Re: [bolger] Re: Spur II pictures
So they haven't run all the liveaboards out of Eagle harbor yet. Good. I
can't understand people who think that anything interesting is an "eyesore"
and anyone who doesn't toe the line and follow a life of "quiet desparation"
is a subversive, or a criminal, or worse... (of course some of the
liveaboards probably are all of the above, but that's beside the point) Here
are some stories about the liveaboards at Eagle Harbor that the late Don
Berry wrote several years ago and never published on paper.
http://www.speakeasy.org/berry/harbor2/harbor2.html
Berry's historical novels about the Northwest are good reads, especially
Trask, which gets a bit woo-woo (but it works). Yeah, that's the guy they
named the river after. To Build a Ship is about building the first ship, a
small schooner, at Tillamook Bay. Moontrap is about the time when the Oregon
Territory was coming into being. A Majority of Scoundrels is a very readable
non-fiction account of the fur trade and the characters who worked in it. I
heartily recommend all of them.
--
John <jkohnen@...>
http://www.boat-links.com/
There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is
the impulse to punish the man with a superior capacity for happiness.
<H. L. Mencken>
can't understand people who think that anything interesting is an "eyesore"
and anyone who doesn't toe the line and follow a life of "quiet desparation"
is a subversive, or a criminal, or worse... (of course some of the
liveaboards probably are all of the above, but that's beside the point) Here
are some stories about the liveaboards at Eagle Harbor that the late Don
Berry wrote several years ago and never published on paper.
http://www.speakeasy.org/berry/harbor2/harbor2.html
Berry's historical novels about the Northwest are good reads, especially
Trask, which gets a bit woo-woo (but it works). Yeah, that's the guy they
named the river after. To Build a Ship is about building the first ship, a
small schooner, at Tillamook Bay. Moontrap is about the time when the Oregon
Territory was coming into being. A Majority of Scoundrels is a very readable
non-fiction account of the fur trade and the characters who worked in it. I
heartily recommend all of them.
--
John <jkohnen@...>
http://www.boat-links.com/
There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is
the impulse to punish the man with a superior capacity for happiness.
<H. L. Mencken>
--- In bolger@y..., "brucehector" <bruce_hector@h...> wrote:
not a lot], and Spur II is far and away the best row boat I used. A
combination of light weight and perfect lines cause her to feel very
stable, accelerate quickly and glide smooth and straight. She's
quickest single handed, but also carried two big guys and a kid [500
lbs] without any stress.
hours into the hull, 10 hrs for paint and glass [below the waterline
only], and 10 hrs for the oars. I found her *much* more easy to
build than I had feared. I liked that the curves could give an inch
this way or that, and accuracy was not needed with Bondo filler at
hand.
I estimate Spur II was 50% more time consuming than a similar sized
hard chine plywood boat. [I built a Michalak Roar in 48 hours.]
==
> ...it looks like she rows and glides perfectly to boot.She rows spectacularly. I have done more than a little rowing [but
not a lot], and Spur II is far and away the best row boat I used. A
combination of light weight and perfect lines cause her to feel very
stable, accelerate quickly and glide smooth and straight. She's
quickest single handed, but also carried two big guys and a kid [500
lbs] without any stress.
> Was she hard to build?I deliberately tried to build her as quick and dirty as I could. 65
hours into the hull, 10 hrs for paint and glass [below the waterline
only], and 10 hrs for the oars. I found her *much* more easy to
build than I had feared. I liked that the curves could give an inch
this way or that, and accuracy was not needed with Bondo filler at
hand.
I estimate Spur II was 50% more time consuming than a similar sized
hard chine plywood boat. [I built a Michalak Roar in 48 hours.]
==
--- In bolger@y..., "Harry W. James" <welshman@p...> wrote:
> If I am not mistaken, that poly tarp
> Junk rig is a low budget Badger, of
> Pete and Annie hill fame.
I was thinking the same thing, if not exactly the same, it is very
similar. No one was at home when I visited, or I would have asked.
If I am not mistaken, that poly tarp Junk rig is a low budget Badger, of
Pete and Annie hill fame.
HJ
brucehallman wrote:
Pete and Annie hill fame.
HJ
brucehallman wrote:
>
>http://www.hallman.org/bolger/spur/row/
>
> A selection of pictures of one of my adventures rowing Spur II this
> last week. Poking around among the Libertarian live-aboard
> floatilla in Eagle Harbor, Bainbridge Island
>
Beautiful, and it looks like she rows and glides perfectly to boot.
Was she hard to build?
Was she hard to build?
Those live aboards must have been very envious of your Spur II. The
very classic lines would make your boat an excellent tender for any
retro yacht. Thank you for the photo's.
John
very classic lines would make your boat an excellent tender for any
retro yacht. Thank you for the photo's.
John
--- In bolger@y..., "brucehallman" <brucehallman@y...> wrote:
>http://www.hallman.org/bolger/spur/row/
>
> A selection of pictures of one of my adventures rowing Spur II this
> last week. Poking around among the Libertarian live-aboard
> floatilla in Eagle Harbor, Bainbridge Island
http://www.hallman.org/bolger/spur/row/
A selection of pictures of one of my adventures rowing Spur II this
last week. Poking around among the Libertarian live-aboard
floatilla in Eagle Harbor, Bainbridge Island
A selection of pictures of one of my adventures rowing Spur II this
last week. Poking around among the Libertarian live-aboard
floatilla in Eagle Harbor, Bainbridge Island