Re: [bolger] Some thoughts on fashion...
A few years ago, when a RORO auto carrier was lying on its side in the Gulf
of Alaska, it was remarkable how much it looked like an oversize Loose Moose
II: plumb, straight sides and rockered bottom. It's high sides kept it from
swamping, and it was later towed into harbor. The taconite and coal carriers
moving in and out of Duluth harbor are the same: plumb and straight; maximum
capacity with minimum curves. Go to the Duluth harbor webcam (
http://www.lsmma.com/webcam_large.htm)and take a look at the Walter
McCarthy, a 1,000 foot-long coal hauling laker. (You'll have to wait till
spring since the shipping season is over.)
The Far Harbor 39 suffers from the limits of fiberglass construction, that
is, it requires more curves than Loose Moose II because of the lack of
stiffness of fiberglass in comparison to plywood. For years, I've been
designing boats for fun. I've never published any of my designs. It's simply
a relaxing thing to do. Right now I'm working on a shipping container
motorsailer (I've been playing around with that concept for over 10 years)
and am using Loose Moose II as a starting point.
Fred Schumacher
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of Alaska, it was remarkable how much it looked like an oversize Loose Moose
II: plumb, straight sides and rockered bottom. It's high sides kept it from
swamping, and it was later towed into harbor. The taconite and coal carriers
moving in and out of Duluth harbor are the same: plumb and straight; maximum
capacity with minimum curves. Go to the Duluth harbor webcam (
http://www.lsmma.com/webcam_large.htm)and take a look at the Walter
McCarthy, a 1,000 foot-long coal hauling laker. (You'll have to wait till
spring since the shipping season is over.)
The Far Harbor 39 suffers from the limits of fiberglass construction, that
is, it requires more curves than Loose Moose II because of the lack of
stiffness of fiberglass in comparison to plywood. For years, I've been
designing boats for fun. I've never published any of my designs. It's simply
a relaxing thing to do. Right now I'm working on a shipping container
motorsailer (I've been playing around with that concept for over 10 years)
and am using Loose Moose II as a starting point.
Fred Schumacher
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
You add destabilizing weight above the water line with flair, I am not
so sure that you gain.
HJ
Doug Pollard wrote:
so sure that you gain.
HJ
Doug Pollard wrote:
> loosemoosefilmworks wrote:
>
>> The current discussion on the looks of certain Bolger boats give me a
>> sort of feeling akin the one the kid in the Emperors New Clothes must
>> have had...
>>
>> Back when Sheila and I were cruising Africa and the Canaries on Loose
>> Moose 2 part of our income was derived from the fact that I had a
>> hookah diving system and could clean peoples bottoms. Just before the
>> ARC rally left I cleaned a lot of Swans and one thing that was
>> noticeable from underneath was that the bottom of the current Swan
>> designs had an uncanny similarity to Loose Moose 2 very sharpiesque if
>> you will.
>>
>> Some years later I keep seeing boats that everyone drools over that
>> have plumb bows,plumb sides and flat bottoms but for some reason they
>> seem to get measured with a different stick...If you spend over a
>> million dollars on a yacht that looks like an advanced sharpie it is
>> hipper than hip yet if you build it yourself out of plywood...Yuck!
>>
>> Take a look at the BMW Oracle Yacht for the Louis Vuitton Pacific
>> Cup...Once you get past the canting keel and look at the hull form you
>> see plumb sides and a flat highly rockered bottom! The chines are
>> nicely rounded but otherwise there is a lot more in common with the
>> Advanced sharpie than most would think. Look at the photos of Loose
>> Moose and BMW Oracle for an example in the photo section
>>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/photos/album/1257055843/pic/list;jsessionid=DAFBD031D76F684199944DAB344D0126.
>> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/photos/album/1257055843/pic/list;jsessionid=DAFBD031D76F684199944DAB344D0126.>
>>
>> The reason I'm going on about all this is simply that we as Bolger
>> builders have a habit of being the very people who promote the designs
>> as some how less than they are both in performance and looks.Truth is
>> Bolger for years has been so far ahead of the trend that most of his
>> stuff is dead on fashionable now if you take a moment to think about it.
