Re: [bolger] Superbrick Challenge Rules, could be a 2X post, if so sorry, it's long.
Does it have to be made out of ply? We have a lot of aluminum signs on
all the freeways out hear . they are enormous. about 3mm thick. great
for making a superbrick.
all the freeways out hear . they are enormous. about 3mm thick. great
for making a superbrick.
On Friday, May 9, 2003, at 11:01 PM, Bruce Hector wrote:
> The money is starting to look serious Bolgeristeros and I've recieved
> a few emails with rule request. My goal, and I assume most of you, is
> simply to get one (or more, could it become the next racing class?)
> built, lauched and used for the greater benefit of Bolgeristas
> everywhere. To that end I proposed some pretty loose and simple rules
> suggestions a while back.
>
> They are:
>
> If it looks like a Superbrick, and it sleeps 4 inside like a
> Superbrick, and it sails like a Superbrick, then it must BE a
> Superbrick!
>
> 1-Build from Bolger plans. Does NOT need to be 100% accurate. I has
> to finish up close enough so that if you were driving across a bridge
> at, say 30 mph (50 kph in Canada and the world) and saw the ugly
> sucker anchored in the river a hundred yards (meters) away you'd
> shout "Hey, THAT'S a SUPERBRICK!" and immeadiately turn off the road
> and try to get a closer look. That's close enough! Personally, I'd
> swim out if I didn't have a boat on the roof!
>
> 2-Finished interior, how well finished? As champion of the workboat
> finish, I'd say if you don't get any serious slivers in your toes so
> long as you leave you gumboots on that's good enough. Must sleep 4,
> have a galleycapable of making instant coffee and heating a can of
> beans, table, usable head, with built in (or screwed in Home
> Depot/Ikea crud) furnishings, etc.
>
> 3-Must be able to maneuver on all three points of sail. Running,
> reaching, tacking, this to be proved by getting around a small
> triangular course without resorting to the stink pot.
>
> 4-Exterior finish. As desired by the "proud" builder. I'd suggest a
> burlap flour mill bag motif for the sail and a barnboard/bullet holed
> road sign applique for the hull, but that's just how I'd do her.
>
> That's my suggestion for the rules.
>
> Comments? Suggestions? Objections? Are all welcome and encouraged.
>
> Bruce Hector
>http://www.brucesboats.com
> Who'd happily double his pledge if one showed up at the September
> Messabout in Kingston. Full details at the website above.
>
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Peter Page
Aorta
P.O. Box 418 Emerald 3782
Victoria, Australia
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The money is starting to look serious Bolgeristeros and I've recieved
a few emails with rule request. My goal, and I assume most of you, is
simply to get one (or more, could it become the next racing class?)
built, lauched and used for the greater benefit of Bolgeristas
everywhere. To that end I proposed some pretty loose and simple rules
suggestions a while back.
They are:
If it looks like a Superbrick, and it sleeps 4 inside like a
Superbrick, and it sails like a Superbrick, then it must BE a
Superbrick!
1-Build from Bolger plans. Does NOT need to be 100% accurate. I has
to finish up close enough so that if you were driving across a bridge
at, say 30 mph (50 kph in Canada and the world) and saw the ugly
sucker anchored in the river a hundred yards (meters) away you'd
shout "Hey, THAT'S a SUPERBRICK!" and immeadiately turn off the road
and try to get a closer look. That's close enough! Personally, I'd
swim out if I didn't have a boat on the roof!
2-Finished interior, how well finished? As champion of the workboat
finish, I'd say if you don't get any serious slivers in your toes so
long as you leave you gumboots on that's good enough. Must sleep 4,
have a galleycapable of making instant coffee and heating a can of
beans, table, usable head, with built in (or screwed in Home
Depot/Ikea crud) furnishings, etc.
3-Must be able to maneuver on all three points of sail. Running,
reaching, tacking, this to be proved by getting around a small
triangular course without resorting to the stink pot.
4-Exterior finish. As desired by the "proud" builder. I'd suggest a
burlap flour mill bag motif for the sail and a barnboard/bullet holed
road sign applique for the hull, but that's just how I'd do her.
That's my suggestion for the rules.
Comments? Suggestions? Objections? Are all welcome and encouraged.
Bruce Hector
http://www.brucesboats.com
Who'd happily double his pledge if one showed up at the September
Messabout in Kingston. Full details at the website above.
a few emails with rule request. My goal, and I assume most of you, is
simply to get one (or more, could it become the next racing class?)
built, lauched and used for the greater benefit of Bolgeristas
everywhere. To that end I proposed some pretty loose and simple rules
suggestions a while back.
They are:
If it looks like a Superbrick, and it sleeps 4 inside like a
Superbrick, and it sails like a Superbrick, then it must BE a
Superbrick!
1-Build from Bolger plans. Does NOT need to be 100% accurate. I has
to finish up close enough so that if you were driving across a bridge
at, say 30 mph (50 kph in Canada and the world) and saw the ugly
sucker anchored in the river a hundred yards (meters) away you'd
shout "Hey, THAT'S a SUPERBRICK!" and immeadiately turn off the road
and try to get a closer look. That's close enough! Personally, I'd
swim out if I didn't have a boat on the roof!
2-Finished interior, how well finished? As champion of the workboat
finish, I'd say if you don't get any serious slivers in your toes so
long as you leave you gumboots on that's good enough. Must sleep 4,
have a galleycapable of making instant coffee and heating a can of
beans, table, usable head, with built in (or screwed in Home
Depot/Ikea crud) furnishings, etc.
3-Must be able to maneuver on all three points of sail. Running,
reaching, tacking, this to be proved by getting around a small
triangular course without resorting to the stink pot.
4-Exterior finish. As desired by the "proud" builder. I'd suggest a
burlap flour mill bag motif for the sail and a barnboard/bullet holed
road sign applique for the hull, but that's just how I'd do her.
That's my suggestion for the rules.
Comments? Suggestions? Objections? Are all welcome and encouraged.
Bruce Hector
http://www.brucesboats.com
Who'd happily double his pledge if one showed up at the September
Messabout in Kingston. Full details at the website above.