Re: [bolger] Re: Launched my Bolger Surf
It's too bad I have to go to a t-ball game tonight. The wind's blowing
pretty good right now according to my wife who reported that she had a
terrible time getting our pontoon into the slip this afternoon. I'd
really rather take out my little Sunfish clone than sit here at the office.
JB
Rock Taber wrote:
pretty good right now according to my wife who reported that she had a
terrible time getting our pontoon into the slip this afternoon. I'd
really rather take out my little Sunfish clone than sit here at the office.
JB
Rock Taber wrote:
>Will do. I get tired of Lanier, so am looking for other places nearby.
>I might even put in on the Chattahoochee. I was on Carters lake last
>year before boat was finished, I'll consider that too.
>
>rt (in Alpharetta)
>
>
>
Will do. I get tired of Lanier, so am looking for other places nearby.
I might even put in on the Chattahoochee. I was on Carters lake last
year before boat was finished, I'll consider that too.
rt (in Alpharetta)
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, John Bell <smallboatdesigner@m...>
wrote:
I might even put in on the Chattahoochee. I was on Carters lake last
year before boat was finished, I'll consider that too.
rt (in Alpharetta)
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, John Bell <smallboatdesigner@m...>
wrote:
> Nice looking boat. If you ever get over to Allatoona let me know.I'd
> love to see your boat!Phil
>
> JB in nearby Kennesaw
>
> Rock Taber wrote:
>
> >Thought you might want to know:
> >
> >That concluding almost two years of spare time construction, we
> >(wife, kids and I) successfully launched our boat: "Sarph" a
> >Bolger 'Surf'. I call her my "not so instant boat".
> >
> >
> >
Nice looking boat. If you ever get over to Allatoona let me know. I'd
love to see your boat!
JB in nearby Kennesaw
Rock Taber wrote:
love to see your boat!
JB in nearby Kennesaw
Rock Taber wrote:
>Thought you might want to know:
>
>That concluding almost two years of spare time construction, we
>(wife, kids and I) successfully launched our boat: "Sarph" – a Phil
>Bolger 'Surf'. I call her my "not so instant boat".
>
>
>
Thought you might want to know:
That concluding almost two years of spare time construction, we
(wife, kids and I) successfully launched our boat: "Sarph" a Phil
Bolger 'Surf'. I call her my "not so instant boat".
Family and friends were there to wish me well and to
see if this creation would actually float!
My 80 yr. old mother christened "Sarph" with a whack of a safely
wrapped champagne bottle on the bronze boweye. It obliged by
exploding forth in splendid manner on both boat and bystander alike!
Sarph gets her name from a benevolent sea serpent that my
daughter discovered in one of her favorite books by Mary Pope
Osborne (Vikings Ships at Sunrise). In ancient Celtic mythology,
Sarph
represented the Milky Way.
As you may be able to see in the photo on my website
(http://hometown.aol.com/southernsharpies/myhomepage/profile.html)
I moved the chine logs to the inside, put some crown in the fore and
aft decks, and made a few other changes.
Built of 6mm Okoume plywood, fir, yellow pine (keel
and chine logs), white pine (spars) and poplar (transom) fastened
with
epoxy, bronze nails/stainless steel screws - She sails wonderfully
and is fast and stable.
I built the trailer from a Northern Tool & Supply Co. utility trailer
kit and then had a welder friend add on a long tongue.
A pleasure to trailer, I've already sailed Sarph on nearby Lk. Lanier
as well as the waters surrounding Pensacola, FL. I plan on exploiting
the coasts of GA & SC as well.
Sorry for the long-winded (pun intended) post, but us Dynamite and
Bolger folks gotta stick together.
Happy sailing to all!
Rock
That concluding almost two years of spare time construction, we
(wife, kids and I) successfully launched our boat: "Sarph" a Phil
Bolger 'Surf'. I call her my "not so instant boat".
Family and friends were there to wish me well and to
see if this creation would actually float!
My 80 yr. old mother christened "Sarph" with a whack of a safely
wrapped champagne bottle on the bronze boweye. It obliged by
exploding forth in splendid manner on both boat and bystander alike!
Sarph gets her name from a benevolent sea serpent that my
daughter discovered in one of her favorite books by Mary Pope
Osborne (Vikings Ships at Sunrise). In ancient Celtic mythology,
Sarph
represented the Milky Way.
As you may be able to see in the photo on my website
(http://hometown.aol.com/southernsharpies/myhomepage/profile.html)
I moved the chine logs to the inside, put some crown in the fore and
aft decks, and made a few other changes.
Built of 6mm Okoume plywood, fir, yellow pine (keel
and chine logs), white pine (spars) and poplar (transom) fastened
with
epoxy, bronze nails/stainless steel screws - She sails wonderfully
and is fast and stable.
I built the trailer from a Northern Tool & Supply Co. utility trailer
kit and then had a welder friend add on a long tongue.
A pleasure to trailer, I've already sailed Sarph on nearby Lk. Lanier
as well as the waters surrounding Pensacola, FL. I plan on exploiting
the coasts of GA & SC as well.
Sorry for the long-winded (pun intended) post, but us Dynamite and
Bolger folks gotta stick together.
Happy sailing to all!
Rock