RE: [bolger] Re: Double Eagle

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-----Original Message-----
From: thomas dalzell [mailto:proaconstrictor@...]
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 9:05 PM
To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [bolger] Re: Double Eagle


Has anyone seen any pictures on the web, or heard
anything about the jaunty looking Bolger designed
Double Eagle? A catamaran described as a 39'
wilderness cabin for six paying guests on week-long
trips in the Alaska wilderness.

A sheet for it was featured in Wooden Boat #146.

Any information would be appreciated.

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Being a machinist or sorts, I would go after the 1" waggling rudder
stock problem in a slightly different fashion then most.

Instead of trying to mess around with enlarging the hole to 2" I would
look at the head of the rudder stock and think about how I was gonna
pull the shaft and fit it with a sleeve on the top. A piece of steel
bored to 1" to fit on the shaft with an outside diameter to suit tiller
mounting should be a piece of cake. Or it could be square stock so you
could get a better grip with the tiller. You could fix it with a
keyway, or spline the shaft if you are fussy and have the right
equipment. Or just drill it all for a couple of stainless steel cross
bolts that could do double duty to mount the tiller firmly also.

Maybe I should ask, how is the tiller fastened to the rudder stock now?
Is it fastened in some manner or just friction fit to the rudder stock?

Somehow I hate to think of enlarging holes in the bottom of any boat.
:-)

Regards, Bubba K.
From the Coastal Empire of Georgia.
Has anyone seen any pictures on the web, or heard
anything about the jaunty looking Bolger designed
Double Eagle? A catamaran described as a 39'
wilderness cabin for six paying guests on week-long
trips in the Alaska wilderness.

A sheet for it was featured in Wooden Boat #146.

Any information would be appreciated.

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