>>
>> Bob
>>http://boatbits.blogspot.com/<http://boatbits.blogspot.com/>
>>
>>
>>
> All you say is likely true but unless you have a limited width in
> your boat shed or are limitede in width by traloring, why not have the
> flair that adds stability in case of a knock down. Its kind of Like
> building a 15 ft boat with a square bow it makes a big 15ft boat but
> why? You can build a bigger boat and have the very same boat with a
> pointed bow. Why cut the bow off and put in a transom? I kind of
> feel about square sided boats like I feel about oyster toads who are
> only pretty to other oyster toads now matter how practical they may be.
> I don't believe in functional beauty especially when the uglyness does
> not seem to have a function.
> Square sided boats can be attractive if you only look at them from
> the side. This especially if they have a nice looking shear. But from
> bow or stern UGH. I feel sure that a designer of square boats would
> leave off the bow,stern view off of his drawings if he could. They shore
> dont comment on their good looks from the stern.
> I feel like your post is not so much in praise of square sided boats
> is it is making fun of the super yacht racing designers who are just
> copying Bolger, or/and Comadore Monroe. Was that your intent?? Any way
> I agree with this 100%.
> Doug
>
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Bob,
My thoughts exactly when I saw Bob Perry's "Far Harbor 39."
http://www.containeryachts.com/
It's an AS39 with a bolt-on keel. Bolger designed that years ago.
Bill. Long micro Pugnacious
My thoughts exactly when I saw Bob Perry's "Far Harbor 39."
http://www.containeryachts.com/
It's an AS39 with a bolt-on keel. Bolger designed that years ago.
Bill. Long micro Pugnacious
>>>>snip<<<<
> Some years later I keep seeing boats that everyone drools over that
> have plumb bows,plumb sides and flat bottoms but for some reason they
> seem to get measured with a different stick...If you spend over a
> million dollars on a yacht that looks like an advanced sharpie it is
> hipper than hip yet if you build it yourself out of plywood...Yuck!
>
> Take a look at the BMW Oracle Yacht for the Louis Vuitton Pacific
> Cup...Once you get past the canting keel and look at the hull form you
> see plumb sides and a flat highly rockered bottom! The chines are
> nicely rounded but otherwise there is a lot more in common with the
> Advanced sharpie than most would think. Look at the photos of Loose
> Moose and BMW Oracle for an example in the photo section
> Bob
>http://boatbits.blogspot.com/
loosemoosefilmworks wrote:
your boat shed or are limitede in width by traloring, why not have the
flair that adds stability in case of a knock down. Its kind of Like
building a 15 ft boat with a square bow it makes a big 15ft boat but
why? You can build a bigger boat and have the very same boat with a
pointed bow. Why cut the bow off and put in a transom? I kind of
feel about square sided boats like I feel about oyster toads who are
only pretty to other oyster toads now matter how practical they may be.
I don't believe in functional beauty especially when the uglyness does
not seem to have a function.
Square sided boats can be attractive if you only look at them from
the side. This especially if they have a nice looking shear. But from
bow or stern UGH. I feel sure that a designer of square boats would
leave off the bow,stern view off of his drawings if he could. They shore
dont comment on their good looks from the stern.
I feel like your post is not so much in praise of square sided boats
is it is making fun of the super yacht racing designers who are just
copying Bolger, or/and Comadore Monroe. Was that your intent?? Any way
I agree with this 100%.
Doug
>All you say is likely true but unless you have a limited width in
> The current discussion on the looks of certain Bolger boats give me a
> sort of feeling akin the one the kid in the Emperors New Clothes must
> have had...
>
> Back when Sheila and I were cruising Africa and the Canaries on Loose
> Moose 2 part of our income was derived from the fact that I had a
> hookah diving system and could clean peoples bottoms. Just before the
> ARC rally left I cleaned a lot of Swans and one thing that was
> noticeable from underneath was that the bottom of the current Swan
> designs had an uncanny similarity to Loose Moose 2 very sharpiesque if
> you will.
