Re: Tennessee VS Idaho
The Idaho will plane and is fast in smooth water. The Tennessee is
more a displacement speed boat that can probably handle a little
rougher water but not open seas.
Charles
more a displacement speed boat that can probably handle a little
rougher water but not open seas.
Charles
The Idaho is five feet wide, 31 feet long with a flat bottom. The
Tennessee is 6 feet wide and 29 feet long with a rockered bottom.
The Idaho was designed for wheelchair access inside and outside of
the house. 4'-10" is enough headroom for a wheelchair. You can make
the house taller for more headroom and longer for more enclosed space.
Charles
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wrote:
Tennessee is 6 feet wide and 29 feet long with a rockered bottom.
The Idaho was designed for wheelchair access inside and outside of
the house. 4'-10" is enough headroom for a wheelchair. You can make
the house taller for more headroom and longer for more enclosed space.
Charles
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wrote:
> I can see (I guess) that the Idaho and Tennessee is constructed inHow
> two different ways, the Tennessee the Sharpie way with bending the
> sides arround the bulkheads/frames with attaching the bottom after
> on external chinelogs and the Idaho with the chinelogs installed on
> the bottom and then the sides screwed on the internal chinelogs.
> is the Wyoming constructed?
> Claus
The bottom of the Dakota hull is 3 layers of 1/2" (12mm) ply and
the full length shoe/keel is solid 4 layers of 1/2" ply.
Vince
the full length shoe/keel is solid 4 layers of 1/2" ply.
Vince
> Yes that boat looks great, the shoe keel is that solid or the
> boxkeel?
> Claus
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Yes that boat looks great, the shoe keel is that solid or the
boxkeel?
Claus
> --- In bolger@y..., "aquatronclaus" <aquatronboat@h...> wrote:Many thanks!
> > a 31 footer, I guess
>
> Two other power sharpies in this
> size range are the Windermere
> and the Dakota. If I recall
> correctly, the Tennessee has a
> very flat bottom [meant for rivers],
> and the Dakota has more of a rocker
> in the bottom which I understand is
> helpful in rougher water.
>
> When I asked the question of PB&F
> to recommend a boat for use up and
> down the westcoast of USA, [lots of
> exposed coast], a few tough bar
> crossings to ports; their answer
> was a Dakota with a Deutz diesel
> engine.
>
>http://www.hallman.org/bolger/Dakota/
>
> Has a few scans of the Dakota layouts.
Yes that boat looks great, the shoe keel is that solid or the
boxkeel?
Claus
Like the Idaho.
It's about the same in time and effort except with chine logs you don't have
to do the tape and fillet of the side panels to the hull bottom.
If I built another Tennessee, and I may, I would use chine logs.
Jeff
It's about the same in time and effort except with chine logs you don't have
to do the tape and fillet of the side panels to the hull bottom.
If I built another Tennessee, and I may, I would use chine logs.
Jeff
I can see (I guess) that the Idaho and Tennessee is constructed in
two different ways, the Tennessee the Sharpie way with bending the
sides arround the bulkheads/frames with attaching the bottom after
on external chinelogs and the Idaho with the chinelogs installed on
the bottom and then the sides screwed on the internal chinelogs. How
is the Wyoming constructed?
Claus
two different ways, the Tennessee the Sharpie way with bending the
sides arround the bulkheads/frames with attaching the bottom after
on external chinelogs and the Idaho with the chinelogs installed on
the bottom and then the sides screwed on the internal chinelogs. How
is the Wyoming constructed?
Claus
Claus,
Click here for WINDERMERE......lots of head room and insulated
for cooler/cold climates!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bolger2/files/WINDERMERE%20Construction%
20photos/WINDERMERE%2Canother%20view
If the link does not work,go to Bolger2 and check the files section
re:WINDERMERE
Have fun!
Peter Lenihan
Click here for WINDERMERE......lots of head room and insulated
for cooler/cold climates!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bolger2/files/WINDERMERE%20Construction%
20photos/WINDERMERE%2Canother%20view
If the link does not work,go to Bolger2 and check the files section
re:WINDERMERE
Have fun!
Peter Lenihan
>HOUSE is too low with under 5 foot headroom on a 31 footer, I guessYes, the Wyo has 6 1/2 foot headroom in the main cabin.
>that the Wyoming have full standing headroom in the main saloon?
