Re: [bolger] Digest Number 2112 \ Scows
>What do you boat builders out there think of that idea? BTW I know I couldLarry,
>use "ply" but I don't want to.
go for it. Simplest thing in the world to build out of real, non-ply, wood.
--
Craig O'Donnell
Sinepuxent Ancestors & Boats
<http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fassitt/>
The Proa FAQ <http://boat-links.com/proafaq.html>
The Cheap Pages <http://www.friend.ly.net/~dadadata/>
Sailing Canoes, Polytarp Sails, Bamboo, Chinese Junks,
American Proas, the Bolger Boat Honor Roll,
Plywood Boats, Bamboo Rafts, &c.
_________________________________
-- Professor of Boatology -- Junkomologist
-- Macintosh kinda guy
Friend of Wanda the Wonder Cat, 1991-1997.
_________________________________
hey all...
I have been researching scows/punts for some time. They are very practical yet get no respect. (Bolger included in some circles). I had a little 8ft pram/scow/garvey to play with as a boy, made out of pitch pine framing (deck lumber now) & 1/2 inch marine ply. It would carry 2 180lb adult males and a skinny old boy, with about 8 inches of freeboard left over. It never let us down.
It was the love of my life in Jr.-High, and if you check the Carleton Mitchell archives at Mystic Seaport online collection, for St. Vincent or Bequia, I was there in '67-'68 the same time he was and some of the boats in his pictures I sailed on, and I used to row the scow in the Young Island anchorage
http://www.youngisland.com/<http://www.youngisland.com/>
I am thinking of making a little "replica" out of 1x12x12 based on the "$3 Scow" and the "Ozark's John Boat" to be found on this page.
http://mysite.verizon.net/res8hdji/fgcmm/id4.html<http://mysite.verizon.net/res8hdji/fgcmm/id4.html>
What do you boat builders out there think of that idea? BTW I know I could use "ply" but I don't want to.
Larry Henry
Volunteer at:
Florida Gulf Coast Maritime Museum.
http://mysite.verizon.net/res8hdji/fgcmm/index.html<http://mysite.verizonnet/res8hdji/fgcmm/index.html>
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
I have been researching scows/punts for some time. They are very practical yet get no respect. (Bolger included in some circles). I had a little 8ft pram/scow/garvey to play with as a boy, made out of pitch pine framing (deck lumber now) & 1/2 inch marine ply. It would carry 2 180lb adult males and a skinny old boy, with about 8 inches of freeboard left over. It never let us down.
It was the love of my life in Jr.-High, and if you check the Carleton Mitchell archives at Mystic Seaport online collection, for St. Vincent or Bequia, I was there in '67-'68 the same time he was and some of the boats in his pictures I sailed on, and I used to row the scow in the Young Island anchorage
http://www.youngisland.com/<http://www.youngisland.com/>
I am thinking of making a little "replica" out of 1x12x12 based on the "$3 Scow" and the "Ozark's John Boat" to be found on this page.
http://mysite.verizon.net/res8hdji/fgcmm/id4.html<http://mysite.verizon.net/res8hdji/fgcmm/id4.html>
What do you boat builders out there think of that idea? BTW I know I could use "ply" but I don't want to.
Larry Henry
Volunteer at:
Florida Gulf Coast Maritime Museum.
http://mysite.verizon.net/res8hdji/fgcmm/index.html<http://mysite.verizonnet/res8hdji/fgcmm/index.html>
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]