Re: [bolger] Gloucester Gull Dory - RECTIFICATION !
> David Ryan wrote:The more I look at this, I now realize that Bolger
> Once the wave breaks, there's almost nothing
> you can do to keep the stern from slewing around.
address' this issue by designing the bottom of
the stern with an abrupt up-turn. [reducing
buoyancy in the stern while surfing which
reduces downward force on the bow.]
Plus, he incorporates a large fin/skeg at the stern
in such a way that the skeg doesn't really
engage much in flat water, [but it engages
strongly while surfing.]
See:
http://hallman.org/bolger/Crystal/stern.gif
Here is an OCR of the first paragraphs of Bolger's
write up of Crystal from Small Boat Journal #13.
He also writes that Crystal weighs 150 lbs,
a bit much to cartop!
Plus, to me at least, any boat Phil Bolger chooses
to personally own (and use) is good testimony
===quoted text below==
I wish I had a photograph of the picture of this boat that's in my
mind's eye. I was aboard the Resolution lying off Crane's Beach,
Ipswich. My niece and her husband and my nephew and his wife had been
ashore in the Crystal to swim and lie on the beach. I happened to look
as they brought her out through the surf and saw the boat shoot out
half her length over a crest, up 40 degrees. Snap! Four oars digging,
crew in life jackets and bathing suits like Australians. Nothing but
spray got into her.
She'll run down a steep following sea as if she were on tracks, the
penalty for that being a rather large turning circle.
She can be rowed with all the water she'll hold, and while the weight
of a 150-lb. man squatting on the gunwale will put the gunwale under
water, she stabilizes on the side buoyancy chamber and doesn't swamp
or roll over. She can be righted from bottom up by hooking the painter
under a thole pin and bringing it across the bottom; hook your toes on
the underside of the gunwale guard, lean back on the end of the
painter and over she comes. She's a lifeboat by any standard as long
as the air chambers are tight.
write up of Crystal from Small Boat Journal #13.
He also writes that Crystal weighs 150 lbs,
a bit much to cartop!
Plus, to me at least, any boat Phil Bolger chooses
to personally own (and use) is good testimony
===quoted text below==
I wish I had a photograph of the picture of this boat that's in my
mind's eye. I was aboard the Resolution lying off Crane's Beach,
Ipswich. My niece and her husband and my nephew and his wife had been
ashore in the Crystal to swim and lie on the beach. I happened to look
as they brought her out through the surf and saw the boat shoot out
half her length over a crest, up 40 degrees. Snap! Four oars digging,
crew in life jackets and bathing suits like Australians. Nothing but
spray got into her.
She'll run down a steep following sea as if she were on tracks, the
penalty for that being a rather large turning circle.
She can be rowed with all the water she'll hold, and while the weight
of a 150-lb. man squatting on the gunwale will put the gunwale under
water, she stabilizes on the side buoyancy chamber and doesn't swamp
or roll over. She can be righted from bottom up by hooking the painter
under a thole pin and bringing it across the bottom; hook your toes on
the underside of the gunwale guard, lean back on the end of the
painter and over she comes. She's a lifeboat by any standard as long
as the air chambers are tight.
Also take note that they are on a green wave, trimmed way back, and the
fellow in the back using one of his oars as a rudder! This is crucial
in making sure the boat doesn't broach/roll. My surfer's stance does
more or less the same thing, but corrections have to be made earlier.
Once the wave breaks, there's almost nothing you can do to keep the
stern from slewing around. Bracing hard on the oar, kayak style, might
give you a nice diagonal ride across foam, but more likely the result
will be similar to picture #2 in the sequence.
YIBB,
David
fellow in the back using one of his oars as a rudder! This is crucial
in making sure the boat doesn't broach/roll. My surfer's stance does
more or less the same thing, but corrections have to be made earlier.
Once the wave breaks, there's almost nothing you can do to keep the
stern from slewing around. Bracing hard on the oar, kayak style, might
give you a nice diagonal ride across foam, but more likely the result
will be similar to picture #2 in the sequence.
YIBB,
David
On Monday, July 26, 2004, at 01:50 PM, Bruce Hallman wrote:
> Have you seen these pictures of Crystal?
> Note in the third how the hull is on plane.
>
>http://hallman.org/bolger/Crystal/crystal.gif
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Have you seen these pictures of Crystal?
