[bolger] Re: re;a smaller Chebacco?
Glen, it is obvious that the overwhelming advice from this list is "don't
mess with the dimensions". I agree. Delightful liberties may be taken with
finishing touches eg steam curved coaming on June Bug or Gypsy, convex lift
to the decks, lovely bits of bright work here and there etc. For the amount
of work any boat is to build its hardly worth jepordizing the finished
product with "minor" changes to the basic design. Peter L's endourcment of
Micro is well suited to your building space. I believe you said you could
manage an 18' boat in your garage. If the 19'8" Chebacco makes your heart
soar, it seems to me that your working space is not an overwhelming barrier.
I added 8' to a storage shed to build June Bug. Someone on this list is
evidently building a boat in an apartment. Bjorn Harbo is building a Jochems
schooner under a tree in Olso. Tack together a couple of feet extension to
your garage. Then set speakers in your window and play Tom Waits' "What's He
Building in There?" at top volume while you work and your neighbors wonder
about the sounds and shadowy movements seen through the polytarp or plastic
barrier ;-)
jeb, once again trying to find the staked out location of my new workshop
(to be) under the "spring" snow on the shores of Fundy.
mess with the dimensions". I agree. Delightful liberties may be taken with
finishing touches eg steam curved coaming on June Bug or Gypsy, convex lift
to the decks, lovely bits of bright work here and there etc. For the amount
of work any boat is to build its hardly worth jepordizing the finished
product with "minor" changes to the basic design. Peter L's endourcment of
Micro is well suited to your building space. I believe you said you could
manage an 18' boat in your garage. If the 19'8" Chebacco makes your heart
soar, it seems to me that your working space is not an overwhelming barrier.
I added 8' to a storage shed to build June Bug. Someone on this list is
evidently building a boat in an apartment. Bjorn Harbo is building a Jochems
schooner under a tree in Olso. Tack together a couple of feet extension to
your garage. Then set speakers in your window and play Tom Waits' "What's He
Building in There?" at top volume while you work and your neighbors wonder
about the sounds and shadowy movements seen through the polytarp or plastic
barrier ;-)
jeb, once again trying to find the staked out location of my new workshop
(to be) under the "spring" snow on the shores of Fundy.
Glen Gibson,
I can appreciate the quandary you find yourself dealing with.Both
of your choices are lovely boats!Were it at all possible,I would say
with gusto,build both.However,your question appears oriented more
towards having to choose one or the other and you would like someone
else to relieve you the burden of making that choice alone.This is
somewhat akin to requesting friends to help you choose between two
uniquely beautiful women for a spouse.
It has been my experience,as relates to boats,that when you
undertake such a project you are bound to encounter endless
set-backs,confusing tidbits of information(be it from;epoxy
experts,paint peddlers,fastener furnishers etc...),sleepless
nights,ecstatic moments of accomplishment and with any kind of luck,you
will eventually know the undescribable joy that will accompany you on
launching day as that two dimensional drawing which you have wrestled
into the third dimension final takes to it's element.Put to other
words,I would say that you had better be head-over-heals in love with
your choice of boat!
I shudder at the suggestion of manipulating a particular designs
outside dimensions.So many aspects are changed in the process
of"re-designing",that I fear in the end you would be hard pressed to
accurately identify what"works" and what does not.You also forfeit the
dubious pleasure of firing off heated letters of complaint to the
designer,should the boat not live up to your expectations unless,of
coarse,you enjoy writing to yourself.
Being a very happy and contented owner/builder of a MICRO,I will
not bore you with endless praise of this fine little boat nor try to
sway your decision making process other then to say simply,that the
LONG MICRO,to my eye,resembles the ugly cousin and carries fewer
redeaming features then the true belle of the ball,MICRO.Keep in
mind,this is from the mouth of a hopelessly smitten owner/builder!
Ultimately,it will be an earnest review of your specific sailing
needs working in concert with your heart that will guide you.Like most
things in life,if you want something bad enough,events will conspire to
make it happen!
Best of luck to you!!!
Peter Lenihan,wondering what St.Patrick would be doing right about
now,if he had to face another day on the adamantly frozen shores of the
St.Lawrence...
I can appreciate the quandary you find yourself dealing with.Both
of your choices are lovely boats!Were it at all possible,I would say
with gusto,build both.However,your question appears oriented more
towards having to choose one or the other and you would like someone
else to relieve you the burden of making that choice alone.This is
somewhat akin to requesting friends to help you choose between two
uniquely beautiful women for a spouse.
It has been my experience,as relates to boats,that when you
undertake such a project you are bound to encounter endless
set-backs,confusing tidbits of information(be it from;epoxy
experts,paint peddlers,fastener furnishers etc...),sleepless
nights,ecstatic moments of accomplishment and with any kind of luck,you
will eventually know the undescribable joy that will accompany you on
launching day as that two dimensional drawing which you have wrestled
into the third dimension final takes to it's element.Put to other
words,I would say that you had better be head-over-heals in love with
your choice of boat!
