Re: Bolger Work Skiff

Please share your pics of this build - I like the work skiff, w/a little more spring and a slight flare, it'd be a Chesapeake Crabbing Skiff. :-)

Thanks all, this reaffirms my initial suspicion that this type of boat would be perfect for my family's intended use. Funds and time are a bit short right now, but I hope to at least start work on it over the winter with the possibility of splashing it next spring/summer. At present I've begun stockpiling lumber and other supplies bit by bit so that when the time comes I have everything I need.

That's correct. There's a good picture of Payson's son, 225 pounds at least, dressed in foul weather clothes and standing at the rail, hauling up a lobsta trap - the boat is heeling maybe an inch with all that.

There's one a few miles up the road from me that's been used three times a week for crabbing all summer long. The owner loves it, and can routinely haul around 5 adults. It runs along with a 15hp outboard all day with very little wake. Mine is about 2/3 complete now, and should be done in six weeks or so.

I'll try to get some pictures posted if anyone is interested.

Pete

Port Ludlow WA

In a message dated 7/21/2014 3:55:23 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, bolger@yahoogroups.com writes:

1a. Re: Introduction-looking to build a Michalak/Bolger hybrid
Posted by: sirdarnell@... sirdarnell
Date: Mon Jul 21, 2014 7:21 am ((PDT))

The work skiff was designed for professional use. i.e. hauling up crab traps, if I remember correctly, without bending over. The double bottom was to allow for running over shells in shallow water and the shoe was needed so the boat would actually turn when you turned the outboard, rather than moving in a straight line sideways until it tripped. Ouch!