson.com. You have helped make my wife very happy. Caloosarat _____ From:
Re:Very green micro for sail (2 messages)
Mon Jun 30 2008
Evidently I need to raise the number when people ask me how much my Micro is worth! MylesJ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]