Note in the third how the hull is on plane.
http://hallman.org/bolger/Crystal/crystal.gif
Note in the third how the hull is on plane.
http://hallman.org/bolger/Crystal/crystal.gif
When I'm heading out, the bigger the wave I'm pushing through, the
slower I want to hit it. This give the flair and rocker a chance to
lift the bow up and over the wave, rather than driving right through,
having the wave comb the boat, and swamping. It is a bit of a balancing
act. If you start going backwards, you're back in the slew/broach/roll
scenario, only the ends are reversed.
About the biggest wall of foam I can handle would be 2-3 feet; anymore
and the bow can't lift fast enough to keep the water out, and/or you
can't keep from being pushed back. For a just about to break green
wave, maybe four feet is the max, but not much more. Again, if you have
enough speed to keep from being surfed backwards, you'll ship a lot of
water and if you don't gravity takes over and you end up doing a
reverse takeoff on a big green wall. A one foot pitching/breaking wave
is more than powerful enough to do bad things unless you're exactly
square and stay that way. Any bigger than a foot and the wave is
breaking right into the boat.
The real trick is studying the pattern of the surf. Except on storm
tossed days, the wave don't pile into the beach willynilly. There's an
predictable order to the timing and size, as well as where and how the
wave will break. You can't over power the ocean, but you can avoid its
power; a boat's speed and acceleration are you friends.
YIBB,
David
slower I want to hit it. This give the flair and rocker a chance to
lift the bow up and over the wave, rather than driving right through,
having the wave comb the boat, and swamping. It is a bit of a balancing
act. If you start going backwards, you're back in the slew/broach/roll
scenario, only the ends are reversed.
About the biggest wall of foam I can handle would be 2-3 feet; anymore
and the bow can't lift fast enough to keep the water out, and/or you
can't keep from being pushed back. For a just about to break green
wave, maybe four feet is the max, but not much more. Again, if you have
enough speed to keep from being surfed backwards, you'll ship a lot of
water and if you don't gravity takes over and you end up doing a
reverse takeoff on a big green wall. A one foot pitching/breaking wave
is more than powerful enough to do bad things unless you're exactly
square and stay that way. Any bigger than a foot and the wave is
breaking right into the boat.
The real trick is studying the pattern of the surf. Except on storm
tossed days, the wave don't pile into the beach willynilly. There's an
predictable order to the timing and size, as well as where and how the
wave will break. You can't over power the ocean, but you can avoid its
power; a boat's speed and acceleration are you friends.
YIBB,
David
On Monday, July 26, 2004, at 12:36 PM, Bruce Hallman wrote:
> John Bell wrote:
>
>> One approach that might work would be to not allow yourself
>> to surf, back stroking as the wave passes under you.
>
> Yes, I was thinking of this too. Odd, how it is easier to take
> the wave heading out, than heading back in.
>
> In a forward facing pirogue, like a Yellow Leaf with a
> double paddle, trying to back paddling as the wave
> overtakes you leaves you wanting eyes in the back
> of your head!
>
> Though in a Gloucester Gull dory, you could row the boat
> facing the oncoming wave, as you return to the beach.
>
> As the breaker is about to hit you, reverse your direction
> with back strokes, climbing up and over the face.
> After the wave passes, resume rowing in to the
> beach. A very light weight boat would work to your
> advantage with this because it accelerates and
> decelerates more easily.
>
> I also imagine, if the waves are too high, that
> a spray skirt could be fitted to the ends of
> a Gloucester Gull. Or, would the "V" shape of
> the Gull hull climb the white face of the breaker
> fast enough?
>
> The guys on my beach that launch power
> skiffs have very extreme "V" shapes to the
> bows of their boats.
>
>
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John Bell wrote:
the wave heading out, than heading back in.
In a forward facing pirogue, like a Yellow Leaf with a
double paddle, trying to back paddling as the wave
overtakes you leaves you wanting eyes in the back
of your head!
Though in a Gloucester Gull dory, you could row the boat
facing the oncoming wave, as you return to the beach.
As the breaker is about to hit you, reverse your direction
with back strokes, climbing up and over the face.
After the wave passes, resume rowing in to the
beach. A very light weight boat would work to your
advantage with this because it accelerates and
decelerates more easily.
I also imagine, if the waves are too high, that
a spray skirt could be fitted to the ends of
a Gloucester Gull. Or, would the "V" shape of
the Gull hull climb the white face of the breaker
fast enough?
The guys on my beach that launch power
skiffs have very extreme "V" shapes to the
bows of their boats.
