March 2011
Nice Present (1 message)
Wed Mar 02 2011
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Re: [bolger] Isometric of Viking Longboat, design 572 (2 messages)
Wed Mar 02 2011
... Thanks Bruce As a Dane I can identify with the type of boat :-) -- Carl Andersen
Re: Eeek! Catamaran thoughts (3 messages)
Thu Mar 03 2011
Tom, Sitka Explorer [LWL 37 1 ; LWb 7 2; LB 5.1; Midsection draft 8 ; Disp lt ship 5500lbs; Max displ 7400lbs; Inboard Deutz 2cyl deisel 30hp @ 3000rpm
Re: Design Name (6 messages)
Thu Mar 03 2011
I can t help you with the small WDJ - but I will point out that the Chebbacco #540 RD (the raised deck design) has a slot top cabin with a long hatch that can
Re: A Bolger launch? (20 messages)
Fri Mar 04 2011
Not a Bolger design, but John Welsford has a sharpie launch design: http://www.jwboatdesigns.co.nz/plans/piwakawaka/index.htm and Selway-Fisher offers a couple
Re: Bolgers most recent, Advanced Sharpie AS-34 isometric (20 messages)
Fri Mar 04 2011
I have been thinking almost the same thing lately: JB upside-down on one side of an AS-32 deck been flush with th esame deck. The side of the recess would be
Re: [bolger] Re: Mast tabernacle setup [long post] (8 messages)
Sun Mar 06 2011
Thanks, Derek. That clears the mystery for me. Nice work! -Eric - - - -
Re: [bolger] Re: Navel Jelly Galley (7 messages)
Sun Mar 06 2011
The original Naval Jelly went together in a few days, Seth s didn t take long either, there are three photos in Files under Naval Jelly and they show it coming
Re: Isometric, 16 foot Nord Coaster, design 576 (10 messages)
Wed Mar 09 2011
... True that. Moreover, for a larger boat with accomodations there s the accelerations available from doing the bottom and lower topsides inverted; and, after
Re: Spartina (21 messages)
Wed Mar 09 2011
Thaks Mike Murray. A real lovely boat, possibly also stable enough for an old man with bad back???
Re: Spartina Isometric, design 574 (7 messages)
Thu Mar 10 2011
I ll second that. Every bolger boat I build is better in real life than in the drawings. I never got tired of admiring the lowly Auray Punt--there s something
TV sailing commercial (1 message)
Thu Mar 10 2011
Hi Folks, There is a link Below that goes to a TV commercial I worked on while in Florida 1988. I helped build a Pora that turned out to be a catamaran. The
Re: 28-30' box keel sharpie plan (16 messages)
Mon Mar 14 2011
The Skillygallee (a lenghtened black skimmer with a centerboard) sounds like the hull I looking for. Does anyone know to get a copy of those plans? Thank you.
Re: What is the latest understanding on keeping wet epoxied pieces from getting glued to the work-table ? (8 messages)
Mon Mar 14 2011
Drive drywall screws through waxed block (use floor wax) or with wax paper underneath. Remove screws & blocks after epoxy has set up and fill holes with
Re: What is the latest understanding on keeping wet epoxied pieces f (1 message)
Mon Mar 14 2011
... While the first part is true, the second part of this is not. There was a promotion for sealable plastic bags designed for the refrigeration of produce. At
Re: [bolger] Re:28-30' box keel sharpie (2 messages)
Tue Mar 15 2011
Don t forget a high aspect lug. Comparable to a run of the mill modern rig with a much lower COE, until you add in all the high-tech racing gear. John Boy If
Isometric, Bolger design 639, Family-Schooner, 25ft6in, "William D. Jochems" (1 message)
Wed Mar 16 2011
Bolger design 639, Family-Schooner, 25ft6in, William D. Jochems Being long curious about this Bolger schooner, I just completed a study and thought I would
Re: Mast tabernacle photo anyone? (5 messages)
Wed Mar 16 2011
I do like the folding type, but the slot would work just as well, providing a proper boot could be fitted. A little creative canvas work would solve the
Re: Centennial 11 did sail very well. (3 messages)
Thu Mar 17 2011
... Nearly forgot to ask what you thought about rigging a mizzen staysail for long tacks in light airs. The mainsheet lead aft to the high placed mizzen mast
Western Oregon Season Opener Small Boat Messabout Next Weekend (1 message)
Sat Mar 19 2011
At Lowell State Park, on Dexter Lake Saturday and Sunday, March 26 & 27, though some hardy Coots may come Friday and stay on their boats. Most of the action
Re: [bolger] Re: aluminium boat plans (5 messages)
Sat Mar 19 2011
I know of a 14 foot aluminum jonsboat that has been sitting on a trailer (with two flat tires) in a garage for at least 10 years. A 10 HP four-stroke Honda is
Re: [bolger] Re: A green 78ft yacht (6 messages)
Wed Mar 23 2011
Dear Pam, Good Luck with them. Cheers, Love Stuart ... From: sirdarnell To: bolger@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 8:48 AM Subject: [bolger]
Re: [bolger] Re: Centennial 11 (4 messages)
Wed Mar 23 2011
... If you need a shoal draft boat there are other designs to choose from, which might be better a better option than redesign. Centenial II doesn t have any
Re: [bolger] Re: Cartopper hull panel templates (3 messages)
Sat Mar 26 2011
I am sure that the patterns are perfect but my own opinion is that drawing out the lines from your own measurements is as accurate or more so then tracing
Re: Centennial changes (2 messages)
Sun Mar 27 2011
John, leaning out to slide the board up would do anyone s back in that s if they didn t also fall in ;-) She blew over! Was there any other weight aboard?
Re: Alternative mast for a Surf? (9 messages)
Sun Mar 27 2011
unfortunatly my sailing experience is rather limited, most of my logged hours have been on a 92 tonn Sail Training Yacht (HMCS Oriole). I ve spent a few days
Re: [bolger] Re: Chinese Gaffer - Proa - Time to Junk that Xmas Tree (7 messages)
Sun Mar 27 2011
... Sorry that is not correct the square rigger needed very strong sail material. Doug
Re: Chinese Gaffer rig (13 messages)
Sun Mar 27 2011
c-rusier Thanks for the links. I did finally find a picture which made sense of the cambered sails. http://www.junkrigassociation.org/sailplans_current It
Jinny Movies (1 message)
Tue Mar 29 2011
Sweet! http://www.youtube.com/user/67viggen#g/u Neat! other Bolger boat
Dynamite (4 messages)
Tue Mar 29 2011
I just posted a photo of Dynamite in the photos section. I took this in October, 2007, when I visited him in his shop.
Re: Hollow free flooding keels (Chebacco, Micro) (27 messages)
Wed Mar 30 2011
... water ... 70 litres of water = 70 kg= 154lbs (approx) Cheers Peter
New to Group (1 message)
Wed Mar 30 2011
Hi All you boat builders! I am 61, medically retired, but wood is still in my skin, so to speak. I have built one Kayak, and as many of us do, I modified it