Re: houseboat #481
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, Hal Lynch <hal@c...> wrote:
http://f5.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/oCYnPwyvXZQOrN53dTlF2dgqtt63IVF8LCfFH-XluFY2O2dxtSkiBFwSe4WYtil1avgBfu_fJZ-hF3MYlE7HmDcy_fc/Bolger%20Houseboat/Bolger_Houseboat.jpeg
It is the first page of the 4 page plan. Paul McLellan wantabe
shantyboat man
> Ok I give up! Where can I find a plan and profile view of 481?Try this Hal from bolger2 files
>
> hal
http://f5.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/oCYnPwyvXZQOrN53dTlF2dgqtt63IVF8LCfFH-XluFY2O2dxtSkiBFwSe4WYtil1avgBfu_fJZ-hF3MYlE7HmDcy_fc/Bolger%20Houseboat/Bolger_Houseboat.jpeg
It is the first page of the 4 page plan. Paul McLellan wantabe
shantyboat man
Ok I give up! Where can I find a plan and profile view of 481?
hal
hal
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <bys@c...> wrote:
Fantastic!! Seeing those pictures with the cabin sides up sure gets
my juices going thinking about when I too will get to experience the
same thrill with Windermere!
The toughest part is coming up however,and I feel I should warn you
about it now before it is too late. Be very careful about indulging
in "dry sailing". This is something a lot of builders get carried
away with sometimes as they sit in their almost completed boats and
play "pretend captain".Sure,it is harmless fun but for those of us
who have gone down that crazy road before,it is also a monumental
time drain.With our building season so short,you can't waste any time
playing captain! That is what our winter is for I:-)
And isn't it just great when you have another set of talented hands
around to pick up the pace?
Keep up the great work!!! Bravo!
Sincerely,
Peter Lenihan
> I have added a few more pictures to Bolger2 houseboat fileHot Diggidy Dog Paul!!!She is coming along like a house on fire!
Fantastic!! Seeing those pictures with the cabin sides up sure gets
my juices going thinking about when I too will get to experience the
same thrill with Windermere!
The toughest part is coming up however,and I feel I should warn you
about it now before it is too late. Be very careful about indulging
in "dry sailing". This is something a lot of builders get carried
away with sometimes as they sit in their almost completed boats and
play "pretend captain".Sure,it is harmless fun but for those of us
who have gone down that crazy road before,it is also a monumental
time drain.With our building season so short,you can't waste any time
playing captain! That is what our winter is for I:-)
And isn't it just great when you have another set of talented hands
around to pick up the pace?
Keep up the great work!!! Bravo!
Sincerely,
Peter Lenihan
Wow, great progress on #481.
I want one, as my next boat.
I want one, as my next boat.
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Bruce Hector" <bruce_hector@h...> wrote:
expectations on a completion date and plan to keep it "fun" although
if John visits again, I have some lumber ready and maybe just will
scarf a few pieces yadda yadda yadda Just one more batch of epoxy and
a tube of PL You know what its like when you get going and the
working environment is right but a day lost on the river now is gone
forever. With John's help the boat is all of a sudden a reality and
it will certainly surpass my expectations in both quality of build and
looks. For the group who are interested here is some inspiration about
the life of a shantyboat man. Happy boating Paul McLellan
Shantyboat Man
Oh! For the life of a shantyboat man
Who lives each day without purpose or plan,
For him not the worries, the trials the cares ?
The pressures of business, the pitfall and snares ?
No problems of profit, no quotas to meet ?
No meetings, no speeches, no deadlines to beat;
Tied up to a tree at the edge of a stream,
His is the carefree life that most of us dream.
Oh! For the life of a shantyboat man
Just doing the least that he possibly can ?
He floats down the current ? the river's his life ?
A dog, and old stove, and yes, maybe a wife;
Some canned goods, some books ? just letting things be.
Oh! For the life of a shantyboat man.
By W. J. Devine Courtesy of the Waterway Journal
> Great progress Paul, I thought you were joking when you said you'dNo trailer yet Bruce and the river calls me so I have no more
> bring it to the Messabout in September. Now I see that you were
> serious. What a dynamo!
>
> Will the interior be done too, or are you bringing it as a camping
> shell?
>
> Bruce Hector
>http://www.brucesboats.com
expectations on a completion date and plan to keep it "fun" although
if John visits again, I have some lumber ready and maybe just will
scarf a few pieces yadda yadda yadda Just one more batch of epoxy and
a tube of PL You know what its like when you get going and the
working environment is right but a day lost on the river now is gone
forever. With John's help the boat is all of a sudden a reality and
it will certainly surpass my expectations in both quality of build and
looks. For the group who are interested here is some inspiration about
the life of a shantyboat man. Happy boating Paul McLellan
Shantyboat Man
Oh! For the life of a shantyboat man
Who lives each day without purpose or plan,
For him not the worries, the trials the cares ?
