Re: Bolger Black Snake or Blacksnake
To continue another step, since Spur was heavy, Boger designed a
lighter boat of the same general type called Victoria which he thought
would be better for general use. If you asked Boger for the plans of
Spur, I think he would suggest either Victoria or Spur II, depending
on your preference in construction, but there are numerous other good
choices in his design list.
lighter boat of the same general type called Victoria which he thought
would be better for general use. If you asked Boger for the plans of
Spur, I think he would suggest either Victoria or Spur II, depending
on your preference in construction, but there are numerous other good
choices in his design list.
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, Hugo Tyson <hhetyson@...> wrote:
>
> No,
>
> Black Snake was a Sharpie design featured in an early 1950's
Rudder magazine.
>
> "Spur"..... the original Spur was built in Mallorca when Bolger
lived there for about a year doing design work. She was heavily built,
with sawn frames as is the tradition of Mediterranean boatbuilders.
She looked beautiful but was rather heavy. She's pictured on the cover
of Bolger's "Small Boats" book. Very whitehall like indeed.
>
> johnh94927 <johnh94927@...> wrote:
> Working from memory... Black Snake was a non-plywood boat,
very
> traditional, very whitehall-like, very beautiful. i think it was in an
> article or a book, but can't recall when/where. bolger had it built in
> europe and shipped it home i think. if anyone has knowledge of it
> please let me know. i'm almost ready to take on a whitehall
> construction project.
> thanks,
> john
>
>
>
>
>
>
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No,
Black Snake was a Sharpie design featured in an early 1950's Rudder magazine.
"Spur"..... the original Spur was built in Mallorca when Bolger lived there for about a year doing design work. She was heavily built, with sawn frames as is the tradition of Mediterranean boatbuilders. She looked beautiful but was rather heavy. She's pictured on the cover of Bolger's "Small Boats" book. Very whitehall like indeed.
johnh94927 <johnh94927@...> wrote:
Working from memory... Black Snake was a non-plywood boat, very
traditional, very whitehall-like, very beautiful. i think it was in an
article or a book, but can't recall when/where. bolger had it built in
europe and shipped it home i think. if anyone has knowledge of it
please let me know. i'm almost ready to take on a whitehall
construction project.
thanks,
john
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Black Snake was a Sharpie design featured in an early 1950's Rudder magazine.
"Spur"..... the original Spur was built in Mallorca when Bolger lived there for about a year doing design work. She was heavily built, with sawn frames as is the tradition of Mediterranean boatbuilders. She looked beautiful but was rather heavy. She's pictured on the cover of Bolger's "Small Boats" book. Very whitehall like indeed.
johnh94927 <johnh94927@...> wrote:
Working from memory... Black Snake was a non-plywood boat, very
traditional, very whitehall-like, very beautiful. i think it was in an
article or a book, but can't recall when/where. bolger had it built in
europe and shipped it home i think. if anyone has knowledge of it
please let me know. i'm almost ready to take on a whitehall
construction project.
thanks,
john
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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Working from memory... Black Snake was a non-plywood boat, very
traditional, very whitehall-like, very beautiful. i think it was in an
article or a book, but can't recall when/where. bolger had it built in
europe and shipped it home i think. if anyone has knowledge of it
please let me know. i'm almost ready to take on a whitehall
construction project.
thanks,
john
traditional, very whitehall-like, very beautiful. i think it was in an
article or a book, but can't recall when/where. bolger had it built in
europe and shipped it home i think. if anyone has knowledge of it
please let me know. i'm almost ready to take on a whitehall
construction project.
thanks,
john