> One approach that might work would be to not allow yourselfYes, I was thinking of this too. Odd, how it is easier to take
> to surf, back stroking as the wave passes under you.
the wave heading out, than heading back in.
In a forward facing pirogue, like a Yellow Leaf with a
double paddle, trying to back paddling as the wave
overtakes you leaves you wanting eyes in the back
of your head!
Though in a Gloucester Gull dory, you could row the boat
facing the oncoming wave, as you return to the beach.
As the breaker is about to hit you, reverse your direction
with back strokes, climbing up and over the face.
After the wave passes, resume rowing in to the
beach. A very light weight boat would work to your
advantage with this because it accelerates and
decelerates more easily.
I also imagine, if the waves are too high, that
a spray skirt could be fitted to the ends of
a Gloucester Gull. Or, would the "V" shape of
the Gull hull climb the white face of the breaker
fast enough?
The guys on my beach that launch power
skiffs have very extreme "V" shapes to the
bows of their boats.
A large skeg might help, but I doubt it. The problem in surfing breaking
waves in any boat, be it a rowboat, kayak, skiff, whatever, is that once the
forefoot touches "green water" (water undisturbed by the wave) it is going
to to one or both of two things. In the case of a low bouyancy craft, the
bow will dive into the green water and the boat will pitchpole end for end.
Or in the case of a smaller wave or a higher bouyancy craft, the bow will
hit the slower water ahead of the wave and the stern will slew around to a
broach.
I spent a lot of time surfing waves on both the ocean and in rivers in
kayaks and canoes. The main thing that helps you keep going straight when
surfing down a big breaking wave is to keep the bow up and out of the green
water. In the case of kayaks, really low volume 'squirt' boats could do this
well inserting their exteme low bouyancy sterns underneath the foam pile on
the face of the breaker. But look out if the bow goes under, cause you'll
wind up doing cartwheels or mystery moves when it does.
I'm not sure how you can keep the weight way aft in a single rowboat though.
One approach that might work would be to not allow yourself to surf, back
stroking as the wave passes under you.
waves in any boat, be it a rowboat, kayak, skiff, whatever, is that once the
forefoot touches "green water" (water undisturbed by the wave) it is going
to to one or both of two things. In the case of a low bouyancy craft, the
bow will dive into the green water and the boat will pitchpole end for end.
Or in the case of a smaller wave or a higher bouyancy craft, the bow will
hit the slower water ahead of the wave and the stern will slew around to a
broach.
I spent a lot of time surfing waves on both the ocean and in rivers in
kayaks and canoes. The main thing that helps you keep going straight when
surfing down a big breaking wave is to keep the bow up and out of the green
water. In the case of kayaks, really low volume 'squirt' boats could do this
well inserting their exteme low bouyancy sterns underneath the foam pile on
the face of the breaker. But look out if the bow goes under, cause you'll
wind up doing cartwheels or mystery moves when it does.
I'm not sure how you can keep the weight way aft in a single rowboat though.
One approach that might work would be to not allow yourself to surf, back
stroking as the wave passes under you.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Hallman" <bruce@...>
To: <bolger@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [bolger] Gloucester Gull Dory - RECTIFICATION !
> David Ryan wrote:
> > Being overtaken by a breaker is one of the most difficult things to
> > handle in a boat. The stern slews around, the full length of your boat
> > is fully exposed to the power of the wave, and you broach and/or roll.
> > The way to avoid this is speed. Time your approach to the beach so
> > you're coming in between sets, and then haul ass to the beach.
>
> This is exactly the problem I experienced in my Yellow Leaf on
> Saturday. [Also, I put a very light weight painted canvas deck over the
> bow and stern, and with this addition I found that I could plow through
> 2'-3' high surf going forward. sheading the water washing over the bow.]
>
> Coming back in, timing the sets, and paddling like heck,
> about 3/4 the way back through the oncoming waves I would
> get pick up by the stern, and pushed forward onto a plane, then
> the stern gets pushed around, and the bow digs in, turn sideways
> to the face of the wave, and the boat rolls over. The source
> of the problem is the speed from surfing down the face of the wave.
>
> I am also speculating whether a skeg at the stern would help
> keep the bow pointed forward when I start the surfing down
> the face of the wave. Surfboards use skegs for this reason, hmmm.
>
> BTW, I am more and more impressed with Bolger's Yellow Leaf
> after a second outing. Certainly better than the Polystyrene
> kayaks popular where I live. Yellow Leaf is half the weight, 10%
> of the cost, has more capacity and is faster to paddle too.