The pressures of business, the pitfall and snares ?
No problems of profit, no quotas to meet ?
No meetings, no speeches, no deadlines to beat;
Tied up to a tree at the edge of a stream,
His is the carefree life that most of us dream.
Oh! For the life of a shantyboat man
Just doing the least that he possibly can ?
He floats down the current ? the river's his life ?
A dog, and old stove, and yes, maybe a wife;
Some canned goods, some books ? just letting things be.
Oh! For the life of a shantyboat man.
By W. J. Devine Courtesy of the Waterway Journal
Great progress Paul, I thought you were joking when you said you'd
bring it to the Messabout in September. Now I see that you were
serious. What a dynamo!
Will the interior be done too, or are you bringing it as a camping
shell?
Bruce Hector
http://www.brucesboats.com
bring it to the Messabout in September. Now I see that you were
serious. What a dynamo!
Will the interior be done too, or are you bringing it as a camping
shell?
Bruce Hector
http://www.brucesboats.com
Nice pics Paul,I am curious to see her finished.succes
Stephan
Stephan
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <bys@c...> wrote:
> I have added a few more pictures to Bolger2 houseboat file
and sent
> stuff to chuck at duckworks for inclusion into his projects.
>
http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger2/lst?&.dir=/houseb
oat&.src=gr&.=
>
view=t&.url=http%3a//us.f1.yahoofs.com/groups/g_2734417/hou
seboat/uprights.j=
> pg%3fbcYfHJuB3.kftan_&.cx=150&.cy=89&.type=u
> Things are going very well and John Bartlett visited for a while
and
> his CBBS came in handy but I have trouble keeping up. Here
is some of
> the text I sent to chuck for inclusion into the article. Right now
> John is off cruising the Rideau River in the Turtle and I am
staging
> material for the next bender we go on. Should be boating but I
think
> I got a bit of the CBBS myself. Oh well, it is better than SARS
> With the hull in almost perfect alignment the interior
construction
> could start almost immediately. With the help of John we
leveled the
> cabin floor timbers and built the honeycomb of stringers to
hold the
> forward and rear deck. The four corner posts were installed,
the
> forward and aft cabin bulkheads measured, cut and installed.
At the
> same time I epoxy coated the ply for the floor, coated and
glassed the
> deck pieces and the upper sides. Also by coating and
glassing the
> preconstructed forward and aft bulkheads we saved a lot of
finishing
> time after construction. We pre finished the uprights for the
window
> frames and installed them with alignment for the bathroom
and closet.
> The window frames are made out of 1/4" ply and we cut them
before
> epoxy coating and glassing the exterior. Since the windows
are so
> large, very little epoxy or glass was used for this operation.
> Before installing the window frames, the roof was built.
> Roof: The roof trusses were made out of full 1" ash wood and
the
> stringers out of 3/4" ash also. The clear wood was a treat to
work
> with, is very strong (free too from the old barn wood discussed
> earlier) and beautiful to look at without any finish on it. We
precut
> the trusses and aligned them on a bench and planed them to
the same
> exact size. After installing the header, (Mr. Bolger calls it a
> clamp) we attached the trusses the laid in the stringers with
> thickened epoxy using a string to align them. When dry we laid
on the
> first sheet of ½" ply which was glassed on the topside and
nicely
> finished with epoxy on the underside. We marked where the
stringers
> were, removed the sheet, pre drilled from the marks and then
drilled
> for counter sinks from the topside. (About 40 screws per
sheet) Then
> we applied thickened epoxy to the top of each stringer and
truss
> before CAREFULLY setting each sheet in it place then
screwed them
> down. The result was well beyond my expectations for both
appearance
> and strength.
> Windows: Various options were discussed at length. I decided
to build
> all the windows (10 large windows for both sides and the front)
from 1
> ½" eastern pine and tinted acrylic mainly because I had the
lumber and
> the price of the acrylic was very reasonable at a local plastic
> supplier. They turned out looking very nice and with gluing and
> screwing them together with a ½" grove for the acrylic are very
> strong. After installing the window frames and mocking up the
window
> slides, we decided to add three smaller windows so it would
be
> possible to see outside while the bed was down and in use.
These
> windows will be fixed closed but the upper windows will have
both the
> forward and rear ones sliding to open. This gives plenty of
> ventilation or visibility for the skipper at the helm, one opens in
> the bathroom, one over the cooking area and one over the
dinette.
> Since each window is 36" high by 30" wide this gives plenty of
> opportunity for ventilation. Roll down screens that velcro shut
will
> keep the bugs out when the windows are open if necessary.