I shudder at the suggestion of manipulating a particular designs
outside dimensions.So many aspects are changed in the process
of"re-designing",that I fear in the end you would be hard pressed to
accurately identify what"works" and what does not.You also forfeit the
dubious pleasure of firing off heated letters of complaint to the
designer,should the boat not live up to your expectations unless,of
coarse,you enjoy writing to yourself.
Being a very happy and contented owner/builder of a MICRO,I will
not bore you with endless praise of this fine little boat nor try to
sway your decision making process other then to say simply,that the
LONG MICRO,to my eye,resembles the ugly cousin and carries fewer
redeaming features then the true belle of the ball,MICRO.Keep in
mind,this is from the mouth of a hopelessly smitten owner/builder!
Ultimately,it will be an earnest review of your specific sailing
needs working in concert with your heart that will guide you.Like most
things in life,if you want something bad enough,events will conspire to
make it happen!
Best of luck to you!!!
Peter Lenihan,wondering what St.Patrick would be doing right about
now,if he had to face another day on the adamantly frozen shores of the
St.Lawrence...
Glen Gibson,
I can appreciate the quandary you find yourself dealing with.Both
of your choices are lovely boats!Were it at all possible,I would say
with gusto,build both.However,your question appears oriented more
towards having to choose one or the other and you would like someone
else to relieve you the burden of making that choice alone.This is
somewhat akin to requesting friends to help you choose between two
uniquely beautiful women for a spouse.
It has been my experience,as relates to boats,that when you
undertake such a project you are bound to encounter endless
set-backs,confusing tidbits of information(be it from;epoxy
experts,paint peddlers,fastener furnishers etc...),sleepless
nights,ecstatic moments of accomplishment and with any kind of luck,you
will eventually know the undescribable joy that will accompany you on
launching day as that two dimensional drawing which you have wrestled
into the third dimension final takes to it's element.Put to other
words,I would say that you had better be head-over-heals in love with
your choice of boat!
I shudder at the suggestion of manipulating a particular designs
outside dimensions.So many aspects are changed in the process
of"re-designing",that I fear in the end you would be hard pressed to
accurately identify what"works" and what does not.You also forfeit the
dubious pleasure of firing off heated letters of complaint to the
designer,should the boat not live up to your expectations unless,of
coarse,you enjoy writing to yourself.
Being a very happy and contented owner/builder of a MICRO,I will
not bore you with endless praise of this fine little boat nor try to
sway your decision making process other then to say simply,that the
LONG MICRO,to my eye,resembles the ugly cousin and carries fewer
redeaming features then the true belle of the ball,MICRO.Keep in
mind,this is from the mouth of a hopelessly smitten owner/builder!
Ultimately,it will be an earnest review of your specific sailing
needs working in concert with your heart that will guide you.Like most
things in life,if you want something bad enough,events will conspire to
make it happen!
Best of luck to you!!!
Peter Lenihan,wondering what St.Patrick would be doing right about
now,if he had to face another day on the adamantly frozen shores of the
St.Lawrence...
I can appreciate the quandary you find yourself dealing with.Both
of your choices are lovely boats!Were it at all possible,I would say
with gusto,build both.However,your question appears oriented more
towards having to choose one or the other and you would like someone
else to relieve you the burden of making that choice alone.This is
somewhat akin to requesting friends to help you choose between two
uniquely beautiful women for a spouse.
It has been my experience,as relates to boats,that when you
undertake such a project you are bound to encounter endless
set-backs,confusing tidbits of information(be it from;epoxy
experts,paint peddlers,fastener furnishers etc...),sleepless
nights,ecstatic moments of accomplishment and with any kind of luck,you
will eventually know the undescribable joy that will accompany you on
launching day as that two dimensional drawing which you have wrestled
into the third dimension final takes to it's element.Put to other
words,I would say that you had better be head-over-heals in love with
your choice of boat!
I shudder at the suggestion of manipulating a particular designs
outside dimensions.So many aspects are changed in the process
of"re-designing",that I fear in the end you would be hard pressed to
accurately identify what"works" and what does not.You also forfeit the
dubious pleasure of firing off heated letters of complaint to the
designer,should the boat not live up to your expectations unless,of
coarse,you enjoy writing to yourself.
Being a very happy and contented owner/builder of a MICRO,I will
not bore you with endless praise of this fine little boat nor try to
sway your decision making process other then to say simply,that the
LONG MICRO,to my eye,resembles the ugly cousin and carries fewer
redeaming features then the true belle of the ball,MICRO.Keep in
mind,this is from the mouth of a hopelessly smitten owner/builder!
Ultimately,it will be an earnest review of your specific sailing
needs working in concert with your heart that will guide you.Like most
things in life,if you want something bad enough,events will conspire to
make it happen!
Best of luck to you!!!
Peter Lenihan,wondering what St.Patrick would be doing right about
now,if he had to face another day on the adamantly frozen shores of the
St.Lawrence...