Re: Info on Bolger Dakota
I paid $300 for the plans. The arrangement plan
shown in detail is a window cruiser style on the order of
"Champlain". There are self-bailing cockpit wells fore and aft. There
are 2 transom berths, a hanging locker, a convertible
dinette,enclosed head w/sink, bureau w/ drawers, stove w/ oven, sink
cabinet, double drawer galley cabinet, and very
large icebox. There is a helm platform forward/starboard and folding
seat/backrests for helmsperson and passenger on the forward ends of
the icebox/starboard and the galley cabinet/port. There are swinging
doors out to the cockpit wells centered in both the fore and aft
cabin bulkheads.
The plans show a bilgeboard, but Bolger included a
note stating that while sometimes useful, the board was probably not
worth the cost and effort to construct. This version shows foam
flotation fore and aft.There is flow-through ventilation. Fuel is in
2 permanent 135 liter tanks under the aft cockpit seats port and
starboard. There is room for an additional portable fuel tank on the
floor of the aft cockpit. (It should provide excellent range. Bolger
recommends the Yamaha T-50 high-thrust 4 cycle outboard. This version
showed a pair of "Junebug"tenders carried on the cabin roof top. One
of the alternate arrangement plans shows a diesel inboard engine.
I believe this plan was shown and discussed in MESSING ABOUT
IN BOATS August 15, 1995. It was called "Prefabricated River Cruiser"
in that article.
The construction expansions and dimensions are for the hull
only. You build a big open skiff. It can be used as an open boat, you
can add one of Bolger's cabin suggestions, or, as he states, you can
add one of your own creation. I plan to use the accomodation plan he
detailed with only minor changes.
shown in detail is a window cruiser style on the order of
"Champlain". There are self-bailing cockpit wells fore and aft. There
are 2 transom berths, a hanging locker, a convertible
dinette,enclosed head w/sink, bureau w/ drawers, stove w/ oven, sink
cabinet, double drawer galley cabinet, and very
large icebox. There is a helm platform forward/starboard and folding
seat/backrests for helmsperson and passenger on the forward ends of
the icebox/starboard and the galley cabinet/port. There are swinging
doors out to the cockpit wells centered in both the fore and aft
cabin bulkheads.
The plans show a bilgeboard, but Bolger included a
note stating that while sometimes useful, the board was probably not
worth the cost and effort to construct. This version shows foam
flotation fore and aft.There is flow-through ventilation. Fuel is in
2 permanent 135 liter tanks under the aft cockpit seats port and
starboard. There is room for an additional portable fuel tank on the
floor of the aft cockpit. (It should provide excellent range. Bolger
recommends the Yamaha T-50 high-thrust 4 cycle outboard. This version
showed a pair of "Junebug"tenders carried on the cabin roof top. One
of the alternate arrangement plans shows a diesel inboard engine.
I believe this plan was shown and discussed in MESSING ABOUT
IN BOATS August 15, 1995. It was called "Prefabricated River Cruiser"
in that article.
The construction expansions and dimensions are for the hull
only. You build a big open skiff. It can be used as an open boat, you
can add one of Bolger's cabin suggestions, or, as he states, you can
add one of your own creation. I plan to use the accomodation plan he
detailed with only minor changes.
Looking for info on the Bolger "Dakota". The very few references I have
found seem to put it in the 37' range, between the Idaho and Wyoming. I
assume it was in one of the now out of print books (prior to BWAOM)? Has
anyone out there built, seen, or even have lines for it?
Thanks for any help
Marc Frank
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found seem to put it in the 37' range, between the Idaho and Wyoming. I
assume it was in one of the now out of print books (prior to BWAOM)? Has
anyone out there built, seen, or even have lines for it?
Thanks for any help
Marc Frank
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iWon.com www.iwon.com why wouldn't you?
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