Both front
> windows are removable with a couple of wing nuts and the
same
> arrangement for screens is used.
> Trim and Doors: Discussion is now under way to determine
the final
> look. With the structure and roof done and almost paint ready,
we
> have to decide on the overall look. I am leaning towards using
the
> eastern pine to make 1 ½" inch trim and door frames. We
have decided
> to make a sliding door for both the rear entrance and the
bathroom
> door, probably out of ½" ply with brass or bronze screen and a
> removable window for the rear door. Right now I am leaning
towards
> the modified bifold door for the front doors with 2 18" doors on
long
> piano hinges which fold away from the helm station and nest
flat
> against the front bulkhead. Again I would make two windows
in each
> front door with screens and removable acrylic panels for
inclement
> weather and trailer travel.
> More to come on the final look and assembly of the windows,
doors and
> trim.
I have added a few more pictures to Bolger2 houseboat file and sent
stuff to chuck at duckworks for inclusion into his projects.
http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger2/lst?&.dir=/houseboat&.src=gr&.=
view=t&.url=http%3a//us.f1.yahoofs.com/groups/g_2734417/houseboat/uprights.j=
pg%3fbcYfHJuB3.kftan_&.cx=150&.cy=89&.type=u
Things are going very well and John Bartlett visited for a while and
his CBBS came in handy but I have trouble keeping up. Here is some of
the text I sent to chuck for inclusion into the article. Right now
John is off cruising the Rideau River in the Turtle and I am staging
material for the next bender we go on. Should be boating but I think
I got a bit of the CBBS myself. Oh well, it is better than SARS
With the hull in almost perfect alignment the interior construction
could start almost immediately. With the help of John we leveled the
cabin floor timbers and built the honeycomb of stringers to hold the
forward and rear deck. The four corner posts were installed, the
forward and aft cabin bulkheads measured, cut and installed. At the
same time I epoxy coated the ply for the floor, coated and glassed the
deck pieces and the upper sides. Also by coating and glassing the
preconstructed forward and aft bulkheads we saved a lot of finishing
time after construction. We pre finished the uprights for the window
frames and installed them with alignment for the bathroom and closet.
The window frames are made out of 1/4" ply and we cut them before
epoxy coating and glassing the exterior. Since the windows are so
large, very little epoxy or glass was used for this operation.
Before installing the window frames, the roof was built.
Roof: The roof trusses were made out of full 1" ash wood and the
stringers out of 3/4" ash also. The clear wood was a treat to work
with, is very strong (free too from the old barn wood discussed
earlier) and beautiful to look at without any finish on it. We precut
the trusses and aligned them on a bench and planed them to the same
exact size. After installing the header, (Mr. Bolger calls it a
clamp) we attached the trusses the laid in the stringers with
thickened epoxy using a string to align them. When dry we laid on the
first sheet of ½" ply which was glassed on the topside and nicely
finished with epoxy on the underside. We marked where the stringers
were, removed the sheet, pre drilled from the marks and then drilled
for counter sinks from the topside. (About 40 screws per sheet) Then
we applied thickened epoxy to the top of each stringer and truss
before CAREFULLY setting each sheet in it place then screwed them
down. The result was well beyond my expectations for both appearance
and strength.
Windows: Various options were discussed at length. I decided to build
all the windows (10 large windows for both sides and the front) from 1
½" eastern pine and tinted acrylic mainly because I had the lumber and
the price of the acrylic was very reasonable at a local plastic
supplier. They turned out looking very nice and with gluing and
screwing them together with a ½" grove for the acrylic are very
strong. After installing the window frames and mocking up the window
slides, we decided to add three smaller windows so it would be
possible to see outside while the bed was down and in use. These
windows will be fixed closed but the upper windows will have both the
forward and rear ones sliding to open. This gives plenty of
ventilation or visibility for the skipper at the helm, one opens in
the bathroom, one over the cooking area and one over the dinette.
Since each window is 36" high by 30" wide this gives plenty of
opportunity for ventilation. Roll down screens that velcro shut will
keep the bugs out when the windows are open if necessary. Both front
windows are removable with a couple of wing nuts and the same
arrangement for screens is used.
Trim and Doors: Discussion is now under way to determine the final
look. With the structure and roof done and almost paint ready, we
have to decide on the overall look. I am leaning towards using the
eastern pine to make 1 ½" inch trim and door frames. We have decided
to make a sliding door for both the rear entrance and the bathroom
door, probably out of ½" ply with brass or bronze screen and a
removable window for the rear door. Right now I am leaning towards
the modified bifold door for the front doors with 2 18" doors on long
piano hinges which fold away from the helm station and nest flat
against the front bulkhead. Again I would make two windows in each
front door with screens and removable acrylic panels for inclement
weather and trailer travel.
