Re: [bolger] June Bug - Sailing

Tim,

Great post! I have found people can't get enough of these $100 boats (too
bad we can't sell 'em for that at a profit!). My little 12 foot 3-sheet
luan skiff with sprit tarpsail bamboozles them too.

Don Hodges
dhodges@...
http://www.ecoastlife.com
Your Cyber-Vacation - Loafing on the Emerald Coast
Small Boats, Building, Fishing, Paddling, Rowing, Sailing

----- Original Message -----
From: T Webber <tbertw@...>
To: <bolger@egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 9:32 PM
Subject: [bolger] June Bug - Sailing


> List,
>
> My June Bug has been the most neglected boat in the world!!! After it was
> built, it spent about 19 months and was not sailed, rowed or even taken
out
> of the yard. At last years messabout, Roger Harlow rowed her for the first
> time!!! I rowed the boat on several occasions last year. This past winter,
> I inherited a Pickup Pram sail made by Jim Michalak. I adapted that sail
to
> the June Bug last week. It sailed for the first time at our messabout last
> Saturday. The sail is 69 sq feet where Bolger calls for 59 sq feet.
>
> The rig needs some tuning in the halyard and downhaul areas, needs a
> mainsheet block and needs to have the rudder redone, but it sails
> marvellously! It has nuetral helm and sails will with 450 lbs of crew!It
is
> fairly close winded (95 - 100). The mast is a little limber. The entire
> sailing rig, (mast, lee board, rudder and tiller) was built from SCRAP in
> the garage. It all worked and worked fairly well. Good enuff that my son
> has basically STOLEN the boat. We took it to the tiny lake in The
Woodlands
> tonite and it performed well and amazed the bystanders. Especially when
> they found out the hull was under $100, and the materials were all lumber
> yard - except for the sail.
>
> A totally satisfying evening!
>
> Tim - Spring, TX
>
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I really enjoyed the Messabout! Thanks.
Ken Abrahams
-----Original Message-----
From: T Webber <tbertw@...>
To:bolger@egroups.com<bolger@egroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 9:38 PM
Subject: [bolger] June Bug - Sailing

>List,
>
>My June Bug has been the most neglected boat in the world!!! After it was
>built, it spent about 19 months and was not sailed, rowed or even taken out
>of the yard. At last years messabout, Roger Harlow rowed her for the first
>time!!! I rowed the boat on several occasions last year. This past winter,
>I inherited a Pickup Pram sail made by Jim Michalak. I adapted that sail to
>the June Bug last week. It sailed for the first time at our messabout last
>Saturday. The sail is 69 sq feet where Bolger calls for 59 sq feet.
>
>The rig needs some tuning in the halyard and downhaul areas, needs a
>mainsheet block and needs to have the rudder redone, but it sails
>marvellously! It has nuetral helm and sails will with 450 lbs of crew!It is
>fairly close winded (95 - 100). The mast is a little limber. The entire
>sailing rig, (mast, lee board, rudder and tiller) was built from SCRAP in
>the garage. It all worked and worked fairly well. Good enuff that my son
>has basically STOLEN the boat. We took it to the tiny lake in The Woodlands
>tonite and it performed well and amazed the bystanders. Especially when
>they found out the hull was under $100, and the materials were all lumber
>yard - except for the sail.
>
>A totally satisfying evening!
>
>Tim - Spring, TX
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Tradiant is creating the premier marketplace for shippers and
>carriers as well as a comprehensive family of e-commerce solutions
>that give transportation companies the competitive edge. Visit
>Tradiant today.
>http://click.egroups.com/1/3395/6/_/3457/_/956111549/
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>