>
> Some years later I keep seeing boats that everyone drools over that
> have plumb bows,plumb sides and flat bottoms but for some reason they
> seem to get measured with a different stick...If you spend over a
> million dollars on a yacht that looks like an advanced sharpie it is
> hipper than hip yet if you build it yourself out of plywood...Yuck!
>
> Take a look at the BMW Oracle Yacht for the Louis Vuitton Pacific
> Cup...Once you get past the canting keel and look at the hull form you
> see plumb sides and a flat highly rockered bottom! The chines are
> nicely rounded but otherwise there is a lot more in common with the
> Advanced sharpie than most would think. Look at the photos of Loose
> Moose and BMW Oracle for an example in the photo section
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/photos/album/1257055843/pic/list;jsessionid=DAFBD031D76F684199944DAB344D0126.
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/photos/album/1257055843/pic/list;jsessionid=DAFBD031D76F684199944DAB344D0126.>
>
> The reason I'm going on about all this is simply that we as Bolger
> builders have a habit of being the very people who promote the designs
> as some how less than they are both in performance and looks.Truth is
> Bolger for years has been so far ahead of the trend that most of his
> stuff is dead on fashionable now if you take a moment to think about it.
>
> Bob
>http://boatbits.blogspot.com/<http://boatbits.blogspot.com/>
>
>
your boat shed or are limitede in width by traloring, why not have the
flair that adds stability in case of a knock down. Its kind of Like
building a 15 ft boat with a square bow it makes a big 15ft boat but
why? You can build a bigger boat and have the very same boat with a
pointed bow. Why cut the bow off and put in a transom? I kind of
feel about square sided boats like I feel about oyster toads who are
only pretty to other oyster toads now matter how practical they may be.
I don't believe in functional beauty especially when the uglyness does
not seem to have a function.
Square sided boats can be attractive if you only look at them from
the side. This especially if they have a nice looking shear. But from
bow or stern UGH. I feel sure that a designer of square boats would
leave off the bow,stern view off of his drawings if he could. They shore
dont comment on their good looks from the stern.
I feel like your post is not so much in praise of square sided boats
is it is making fun of the super yacht racing designers who are just
copying Bolger, or/and Comadore Monroe. Was that your intent?? Any way
I agree with this 100%.
Doug
It has always seemed to me that there is a sense of pride in being
counter fashion in this group. I myself have always thought that form
should follow function. My perception of PCB&F is that this is ther
philosophy too.
V/R
Chris
loosemoosefilmworks wrote:
counter fashion in this group. I myself have always thought that form
should follow function. My perception of PCB&F is that this is ther
philosophy too.
V/R
Chris
loosemoosefilmworks wrote:
> The current discussion on the looks of certain Bolger boats give me a[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> sort of feeling akin the one the kid in the Emperors New Clothes must
> have had...
>
> Back when Sheila and I were cruising Africa and the Canaries on Loose
> Moose 2 part of our income was derived from the fact that I had a
> hookah diving system and could clean peoples bottoms. Just before the
> ARC rally left I cleaned a lot of Swans and one thing that was
> noticeable from underneath was that the bottom of the current Swan
> designs had an uncanny similarity to Loose Moose 2 very sharpiesque if
> you will.
>
> Some years later I keep seeing boats that everyone drools over that
> have plumb bows,plumb sides and flat bottoms but for some reason they
> seem to get measured with a different stick...If you spend over a
> million dollars on a yacht that looks like an advanced sharpie it is
> hipper than hip yet if you build it yourself out of plywood...Yuck!
>
> Take a look at the BMW Oracle Yacht for the Louis Vuitton Pacific
> Cup...Once you get past the canting keel and look at the hull form you
> see plumb sides and a flat highly rockered bottom! The chines are
> nicely rounded but otherwise there is a lot more in common with the
> Advanced sharpie than most would think. Look at the photos of Loose
> Moose and BMW Oracle for an example in the photo section
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/photos/album/1257055843/pic/list;jsessionid=DAFBD031D76F684199944DAB344D0126.