>
> > My Gull is built from 1/4 luan with a light epoxy/glass skin, the
> > middle seat only, and no chine logs.
>
> What does a 'light' Gull weigh?
>
>
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> David Ryan <david@...> wrote:Well, a Yellow Leaf has less buoyancy in the stern than a Gull.
> A skeg would help, but the real problem is boyancy in the stern. If you
> look at the way that surfboards or squirt kayaks ride in front of white
> water, you'll notice that the back of the "boat" is submerged under the
> rolling wall of foam.
Bolger's sailboard 'Dynamite' is drawn with no buoyancy
in the stern at all, free flooding. Was that what PCB was
thinking?
And yes, wheels could get the boat down to the water from
the car, but single handed car topping is very useful for
a recreational boat at my local surf beach.
I will have to try building an ultra light Glouchester Gull, and
report back.
>A skeg would help, but the real problem is boyancy in the stern. If you
> I am also speculating whether a skeg at the stern would help
> keep the bow pointed forward when I start the surfing down
> the face of the wave. Surfboards use skegs for this reason, hmmm.
>
look at the way that surfboards or squirt kayaks ride in front of white
water, you'll notice that the back of the "boat" is submerged under the
rolling wall of foam.
A Gull will surf nicely on a green wave, but still needs delicate
handling to avoid a broach. I stand, ship the oars as I move to the
back of the boat, and then take a surfer's stance in the stern. If the
boat veers even slightly to one side or the other, the chine will tend
to catch, stern slew, etc.
I can't give you a weight, but as build I can get my boat on and off my
stationwagon racks singlehanded. More often it's wind that makes
carrying it difficult to carry solo. The hardest part is the turn from
upsidedown to right side up or back again.
YIBB,
David
David Ryan wrote:
Saturday. [Also, I put a very light weight painted canvas deck over the
bow and stern, and with this addition I found that I could plow through
2'-3' high surf going forward. sheading the water washing over the bow.]
Coming back in, timing the sets, and paddling like heck,
about 3/4 the way back through the oncoming waves I would
get pick up by the stern, and pushed forward onto a plane, then
the stern gets pushed around, and the bow digs in, turn sideways
to the face of the wave, and the boat rolls over. The source
of the problem is the speed from surfing down the face of the wave.
I am also speculating whether a skeg at the stern would help
keep the bow pointed forward when I start the surfing down
the face of the wave. Surfboards use skegs for this reason, hmmm.
BTW, I am more and more impressed with Bolger's Yellow Leaf
after a second outing. Certainly better than the Polystyrene
kayaks popular where I live. Yellow Leaf is half the weight, 10%
of the cost, has more capacity and is faster to paddle too.
> Being overtaken by a breaker is one of the most difficult things toThis is exactly the problem I experienced in my Yellow Leaf on
> handle in a boat. The stern slews around, the full length of your boat
> is fully exposed to the power of the wave, and you broach and/or roll.
> The way to avoid this is speed. Time your approach to the beach so
> you're coming in between sets, and then haul ass to the beach.
Saturday. [Also, I put a very light weight painted canvas deck over the
bow and stern, and with this addition I found that I could plow through
2'-3' high surf going forward. sheading the water washing over the bow.]
Coming back in, timing the sets, and paddling like heck,
about 3/4 the way back through the oncoming waves I would
get pick up by the stern, and pushed forward onto a plane, then
the stern gets pushed around, and the bow digs in, turn sideways
to the face of the wave, and the boat rolls over. The source
of the problem is the speed from surfing down the face of the wave.
I am also speculating whether a skeg at the stern would help
keep the bow pointed forward when I start the surfing down
the face of the wave. Surfboards use skegs for this reason, hmmm.
BTW, I am more and more impressed with Bolger's Yellow Leaf
after a second outing. Certainly better than the Polystyrene
kayaks popular where I live. Yellow Leaf is half the weight, 10%
of the cost, has more capacity and is faster to paddle too.
> My Gull is built from 1/4 luan with a light epoxy/glass skin, theWhat does a 'light' Gull weigh?
> middle seat only, and no chine logs.
My friend says he built his a little on the heavy side...
About 100 lbs...
The Bolger Light Dory - or Gloucester Gull - is really not a surfing
dory...
About 100 lbs...
The Bolger Light Dory - or Gloucester Gull - is really not a surfing
dory...
