Re: [bolger] Eek!
You wrote:
Mark
> I'm not saying to scale the Peero. I'm saying that the Peero isQuite so. And there a a lot more Martha Janes than any captivating Anhinga.
> Bolger's more satisfactory follow on to the "Eeeek" experiment.
Mark
>Craig & Phil,I'm not saying to scale the Peero. I'm saying that the Peero is
>
>Straight scaling up Peero produces a boat with too much rocker
>forward. I had better luck
>drawing a similar boat to 18 feet by scaling June Bug up or the
>Anhinga down. Eeek! itself
>is worth a try.
Bolger's more satisfactory follow on to the "Eeeek" experiment.
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Craig & Phil,
Straight scaling up Peero produces a boat with too much rocker forward. I had better luck
drawing a similar boat to 18 feet by scaling June Bug up or the Anhinga down. Eeek! itself
is worth a try.
Are you after another paddle boat, Phil, or what?
Mark
craig o'donnell wrote:
Straight scaling up Peero produces a boat with too much rocker forward. I had better luck
drawing a similar boat to 18 feet by scaling June Bug up or the Anhinga down. Eeek! itself
is worth a try.
Are you after another paddle boat, Phil, or what?
Mark
craig o'donnell wrote:
>
> >Has anyone built an Eek or something similar? I am considering
> >building one in a 1.5 enlargement--about 17.5' X 3'. If you have some
> >words of wisdom, let me hear from you here or privately at my email
> >address.
> >
> >Phil
>
> The shareware Sailing Peero is "Eeek 2". See the plans in MAIB some
> years back or as reproduced on the Cheap Pages. John Harris wrote to
> Bolger about Eeek plans and Boger said, "Wait, this will be better".
> Send him $25 if you build one.
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>Has anyone built an Eek or something similar? I am consideringThe shareware Sailing Peero is "Eeek 2". See the plans in MAIB some
>building one in a 1.5 enlargement--about 17.5' X 3'. If you have some
>words of wisdom, let me hear from you here or privately at my email
>address.
>
>Phil
years back or as reproduced on the Cheap Pages. John Harris wrote to
Bolger about Eeek plans and Boger said, "Wait, this will be better".
Send him $25 if you build one.
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The sides,as scaled up,would be too high to paddle and you would have to sit too high to row properly but having said that,it might make a very nice minimal sailboat,provided you sat on the bottom. The shelter from the elements with a ply or fabric deck may do as an overnighter but you have to ask if you should really build a simple skiff / sharpie /pirogue with as much rocker in the bottom as you need in relation to the proposed loads- say between 4/1/2 and 6 inches and make the sides 16 inches high. But of course there are about a zillion of these plans floating about so yer 'aves yer pick and takes yer choice. No need for me to re-design the wheel. Any boat is better than no boat so I say just go to it.! Andy
kayak_user <srelt@...> wrote:Has anyone built an Eek or something similar? I am considering
building one in a 1.5 enlargement--about 17.5' X 3'. If you have some
words of wisdom, let me hear from you here or privately at my email
address.
Phil
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kayak_user <srelt@...> wrote:Has anyone built an Eek or something similar? I am considering
building one in a 1.5 enlargement--about 17.5' X 3'. If you have some
words of wisdom, let me hear from you here or privately at my email
address.
Phil
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I built what I call fat eek. I haven't done the rudder or board yet.
I looked through the whole range, EEK, Anhinga, And the 36'
sharpie.
Fat eek is and EEk to anhinga's lines. 30" wide The 36' is a scaled
up Eek.
It was pretty clear from the book that eek was too narrow for
sailing, and possibly even too narrow for my frame. So I built fat
eek. These boats have a great look, and I would like to try to make
them work. Build all of them. Unfortunately, I think Bolger was
possibly wrong about what the additional bouyancy in the rear does,
later suggestiong it may work opposite the righting moment when
heeled. Also, they seem to eminate from the capizing sharpie period
of his design career. I asked Bolger about plans for the 36', and he
was willing, but not enthusiastic.
I think this prototypical box is a nifty departure point for anyone
interested in evolving some other boats, possible multihulls, which
is also an interest of mine.
If you look up Anhinga, you should find quite a bit amoung past posts.
I looked through the whole range, EEK, Anhinga, And the 36'
sharpie.
Fat eek is and EEk to anhinga's lines. 30" wide The 36' is a scaled
up Eek.
It was pretty clear from the book that eek was too narrow for
sailing, and possibly even too narrow for my frame. So I built fat
eek. These boats have a great look, and I would like to try to make
them work. Build all of them. Unfortunately, I think Bolger was
possibly wrong about what the additional bouyancy in the rear does,
later suggestiong it may work opposite the righting moment when
heeled. Also, they seem to eminate from the capizing sharpie period
of his design career. I asked Bolger about plans for the 36', and he
was willing, but not enthusiastic.
I think this prototypical box is a nifty departure point for anyone
interested in evolving some other boats, possible multihulls, which
is also an interest of mine.
If you look up Anhinga, you should find quite a bit amoung past posts.
Has anyone built an Eek or something similar? I am considering
building one in a 1.5 enlargement--about 17.5' X 3'. If you have some
words of wisdom, let me hear from you here or privately at my email
address.
Phil
building one in a 1.5 enlargement--about 17.5' X 3'. If you have some
words of wisdom, let me hear from you here or privately at my email
address.
Phil