More to come on the final look and assembly of the windows, doors and
trim.
stuff to chuck at duckworks for inclusion into his projects.
http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger2/lst?&.dir=/houseboat&.src=gr&.=
view=t&.url=http%3a//us.f1.yahoofs.com/groups/g_2734417/houseboat/uprights.j=
pg%3fbcYfHJuB3.kftan_&.cx=150&.cy=89&.type=u
Things are going very well and John Bartlett visited for a while and
his CBBS came in handy but I have trouble keeping up. Here is some of
the text I sent to chuck for inclusion into the article. Right now
John is off cruising the Rideau River in the Turtle and I am staging
material for the next bender we go on. Should be boating but I think
I got a bit of the CBBS myself. Oh well, it is better than SARS
With the hull in almost perfect alignment the interior construction
could start almost immediately. With the help of John we leveled the
cabin floor timbers and built the honeycomb of stringers to hold the
forward and rear deck. The four corner posts were installed, the
forward and aft cabin bulkheads measured, cut and installed. At the
same time I epoxy coated the ply for the floor, coated and glassed the
deck pieces and the upper sides. Also by coating and glassing the
preconstructed forward and aft bulkheads we saved a lot of finishing
time after construction. We pre finished the uprights for the window
frames and installed them with alignment for the bathroom and closet.
The window frames are made out of 1/4" ply and we cut them before
epoxy coating and glassing the exterior. Since the windows are so
large, very little epoxy or glass was used for this operation.
Before installing the window frames, the roof was built.
Roof: The roof trusses were made out of full 1" ash wood and the
stringers out of 3/4" ash also. The clear wood was a treat to work
with, is very strong (free too from the old barn wood discussed
earlier) and beautiful to look at without any finish on it. We precut
the trusses and aligned them on a bench and planed them to the same
exact size. After installing the header, (Mr. Bolger calls it a
clamp) we attached the trusses the laid in the stringers with
thickened epoxy using a string to align them. When dry we laid on the
first sheet of ½" ply which was glassed on the topside and nicely
finished with epoxy on the underside. We marked where the stringers
were, removed the sheet, pre drilled from the marks and then drilled
for counter sinks from the topside. (About 40 screws per sheet) Then
we applied thickened epoxy to the top of each stringer and truss
before CAREFULLY setting each sheet in it place then screwed them
down. The result was well beyond my expectations for both appearance
and strength.
Windows: Various options were discussed at length. I decided to build
all the windows (10 large windows for both sides and the front) from 1
½" eastern pine and tinted acrylic mainly because I had the lumber and
the price of the acrylic was very reasonable at a local plastic
supplier. They turned out looking very nice and with gluing and
screwing them together with a ½" grove for the acrylic are very
strong. After installing the window frames and mocking up the window
slides, we decided to add three smaller windows so it would be
possible to see outside while the bed was down and in use. These
windows will be fixed closed but the upper windows will have both the
forward and rear ones sliding to open. This gives plenty of
ventilation or visibility for the skipper at the helm, one opens in
the bathroom, one over the cooking area and one over the dinette.
Since each window is 36" high by 30" wide this gives plenty of
opportunity for ventilation. Roll down screens that velcro shut will
keep the bugs out when the windows are open if necessary. Both front
windows are removable with a couple of wing nuts and the same
arrangement for screens is used.
Trim and Doors: Discussion is now under way to determine the final
look. With the structure and roof done and almost paint ready, we
have to decide on the overall look. I am leaning towards using the
eastern pine to make 1 ½" inch trim and door frames. We have decided
to make a sliding door for both the rear entrance and the bathroom
door, probably out of ½" ply with brass or bronze screen and a
removable window for the rear door. Right now I am leaning towards
the modified bifold door for the front doors with 2 18" doors on long
piano hinges which fold away from the helm station and nest flat
against the front bulkhead. Again I would make two windows in each
front door with screens and removable acrylic panels for inclement
weather and trailer travel.
More to come on the final look and assembly of the windows, doors and
trim.
The photos are in Bolger2 in a folder called 'houseboat'. I will get the write-up done tonight. Thanks, Paul.
Chuck
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul
To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 8:48 AM
Subject: [bolger] houseboat #481
The hull has been completed and flipped. The flippin' was done under
the guidance of John Bartlett and myself as the tractor driver and
mainly staying out of the way. A cakewalk and not worth all the prior
sweat. Chuck will be posting pictures and a bit of a write-up on
Duckworks and he will probably let us know with a link. The cabin
construction is going very well under John's leadership. If I was
doing it alone it would be mid august and I might be still scratching
my a**. Chuck mentioned he would post some of the pictures to Bolger
2 for me. Yours in epoxy Paul McLellan === stuck to almost everything.
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