Re: Omega Plans
Thanks, I have built large part time projects before, this will be a completely new
experiance (a house that moves). You are right, Origami may not work, but the layout and
design idea could incorporated into something that could be built origami style.
Regards
Phil
experiance (a house that moves). You are right, Origami may not work, but the layout and
design idea could incorporated into something that could be built origami style.
Regards
Phil
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Howard Stephenson" <stephensonhw@a...> wrote:
> Phil,
>
> Best of luck with your plans to build this 31-long-ton monster. It
> will certainly take years of part-time work.
> PCB says nothing in the book about how the original boat was built.It was built by a yard in Holland with a lot of experience and quite
capable of doing plate expansions.
Phil,
Best of luck with your plans to build this 31-long-ton monster. It
will certainly take years of part-time work.
PCB says nothing in the book about how the original boat was built.
There is a table of offsets (metric, BTW), but no plate expansions
are shown. I don't know whether it's feasible to build such a large
hull using an origami technique. If it is, perhaps the first thing to
do would be to use a hull-design program to calculate plate and
bulkhead shapes.
Howard
Best of luck with your plans to build this 31-long-ton monster. It
will certainly take years of part-time work.
PCB says nothing in the book about how the original boat was built.
There is a table of offsets (metric, BTW), but no plate expansions
are shown. I don't know whether it's feasible to build such a large
hull using an origami technique. If it is, perhaps the first thing to
do would be to use a hull-design program to calculate plate and
bulkhead shapes.
Howard
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Phil S." <newbarndesign@y...> wrote:
> Thank you for the response, I have sent a SASE to Mr. Bolger to
enquire as to the plans. I
> also have a line on the Different Boats book and hope to acquire
that shortly. As for
> building a large project, I plan on spending the next several years
building a boat in my
> spare time. Whether I build an origami boat or a standard framed
hull will be decided at a
> later date.
> Regards
> Phil
Thank you for the response, I have sent a SASE to Mr. Bolger to enquire as to the plans. I
also have a line on the Different Boats book and hope to acquire that shortly. As for
building a large project, I plan on spending the next several years building a boat in my
spare time. Whether I build an origami boat or a standard framed hull will be decided at a
later date.
Regards
Phil
also have a line on the Different Boats book and hope to acquire that shortly. As for
building a large project, I plan on spending the next several years building a boat in my
spare time. Whether I build an origami boat or a standard framed hull will be decided at a
later date.
Regards
Phil
Phil,
Omega is the subject of Chapter 26 of PCB's book "Different Boats".
There are five sheets of plans reproduced half-page size plus a
rather poor photograph and a couple of pages of background
information written as only Bolger can. The complete set of plans is
eight sheets which, I suppose, would include the key to all the
numbers in circles on the plans (i.e. the building key).
The hull-shape is unusual. There are three chines per side, with a
vee-bottomed box keel. The stern is rounded, tugboat-style. She is
not meant to be a pretty boat, but a strictly functional ocean-going
houseboat.
Sorry, I don't have access to a scanner.
Howard
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Lenihan" <peterlenihan@h...>
wrote:
Omega is the subject of Chapter 26 of PCB's book "Different Boats".
There are five sheets of plans reproduced half-page size plus a
rather poor photograph and a couple of pages of background
information written as only Bolger can. The complete set of plans is
eight sheets which, I suppose, would include the key to all the
numbers in circles on the plans (i.e. the building key).
The hull-shape is unusual. There are three chines per side, with a
vee-bottomed box keel. The stern is rounded, tugboat-style. She is
not meant to be a pretty boat, but a strictly functional ocean-going
houseboat.
Sorry, I don't have access to a scanner.
Howard
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Lenihan" <peterlenihan@h...>
wrote:
> --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Phil S." <newbarndesign@y...> wrote:
> > I was wondering where I might locate Mr. Bolger's Omega plans? I
> would like some study
> > plans first, i read about the boat in the first edition
> of "Voyaging under Power" it looks like
> > a very interesting idea.
> > Regards
> > Phil
>
> Phil,
>
> Your best bet would be to contact the designer directly. OMEGA is
> indeed a very interesting boat,especially for what its owners
> intended,and would be a first class live-a-board.
> However,she is big,bigger then her LOA would suggest and
> made/designed for steel construction.That is,the plans are geared
> toward a professional boatyard and not the backyard handyman.
> As far as I know,only one vessel was built to the plans......but
> Bolger could set you right on this and all your other questions
> regarding OMEGA.
>
> Good Luck!
>
> Peter Lenihan
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Phil S." <newbarndesign@y...> wrote:
Your best bet would be to contact the designer directly. OMEGA is
indeed a very interesting boat,especially for what its owners
intended,and would be a first class live-a-board.
However,she is big,bigger then her LOA would suggest and
made/designed for steel construction.That is,the plans are geared
toward a professional boatyard and not the backyard handyman.
As far as I know,only one vessel was built to the plans......but
Bolger could set you right on this and all your other questions
regarding OMEGA.
Good Luck!
Peter Lenihan
> I was wondering where I might locate Mr. Bolger's Omega plans? Iwould like some study
> plans first, i read about the boat in the first editionof "Voyaging under Power" it looks like
> a very interesting idea.Phil,
> Regards
> Phil
Your best bet would be to contact the designer directly. OMEGA is
indeed a very interesting boat,especially for what its owners
intended,and would be a first class live-a-board.
However,she is big,bigger then her LOA would suggest and
made/designed for steel construction.That is,the plans are geared
toward a professional boatyard and not the backyard handyman.
As far as I know,only one vessel was built to the plans......but
Bolger could set you right on this and all your other questions
regarding OMEGA.
Good Luck!
Peter Lenihan
I was wondering where I might locate Mr. Bolger's Omega plans? I would like some study
plans first, i read about the boat in the first edition of "Voyaging under Power" it looks like
a very interesting idea.
Regards
Phil
plans first, i read about the boat in the first edition of "Voyaging under Power" it looks like
a very interesting idea.
Regards
Phil