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, Bruce Hallman <bruce@h...> wrote:
> I have considered Crystal, and favor it, with the one
> concern, that she weighs too much to drag from
> the car to the water. What do Glou Gulls weigh?
You could do the light version, and strap in some blocks of foam for
floatation.
I have noticed when sailing chine racing dinghies, that flared vee
type hulls track really well, and are quite forgiving...with good
forward motion, such as surfing with a wave, they sit up and are
supported by the angled vee....sort of self-correcting.
DonB
floatation.
I have noticed when sailing chine racing dinghies, that flared vee
type hulls track really well, and are quite forgiving...with good
forward motion, such as surfing with a wave, they sit up and are
supported by the angled vee....sort of self-correcting.
DonB
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, Bruce Hallman <bruce@h...> wrote:
> I have considered Crystal, and favor it, with the one
> concern, that she weighs too much to drag from
> the car to the water. What do Glou Gulls weigh?
I'm willing to believe Bolger on this point, and I seem to recall that
according to him the light dories type IV and V, and Crystal should all
be good in surf. Suggest you get some of those boat wheels instead of
dragging the boat a long way. If you get the big fat soft wheels, you
can go over some pretty big rocks. I think we got ours at West Marine.
You could probably make similar with a pair of wheelbarrow wheels and
save some dough, but it might be a bit heavier. Our wheels let us launch
next to the ramp in Gloucester, going down over the rocks, instead of
getting in line behind 12 or so boat trailers.
according to him the light dories type IV and V, and Crystal should all
be good in surf. Suggest you get some of those boat wheels instead of
dragging the boat a long way. If you get the big fat soft wheels, you
can go over some pretty big rocks. I think we got ours at West Marine.
You could probably make similar with a pair of wheelbarrow wheels and
save some dough, but it might be a bit heavier. Our wheels let us launch
next to the ramp in Gloucester, going down over the rocks, instead of
getting in line behind 12 or so boat trailers.
>Bruce Hallman wrote:
>Subject: Re: Gloucester Gull Dory - RECTIFICATION !
>
>You Dory owners, please predict how she would
>behave in surf. I just tried my Yellow Leaf in the
>surf again today, and while I could leave the
>beach, timing it right between sets of combers...
>coming back in, I would get overtaken by a
>breaker, and get flipped. Which Bolger boat
>would be best as a Surf Boat.
>
>Weight matters, as I need to drag the boat from
>the parking lot, across some rocks, and
>across a sandy beach to get to the water.
>
> I have considered Crystal, ... she weighs too much to drag fromWith some trepidation, I mention Sweet Pea. Bolger refers to her as a
> the car to the water. What do Glou Gulls weigh?
surf dory in BWAOM. You would want a pure rowing version for
lightness, and even there, she may be heavier than Crystal.
The weight of Crystal depends on the the version. If you remove the
water-shedding deck, she's pretty light.
If you want the hull to be a sailboat on non-surf days, you might
look at the Pirate Racer, too.
Peter
I have considered Crystal, and favor it, with the one
concern, that she weighs too much to drag from
the car to the water. What do Glou Gulls weigh?
concern, that she weighs too much to drag from
the car to the water. What do Glou Gulls weigh?
Being overtaken by a breaker is one of the most difficult things to
handle in a boat. The stern slews around, the full length of your boat
is fully exposed to the power of the wave, and you broach and/or roll.
The way to avoid this is speed. Time your approach to the beach so
you're coming in between sets, and then haul ass to the beach.
My Gull is built from 1/4 luan with a light epoxy/glass skin, the
middle seat only, and no chine logs. The choice is lightness (both for
carry and acceleration/handling) over strength, and is not a bad choice
if you are willing to regard the boat as disposable. The is how
surfboards are built, and gives you an excuse to make another boat
every few years.
YIBB,
David
handle in a boat. The stern slews around, the full length of your boat
is fully exposed to the power of the wave, and you broach and/or roll.
The way to avoid this is speed. Time your approach to the beach so
you're coming in between sets, and then haul ass to the beach.
My Gull is built from 1/4 luan with a light epoxy/glass skin, the
middle seat only, and no chine logs. The choice is lightness (both for
carry and acceleration/handling) over strength, and is not a bad choice
if you are willing to regard the boat as disposable. The is how
surfboards are built, and gives you an excuse to make another boat
every few years.
