Re: [SPAM] [bolger] Re: re; Folding Schooner
As a builder of a nearly completed folding schooner---hope to have it done this time next month,
[ there must be at least one being built at any one time somewhere in the world]
I had the idea to increase the bottom thickness to one inch, it was 1/2 inch, so I screwed a
extra sheet on the bottom without epoxy then tried to turn it the right way up knowing that
I would have to do this each time I loaded the boat on the trailer--- it was the front part I tried
it on, I have done away with the hinges its just in two parts and will have to be turned over to
sit on the rear part when on the trailer.
The extra weight made it a lot harder to do this so I have gone back to a single sheet of
ply on the bottom as it will be just me and my wife using the boat and if it meant a lot
of hard work each time we would not use it lot.
Alex
[ there must be at least one being built at any one time somewhere in the world]
I had the idea to increase the bottom thickness to one inch, it was 1/2 inch, so I screwed a
extra sheet on the bottom without epoxy then tried to turn it the right way up knowing that
I would have to do this each time I loaded the boat on the trailer--- it was the front part I tried
it on, I have done away with the hinges its just in two parts and will have to be turned over to
sit on the rear part when on the trailer.
The extra weight made it a lot harder to do this so I have gone back to a single sheet of
ply on the bottom as it will be just me and my wife using the boat and if it meant a lot
of hard work each time we would not use it lot.
Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: Nels
To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 10:13 PM
Subject: [SPAM] [bolger] Re: re; Folding Schooner
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "lordborrolan" <lordborrolan@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Nels, Thanks for your reply, (if only you knew of the totaly
> negative response I got with this idea on "cruising dinghy's " site).
> The idea of removable hinge pins is an excellent one, increases the
> options. The reason that I don't think you'd need that much head room
> below deck, is because this would be sleeping space, (check out
> the "Sleeper", on "smallsailboats.co.uk", under "Micro Sailboats", and
> that was the idea without cabins, just decks, (dry stores and sleeping
> only), but the cabin option would give you about 3'6" headroom.
I was thinking of a raised deck only - with no cabin - like the
Breakdown Schooner, although it has a small pilothouse aft.
You can see the profile and cross-section diagrams here.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger_study_plans_only/files/
Or in the book BWAOM.
The cartoon of a Light Scooner is in the file at this site under that
name. This might work.
http://tinyurl.com/2ahk6r
It shows two separate cabin spaces - so that might be a challange to
hinge - but it looks great to my eye. Could it be a continuous raised
deck with the hinge on the top - like you mention. It would sort of
have the profile of a BLACK SKIMMER which is not bad!
With 2 cabins crew could sit outside the aft end of either one if one
wanted to go hiking:-)
One could have more sitting headroom aft and it would still look
great. I am a bit chlostraphobic when it comes to sleeping space. I
had a pop-top camper van with 3 ft of headroom over the upper bed and
found that was great. Anything less I found uncomfortable.
Nels
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