[bolger] Re: The next boat (was: Boatbuilding...sort of)
"robert n. lundy" <rlund-@...> wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=993
the butt straps you are adding a lot of work. It's not worth it, IMHO. Also,
if you decide to redo the partner be aware it needs to be plenty strong
since it literally holds the mast up off the bottom as well as transferring
all the heeling and propulsive forces to the hull. The bottom isn't really
strong enough to support the weight of the mast by itself. Butt straps don't
look that bad, anyway.
springing for the plans. It's really too big a project for me at the moment
so it waits in the file cabinet for the right place and time. PCB has
designed a number of boats like BW, but nearly all are too big or too
complex for me at the moment. I really wanted a smaller version so I could
sail with my small kids safely corralled inside the cabin. Fortunately Jim
Michalak has drawn a number of boats in a size and complexity range
neglected by Bolger, including IMB. I also happen to think it is a rather
pretty (if unusual) design. I already own Jim's prettiest design, Sportdory,
so it will be nice to have his second prettiest in the fleet as well. ;-)
My boat is tentatively named "Pocket Watch" and will be started as soon as
we get through the holidays.
Peace,
John Bell
Kennesaw, GA
jmbell@...
http://jmbell.home.mindspring.com
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=993
> I've thought about using the hull forms as the bulkheads. What I reallywant
> to do is hide the buttstraps, so there is likely going to be some cut &fit.
> Also, I've toyed with the idea if building my mast partner differently,since
> I'll have that deck to fastern things to.slow
>
> Once you start to modify any of these seemingly small details, you really
> yourself down. Part of it is the thinking through process, the other isthe
> lack of a scaled plan for an idiot like me to follow. Just going to a 1/2inch
> bottom with the "square scarf" added significant time to my buildingprocess.
> If I didn't have my angle grinder to get the right bevel on that 1/2"bottom
> after attaching it and routing square, I'd still be sanding.I think you answered yourself here. If you move the bulkheads to cover up
>
the butt straps you are adding a lot of work. It's not worth it, IMHO. Also,
if you decide to redo the partner be aware it needs to be plenty strong
since it literally holds the mast up off the bottom as well as transferring
all the heeling and propulsive forces to the hull. The bottom isn't really
strong enough to support the weight of the mast by itself. Butt straps don't
look that bad, anyway.
> BTW, what did you decide to build, the IMB?Yep. I've always been a fan of Bolger's Birdwatcher to the point of
springing for the plans. It's really too big a project for me at the moment
so it waits in the file cabinet for the right place and time. PCB has
designed a number of boats like BW, but nearly all are too big or too
complex for me at the moment. I really wanted a smaller version so I could
sail with my small kids safely corralled inside the cabin. Fortunately Jim
Michalak has drawn a number of boats in a size and complexity range
neglected by Bolger, including IMB. I also happen to think it is a rather
pretty (if unusual) design. I already own Jim's prettiest design, Sportdory,
so it will be nice to have his second prettiest in the fleet as well. ;-)
My boat is tentatively named "Pocket Watch" and will be started as soon as
we get through the holidays.
Peace,
John Bell
Kennesaw, GA
jmbell@...
http://jmbell.home.mindspring.com