YIBB,
David
On Sunday, July 25, 2004, at 12:13 AM, Bruce Hallman wrote:
> You Dory owners, please predict how she would
> behave in surf. I just tried my Yellow Leaf in the
> surf again today, and while I could leave the
> beach, timing it right between sets of combers...
> coming back in, I would get overtaken by a
> breaker, and get flipped. Which Bolger boat
> would be best as a Surf Boat.
>
> Weight matters, as I need to drag the boat from
> the parking lot, across some rocks, and
> across a sandy beach to get to the water.
>
>
>
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Crystal may be one of the better ones, with her veed surfboat type hull.
Wolfards Design book shows her going out through the surf,
DonB
Wolfards Design book shows her going out through the surf,
DonB
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, Bruce Hallman <bruce@h...> wrote:
> You Dory owners, please predict how she would
> behave in surf. I just tried my Yellow Leaf in the
> surf again today, and while I could leave the
> beach, timing it right between sets of combers...
> coming back in, I would get overtaken by a
> breaker, and get flipped. Which Bolger boat
> would be best as a Surf Boat.
>
> Weight matters, as I need to drag the boat from
> the parking lot, across some rocks, and
> across a sandy beach to get to the water.
You Dory owners, please predict how she would
behave in surf. I just tried my Yellow Leaf in the
surf again today, and while I could leave the
beach, timing it right between sets of combers...
coming back in, I would get overtaken by a
breaker, and get flipped. Which Bolger boat
would be best as a Surf Boat.
Weight matters, as I need to drag the boat from
the parking lot, across some rocks, and
across a sandy beach to get to the water.
behave in surf. I just tried my Yellow Leaf in the
surf again today, and while I could leave the
beach, timing it right between sets of combers...
coming back in, I would get overtaken by a
breaker, and get flipped. Which Bolger boat
would be best as a Surf Boat.
Weight matters, as I need to drag the boat from
the parking lot, across some rocks, and
across a sandy beach to get to the water.
Correct link is:
http://www.eatmydust.net/dory/index.htm
http://www.eatmydust.net/dory/index.htm
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "rogerleroy" <rogerleroy@y...> wrote:
> Hello bolgeristas!
>
> Here is another fine example of first-rate craftsmanship "Made on
> Cape Cod"!!!
> I give you... my buddy Steve's Light Dory!!!
> Ta taaaa!!! :-)
>
> I tell you... rowing, she glides thru the water at a real good
pace,
> even with 3 guys on board. Steve tells me he's had 5 guys on board
> and although she had less freeboard, she rowed just as good!
> Surely, it was a test and the leanest guy onboard was about 225...!
> Over 1000lbs onboard and Big Boy Steve was still rowing her at a
few
> knots...!
>
> For a laugh, we tried her last week with a 27 lbs/thrust trolling
> motor and she went real good! We'll bring the hanheld gps next
time
> and a camera! It was fun zooming around the harbor with it!
>
> Enjoy the pictures and the movies!
>http://www.eatmydust.net/capedory/index.htm
Hello bolgeristas!
Here is another fine example of first-rate craftsmanship "Made on
Cape Cod"!!!
I give you... my buddy Steve's Light Dory!!!
Ta taaaa!!! :-)
I tell you... rowing, she glides thru the water at a real good pace,
even with 3 guys on board. Steve tells me he's had 5 guys on board
and although she had less freeboard, she rowed just as good!
Surely, it was a test and the leanest guy onboard was about 225...!
Over 1000lbs onboard and Big Boy Steve was still rowing her at a few
knots...!
For a laugh, we tried her last week with a 27 lbs/thrust trolling
motor and she went real good! We'll bring the hanheld gps next time
and a camera! It was fun zooming around the harbor with it!
Enjoy the pictures and the movies!
http://www.eatmydust.net/capedory/index.htm
Here is another fine example of first-rate craftsmanship "Made on
Cape Cod"!!!
I give you... my buddy Steve's Light Dory!!!
Ta taaaa!!! :-)
I tell you... rowing, she glides thru the water at a real good pace,
even with 3 guys on board. Steve tells me he's had 5 guys on board
and although she had less freeboard, she rowed just as good!
Surely, it was a test and the leanest guy onboard was about 225...!
Over 1000lbs onboard and Big Boy Steve was still rowing her at a few
knots...!
For a laugh, we tried her last week with a 27 lbs/thrust trolling
motor and she went real good! We'll bring the hanheld gps next time
and a camera! It was fun zooming around the harbor with it!
Enjoy the pictures and the movies!
http://www.eatmydust.net/capedory/index.htm