Re: [bolger] Re: How do you know which boat

Dick,
From YOUR question {as well as similar wording form others - notably the
'impatient ones'} I would guess this would be your first 'build'. I would
also venture to guess that your interest is in the 'smaller boat' category.
Being a 'one-man-shop' that is my primary interest - due to both physical
limitations and inclination. It is also very much common sense, in MY
opinion, for a beginning builder to start small anyway.

In that light, there are a great many 'Bolger Plans' readily available.
'Full Scale from 'Dynamite' Payson, and 'reduced' scale from his books. The
advantage of getting a set of full-sized plans of larger {read 'more
complex'} plans directly from the designer is two-fold; they will be the
LATEST variant, and you will have access to the designer for building advise
& other technical discussions.

With the 'older' designs -some not so small- not only are they fairly easy
to obtain, but there is a wealth of building experience available on Forums
such as this.

I would look at Payson's web-site for a fairly extensive extensive list of
boats & books. Then I would look at the books in your local library {theirs
or via 'Inter-Library Loan'}. Next do a 'Google Search' on the name of a
specific boat that catches your interest - something that may have been
mentioned here. These steps should get you started.

The next step is to build simple PAPER {or thin Balsa wood} Models of the
designs - so you can evaluate them in 3-Dimensions. Parenthetically, it will
give you some idea of what you will have to do to ACTUALLY build them.

Regards & Good Luck,
Ron Magen
Backyard Boatshop

> Posted by: "dickpensil"dickpensil@yahoo. comdickpensil
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> So with no catalogue or web site how did you guys find the plans for the
> boat you wanted to build. I read somewhere that he had hundreds of small
> boat plans drawn up over the years. I sure would like to peruse those
> different boats to see which one I like best. . . .