Jeff
Claus, you may want to check out Bolger's Topaz line
of glass-house light cruisers, too. Also very easy to
build. If you send PB&F a letter with the
specifications you are looking for, I would bet that
Bolger would give you some useful advice. Sam
Here in Denmark we don�t have much
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of glass-house light cruisers, too. Also very easy to
build. If you send PB&F a letter with the
specifications you are looking for, I would bet that
Bolger would give you some useful advice. Sam
Here in Denmark we don�t have much
> protected__________________________________________________
> waterways, only a very few, I have never done that
> part of boating,
> thats what I will use my coming power sharpie for. I
> have only the
> plans for the Tennessee from Different boats, but I
> don�t guess it
> is better detailed on the original plans or? I still
> love the Idaho,
> it should be pretty fast even with small engines,
> but maybe the
> HOUSE is too low with under 5 foot headroom on a 31
> footer, I guess
> that the Wyoming have full standing headroom in the
> main saloon? I
> like that you can see 360 degrees round in your boat
> from the
> saloon, just like Wyoming and Idaho, we only have
> few days in
> Denmark where we have the good weather for staying
> outside on the
> boat
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Claus, you may want to check out Bolger's Topaz line
of glass-house light cruisers, too. Also very easy to
build. If you send PB&F a letter with the
specifications you are looking for, I would bet that
Bolger would give you some useful advice. Sam
Here in Denmark we don�t have much
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of glass-house light cruisers, too. Also very easy to
build. If you send PB&F a letter with the
specifications you are looking for, I would bet that
Bolger would give you some useful advice. Sam
Here in Denmark we don�t have much
> protected__________________________________________________
> waterways, only a very few, I have never done that
> part of boating,
> thats what I will use my coming power sharpie for. I
> have only the
> plans for the Tennessee from Different boats, but I
> don�t guess it
> is better detailed on the original plans or? I still
> love the Idaho,
> it should be pretty fast even with small engines,
> but maybe the
> HOUSE is too low with under 5 foot headroom on a 31
> footer, I guess
> that the Wyoming have full standing headroom in the
> main saloon? I
> like that you can see 360 degrees round in your boat
> from the
> saloon, just like Wyoming and Idaho, we only have
> few days in
> Denmark where we have the good weather for staying
> outside on the
> boat
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--- In bolger@y..., "aquatronclaus" <aquatronboat@h...> wrote:
size range are the Windermere
and the Dakota. If I recall
correctly, the Tennessee has a
very flat bottom [meant for rivers],
and the Dakota has more of a rocker
in the bottom which I understand is
helpful in rougher water.
When I asked the question of PB&F
to recommend a boat for use up and
down the westcoast of USA, [lots of
exposed coast], a few tough bar
crossings to ports; their answer
was a Dakota with a Deutz diesel
engine.
http://www.hallman.org/bolger/Dakota/
Has a few scans of the Dakota layouts.
> a 31 footer, I guessTwo other power sharpies in this
size range are the Windermere
and the Dakota. If I recall
correctly, the Tennessee has a
very flat bottom [meant for rivers],
and the Dakota has more of a rocker
in the bottom which I understand is
helpful in rougher water.
When I asked the question of PB&F
to recommend a boat for use up and
down the westcoast of USA, [lots of
exposed coast], a few tough bar
crossings to ports; their answer
was a Dakota with a Deutz diesel
engine.
http://www.hallman.org/bolger/Dakota/
Has a few scans of the Dakota layouts.
Many thanks for all answers to me on this board. I am a
boatdealer/importer in Europe, so it is not a boat I need for coming
on the water. I have always had a very big interrest in Self
constructed boats, special the Bolger Power Sharpies, I just love
those simple boats. I already have tried to make the dimensions,
cuts and temporary assemble work (cardboard) on the June Bug, I
thougt this design came closest to the Tennessee, Idaho and Wyoming,
I did it direct from the Book New Instants boats, it turn out
perfect in a very few hours of work, so now I know that I am able to
construct a boat. Here in Denmark we don´t have much protected
waterways, only a very few, I have never done that part of boating,
thats what I will use my coming power sharpie for. I have only the
plans for the Tennessee from Different boats, but I don´t guess it
is better detailed on the original plans or? I still love the Idaho,
it should be pretty fast even with small engines, but maybe the
HOUSE is too low with under 5 foot headroom on a 31 footer, I guess
that the Wyoming have full standing headroom in the main saloon? I
like that you can see 360 degrees round in your boat from the
saloon, just like Wyoming and Idaho, we only have few days in
Denmark where we have the good weather for staying outside on the
boat.´Is it only a very few numbers of thoose power sharpies that is
under construction, or don´t we just not hear about them here. I
also think that the Dakota is a lovely design, but it maybe looks a
bit heavier to me than the Wyoming.
Claus
boatdealer/importer in Europe, so it is not a boat I need for coming
on the water. I have always had a very big interrest in Self
constructed boats, special the Bolger Power Sharpies, I just love
those simple boats. I already have tried to make the dimensions,
cuts and temporary assemble work (cardboard) on the June Bug, I
thougt this design came closest to the Tennessee, Idaho and Wyoming,
I did it direct from the Book New Instants boats, it turn out
perfect in a very few hours of work, so now I know that I am able to
construct a boat. Here in Denmark we don´t have much protected
waterways, only a very few, I have never done that part of boating,
thats what I will use my coming power sharpie for. I have only the
plans for the Tennessee from Different boats, but I don´t guess it
is better detailed on the original plans or? I still love the Idaho,
it should be pretty fast even with small engines, but maybe the
HOUSE is too low with under 5 foot headroom on a 31 footer, I guess
that the Wyoming have full standing headroom in the main saloon? I
like that you can see 360 degrees round in your boat from the
saloon, just like Wyoming and Idaho, we only have few days in
Denmark where we have the good weather for staying outside on the
boat.´Is it only a very few numbers of thoose power sharpies that is
under construction, or don´t we just not hear about them here. I
also think that the Dakota is a lovely design, but it maybe looks a
bit heavier to me than the Wyoming.
Claus