>
> The reason I'm going on about all this is simply that we as Bolger
> builders have a habit of being the very people who promote the designs
> as some how less than they are both in performance and looks.Truth is
> Bolger for years has been so far ahead of the trend that most of his
> stuff is dead on fashionable now if you take a moment to think about it.
>
> Bob
>http://boatbits.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
>
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>
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> - NO "GO AWAY SPAMMER!" posts!!! Please!
> - no cursing, flaming, trolling, spamming, respamming, or flogging dead horses
> - stay on topic, stay on thread, punctuate, no 'Ed, thanks, Fred' posts
> - Pls add your comments at the TOP, SIGN your posts, and snip away
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>
The current discussion on the looks of certain Bolger boats give me a
sort of feeling akin the one the kid in the Emperors New Clothes must
have had...
Back when Sheila and I were cruising Africa and the Canaries on Loose
Moose 2 part of our income was derived from the fact that I had a
hookah diving system and could clean peoples bottoms. Just before the
ARC rally left I cleaned a lot of Swans and one thing that was
noticeable from underneath was that the bottom of the current Swan
designs had an uncanny similarity to Loose Moose 2 very sharpiesque if
you will.
Some years later I keep seeing boats that everyone drools over that
have plumb bows,plumb sides and flat bottoms but for some reason they
seem to get measured with a different stick...If you spend over a
million dollars on a yacht that looks like an advanced sharpie it is
hipper than hip yet if you build it yourself out of plywood...Yuck!
Take a look at the BMW Oracle Yacht for the Louis Vuitton Pacific
Cup...Once you get past the canting keel and look at the hull form you
see plumb sides and a flat highly rockered bottom! The chines are
nicely rounded but otherwise there is a lot more in common with the
Advanced sharpie than most would think. Look at the photos of Loose
Moose and BMW Oracle for an example in the photo section
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/photos/album/1257055843/pic/list;jsessionid=DAFBD031D76F684199944DAB344D0126.
The reason I'm going on about all this is simply that we as Bolger
builders have a habit of being the very people who promote the designs
as some how less than they are both in performance and looks.Truth is
Bolger for years has been so far ahead of the trend that most of his
stuff is dead on fashionable now if you take a moment to think about it.
Bob
http://boatbits.blogspot.com/
sort of feeling akin the one the kid in the Emperors New Clothes must
have had...
Back when Sheila and I were cruising Africa and the Canaries on Loose
Moose 2 part of our income was derived from the fact that I had a
hookah diving system and could clean peoples bottoms. Just before the
ARC rally left I cleaned a lot of Swans and one thing that was
noticeable from underneath was that the bottom of the current Swan
designs had an uncanny similarity to Loose Moose 2 very sharpiesque if
you will.
Some years later I keep seeing boats that everyone drools over that
have plumb bows,plumb sides and flat bottoms but for some reason they
seem to get measured with a different stick...If you spend over a
million dollars on a yacht that looks like an advanced sharpie it is
hipper than hip yet if you build it yourself out of plywood...Yuck!
Take a look at the BMW Oracle Yacht for the Louis Vuitton Pacific
Cup...Once you get past the canting keel and look at the hull form you
see plumb sides and a flat highly rockered bottom! The chines are
nicely rounded but otherwise there is a lot more in common with the
Advanced sharpie than most would think. Look at the photos of Loose
Moose and BMW Oracle for an example in the photo section
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/photos/album/1257055843/pic/list;jsessionid=DAFBD031D76F684199944DAB344D0126.
The reason I'm going on about all this is simply that we as Bolger
builders have a habit of being the very people who promote the designs
as some how less than they are both in performance and looks.Truth is
Bolger for years has been so far ahead of the trend that most of his
stuff is dead on fashionable now if you take a moment to think about it.
Bob
http://boatbits.blogspot.com/