Re: Steel Singlehander
That's it! Thanks.
I did some digging around my closet and was able to find those BDQ
issues. They're next to me bed now, to stare at and dream, while
falling asleep...
I did some digging around my closet and was able to find those BDQ
issues. They're next to me bed now, to stare at and dream, while
falling asleep...
--- In bolger@y..., "pvanderwaart" <pvanderw@o...> wrote:
> > I remember seeing a Bolger design in Boat Design Quarterly, about
a
> > steel singlehander, about 20 ft length.
>
> Col. H. G. Hasler, #635. Never built as far as I have ever heard.
>
> This would be a very unusual boat. Performance would be quite
modest
> except in strong winds, but it would have safety and endurance far
> beyond the usual.
> - PHV
Reading between the lines of the review in BDQ, I got the impression
that author Mike O'Brien (who seems to have never met a Bolger boat
he didn't like) was a bit taken aback by the aesthetics--or lack
thereof--of the Col. Hasler. Still, for heavy weather, high latitude
single-handing, you could do far worse. Who cares what the boat looks
like when you're forty miles south of the Horn, surfing sixty foot
greybeards as they endlessly circumnavigate Antartica?
A much prettier and almost as seaworthy a hull would be Romp, a
30'x8'x1' Thames barge type vessel. There are at least two boats
built to the plans, one of which has done extensive offshore
cruising. I don't know if I would want to take this boat to the
Roaring Forties, but it has survived at least one hurricane. The main
problems with the design, imho, are: no provision for an engine, a
leg o' mutton yawl rig (not the greatest for offshore work), a main
mast that requires a crane to step it, and a huge sole-to-deck
centerboard case that splits the amidships cabin into two narrow
caves. Bolger long ago promised revisions addressing these issues,
but so far nothing has come of them (as far as I know),
porky
that author Mike O'Brien (who seems to have never met a Bolger boat
he didn't like) was a bit taken aback by the aesthetics--or lack
thereof--of the Col. Hasler. Still, for heavy weather, high latitude
single-handing, you could do far worse. Who cares what the boat looks
like when you're forty miles south of the Horn, surfing sixty foot
greybeards as they endlessly circumnavigate Antartica?
A much prettier and almost as seaworthy a hull would be Romp, a
30'x8'x1' Thames barge type vessel. There are at least two boats
built to the plans, one of which has done extensive offshore
cruising. I don't know if I would want to take this boat to the
Roaring Forties, but it has survived at least one hurricane. The main
problems with the design, imho, are: no provision for an engine, a
leg o' mutton yawl rig (not the greatest for offshore work), a main
mast that requires a crane to step it, and a huge sole-to-deck
centerboard case that splits the amidships cabin into two narrow
caves. Bolger long ago promised revisions addressing these issues,
but so far nothing has come of them (as far as I know),
porky
--- In bolger@y..., "pvanderwaart" <pvanderw@o...> wrote:
> > I remember seeing a Bolger design in Boat Design Quarterly, about
a
> > steel singlehander, about 20 ft length.
>
> Col. H. G. Hasler, #635. Never built as far as I have ever heard.
>
> This would be a very unusual boat. Performance would be quite
modest
> except in strong winds, but it would have safety and endurance far
> beyond the usual.
> - PHV
> I remember seeing a Bolger design in Boat Design Quarterly, about aCol. H. G. Hasler, #635. Never built as far as I have ever heard.
> steel singlehander, about 20 ft length.
This would be a very unusual boat. Performance would be quite modest
except in strong winds, but it would have safety and endurance far
beyond the usual.
- PHV
I remember seeing a Bolger design in Boat Design Quarterly, about a
steel singlehander, about 20 ft length. I was wondering if anyone
has heard of someone actually building or sailing one of these? I
beleive it was Design No. Six hundred and something, 635 maybe or 653.
steel singlehander, about 20 ft length. I was wondering if anyone
has heard of someone actually building or sailing one of these? I
beleive it was Design No. Six hundred and something, 635 maybe or 653.