October 2010
Re: A Bolger Marina Cruiser (3 messages)
Fri Oct 01 2010
A beautiful boat...I think the design is officially called Merlin now and no longer Marina Cruiser, named after this one, the first completed. I have
Diablo running on ebay (1 message)
Sun Oct 03 2010
The auction number is 200526827274 Don
Re: Mippet (3 messages)
Mon Oct 04 2010
... Thanks! She rows just dandy. Responsive and maneuverable, and rows well with two adults, also. A bit tippy, yes, but I ascribe that to her narrow beam. I m
Re: Stock plans ordering & custom designs (4 messages)
Mon Oct 04 2010
I got that now. Thank You. I ll check with the nearest Post Office as soon as I can. Ste
Oct2010 issue of Messing About in Boats (1 message)
Mon Oct 04 2010
A brief note to describe how much I enjoyed reading the latest issue of MAIB. The PB&F article about the death at sea in a gale aboard Bolger designed the
Rudder End Plates (1 message)
Mon Oct 04 2010
Just noticed there is a spirited discussion going at the DW discussion group regarding Bolger s use of rudder end plates. Some posts are quite humorous. If
Comfy, but fit to go to sea? (was Re: BWAOM: Please help identify boat on cover) (18 messages)
Tue Oct 05 2010
I think it is wrong for the sellers to identify Phil Bolger as the designer of this boat. There are so many things going on here that I doubt he would
RE: [bolger] Has anyone built or sailed a Featherwind or Dave Carnell's Nutmeg version? (1 message)
Tue Oct 05 2010
Featherwind, PCB Design #262, appeared in Small Boats and plans should be available from Suzanne. As I recall, Carnell put a Sunfish sail on a Featherwind
Plan Sales (1 message)
Tue Oct 05 2010
I think it would be stupid for Duckworks to try to suppress the purchasing of Bolger plans, or any other plans for that matter and here is why. Almost the
Re: 'Did I miss anybody . . .' (1 message)
Tue Oct 05 2010
I have been catching up with my reading and so forgive the lateness of my comments. A truly Open Forum is said to be one of the foundations of a
Auriga (28 messages)
Wed Oct 06 2010
Susanne wrote: As to AURIGA, she underwent a series of mostly productive reconsideration on the part of PB&F and the Kolbs. Her plans are well advanced and
Re: [bolger] Re: Phil's Novel "Schorpioen" (5 messages)
Wed Oct 06 2010
... Ditto from me. Schorpioen is a social cultural sailing fantasy fiction book set in an alternate world that challenges all sorts of preconceptions we take
AS-29 info needed (1 message)
Thu Oct 07 2010
Are the AS-29 plans still available? If so, where can they be ordered and for how much. Mike...
Re: [bolger] isometric of Bolger 15'6" ft cartoon Modern Sandbagger cat boat (7 messages)
Thu Oct 07 2010
Further to the mention of Red Zinger, I believe he said the bilge was to be strip planked. I wonder how the transition from strip to ply might be accomplished
Design 588, small commercial fishing boat (1 message)
Thu Oct 07 2010
http://hallman.org/bolger/588/ Here is another isometric, of Bolger s design 588, on spec for a commercial fishing boat to run out of Bermuda to catch fresh
Re: [bolger] Re:LIGHT SCHOONER (14 messages)
Thu Oct 07 2010
... Yes. And gilding these lilies rarely is as good as originally conceived. But here are Nels requirements: I know the obvious option is to use a boom tent.
Re: Storm Petrel (was...Featherwind or Dave Carnell's Nutmeg?) (9 messages)
Thu Oct 07 2010
A 10 sheet boat? 9 off 3/8 plywood sheets - required when hatch enlarged to doghouse? Plus part of another for the modified ply keel? (The remainder might be
Re: Did I miss anybody with e-mail requests ? (58 messages)
Thu Oct 07 2010
Nels, Of course stock plans should be mailed in a reasonable amount of time if the business is able to. For the past year it has not been able to. As for
Re: Bird of Dawning (6 messages)
Fri Oct 08 2010
Just noticed the 2001 date. Probably not still for sale:•)
Calculators (1 message)
Fri Oct 08 2010
Dreaming up a little project, came across these. The first is more useful at a real lumber yard than the closest big box, but has a nice little table for how
Re: [bolger] Freeship vs Delftship (6 messages)
Fri Oct 08 2010
The biggest functional difference I have noticed is that the freeship version will print while the free level delftship will not.
Re Chico Mendes (2 messages)
Fri Oct 08 2010
Chris, I remember our common interest in the SBJ boat. Notice the similarity in hull profiles between this stretched Jim Michalak AF4 Casa and the Cruiser.
Re: Chico Mendes (2 messages)
Fri Oct 08 2010
Trying yet again, then I must give up.
Re: 54 Bolger Pilothouse - "L'Tranger" (2 messages)
Sun Oct 10 2010
http://www.windwardyachts.com/sb_chinesegaff.html I remember seeing pictures of her before. Alot of boat.
Re: OLDSHOE (13 messages)
Tue Oct 12 2010
Joe I agree that with no need to get anywhere, the hydrodynamics from overloading don t matter too much. I found that in chop or crossing a motorboat wake with
Re: Nymph - Insight appreciated (30 messages)
Thu Oct 14 2010
David, I ll take a look tomorrow to be sure, but I think I pivoted it through a block at the vertical center outside the side panel, just forward of the
Re: [bolger] Re: Isometric, 32ft Fast Sport Fisherman, 70 mph (4 messages)
Thu Oct 14 2010
IIRC, this was a design for an offshore race of some kind.
Re: 2011 Bolger boat calendar? (20 messages)
Fri Oct 15 2010
I ll tke one! Col
PLAYING WITH SAILS (1 message)
Fri Oct 15 2010
ROGUE was supposed to be over canvased , but it didn t work out that way. ROGUE
Spartina: Attn Mike Murray (1 message)
Sat Oct 16 2010
Hi Mike, I was very excited to see your post about Spartina. I have plans and now that I have acquired the skills to build a lapstrake boat, I am intending to
Re: [bolger] SBJ 75, efficient outboard cruiser 22'6" isometric (4 messages)
Sat Oct 16 2010
The TimberCoast Troller! What a nice boat! But it s not a variation of George Calkin s Bartender, it s a completely new displacement speed design by Tad
I-60? (1 message)
Mon Oct 18 2010
All this talk of large sharpies got me wondering about the I-60. Have David and Susan had any word from Susanne as to whether the design can ever be completed?
Re: Leg-o-mutton mast question. (4 messages)
Fri Oct 22 2010
SURF plans specify 1 3/4 in. square, minimum. On several boats I have used this sail on a round mast, 2 inches at the bottom, set into a length of PVC pipe
Re: [bolger] Re:Littoral Combat Ship (24 messages)
Sun Oct 24 2010
... From: Eric Subject: [bolger] Re:Littoral Combat Ship To: bolger@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, October 24, 2010, 9:51 AM Even if
Re: Looking for a MAIB article on design #459 (48 messages)
Sun Oct 24 2010
Wow. Now THAT is an answer. Thanks a lot Gary.
Re: [bolger] new posts (8 messages)
Sat Oct 30 2010
Hi all, There s nothing like a kit boat for ease of construction;0 Mike ... From: Fred Schumacher Subject: Re: [bolger] new posts To: