Re: [bolger] Re: Sampan Express?

That's what I meant to say:slopwell. I've got to have the motor and everything associated with it sealed off as well as possible from the people in the boat and everything associated withthem. I also want to exclude as much of the engine noise as well as I can, so it'll need a box of some kind with a cover or hatch.

Can anybody point me toward a Bolger design with such attributes?

Davy

A brain weight of nine hundred grams is adequate as an optimum for human behavior. Anything more is employed in the commission of misdeeds. - Hooton

--- OnFri, 9/10/10, sirdarnell<sirdarnell@...>wrote:

From: sirdarnell <sirdarnell@...>
Subject: [bolger] Re: Sampan Express?
To: bolger@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, September 10, 2010, 2:48 PM

Dave Gerr's "The Nature of Boats" has a section explaining how to build the transom and slop well depending on motor HP. Phil did not like motor wells as he thought outboards belonged on transoms.

--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, davy riggs <titanicslim@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the response, Don! I should have given more info in my original post. I've done a fair amount of building, including a number of Bolger's designs, but not much in the area of larger powerboats- especially outboards.
> He has drawn this one with an I/O unit but, as I have access to a 90hp Merc, I'll need to build it with an outboard well etc. I guess I'd be most interested in drawings for a similarly sized Bolger outboard from which to get some ides as to how I shall go about this.
> Any thoughts, experiences or blinding flashes of insight will, of course, be enthusiastically welcomed!
> Thanks,Davy
>
> A brain weight of nine hundred grams is adequate as an optimum for human behavior. Anything more is employed in the commission of misdeeds. - Hooton
>

Dave Gerr's "The Nature of Boats" has a section explaining how to build the transom and slop well depending on motor HP. Phil did not like motor wells as he thought outboards belonged on transoms.

--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, davy riggs <titanicslim@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the response, Don! I should have given more info in my original post. I've done a fair amount of building, including a number of Bolger's designs, but not much in the area of larger powerboats- especially outboards.
> He has drawn this one with an I/O unit but, as I have access to a 90hp Merc, I'll need to build it with an outboard well etc. I guess I'd be most interested in drawings for a similarly sized Bolger outboard from which to get some ides as to how I shall go about this.
> Any thoughts, experiences or blinding flashes of insight will, of course, be enthusiastically welcomed!
> Thanks,Davy
>
> A brain weight of nine hundred grams is adequate as an optimum for human behavior. Anything more is employed in the commission of misdeeds. - Hooton
>

Thanks for the response, Don! I should have given more info in my original post. I've done a fair amount of building, including a number of Bolger's designs, but not much in the area of larger powerboats- especially outboards.

He has drawn this one with an I/O unit but, as I have access to a 90hp Merc, I'll need to build it with an outboard well etc. I guess I'd be most interested in drawings for a similarly sized Bolger outboard from which to get some ides as to how I shall go about this.

Any thoughts, experiences or blinding flashes of insight will, of course, be enthusiastically welcomed!

Thanks,

Davy

A brain weight of nine hundred grams is adequate as an optimum for human behavior. Anything more is employed in the commission of misdeeds. - Hooton

--- OnThu, 9/9/10, daschultz2000<daschultz8275@...>wrote:

From: daschultz2000 <daschultz8275@...>
Subject: [bolger] Re: Sampan Express?
To: bolger@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, September 9, 2010, 5:53 PM

You may need to buy a book like one of Chappel's to learn about lofting, and other detail of how the boat may go together.

Even a stitch&glue instant boat plan needs the support of a book Like Payson's "Instant Boats" so the builder can copy generic skills described there in, to turn the plans into a boat.

Don

--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, davy riggs <titanicslim@...> wrote:
>
> Anybody have any experience with this one from the Texas Dory Man's catalogue? I've just received the plans from Dynamite but it's lacking in detail, to say the least...
> Dave

You may need to buy a book like one of Chappel's to learn about lofting, and other detail of how the boat may go together.

Even a stitch&glue instant boat plan needs the support of a book Like Payson's "Instant Boats" so the builder can copy generic skills described there in, to turn the plans into a boat.

Don

--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, davy riggs <titanicslim@...> wrote:
>
> Anybody have any experience with this one from the Texas Dory Man's catalogue? I've just received the plans from Dynamite but it's lacking in detail, to say the least...
> Dave

Anybody have any experience with this one from the Texas Dory Man's catalogue? I've just received the plans from Dynamite but it's lacking in detail, to say the least...

Dave

A brain weight of nine hundred grams is adequate as an optimum for human behavior. Anything more is employed in the commission of misdeeds. - Hooton