Re: Catamarans

Frank,

As a matter of fact, the Oct. 15, 2000 and Nov. 1, 2000 issues of MAIB
have articles by Bolger describing his "Double Eagle design # 657" a 40
ft. cruising catamaran. It is a cruising version of his earlier "Double
Eagle # 646" which was designed for wilderness exploration charters.

The newer version uses twin outboard motors as auxiliary power. The
original version has a powerful inboard yawlboat that fits between the
hulls and pushes the boat, it also is the tender for the catamaran. The
two articles have a lot of Bolger's observations about catamarans in
general.

Vince Chew


--- Inbolger@egroups.com, "Vance Cowan" <vcgraphics@t...> wrote:
> Frank Bales wrote:
> > Does anyone know if Mr. Bolger has written anything about
> multihulls?
Frank Bales wrote:
> Does anyone know if Mr. Bolger has written anything about
multihulls?

Well, there is his famous comment that a certain type of
catamaran looked like two clams hiding under a bridge.

Vance
If memory holds (I just lent out my copy,) "Boats with an Open Mind"
has at least 3 chapters devoted to multihull designs. With Over 500
designs to his credit there must be more.

YIBB

David


>Does anyone know if Mr. Bolger has written anything about multihulls?
>
>Frank Bales
>Staunton, VA
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Does anyone know if Mr. Bolger has written anything about multihulls?

Frank Bales
Staunton, VA
In addition, there are some pictures on the bolger group files:
http://www.egroups.com/files/bolger/Double+Eagle/

Chuck


> Frank,
>
> As a matter of fact, the Oct. 15, 2000 and Nov. 1, 2000 issues of MAIB
> have articles by Bolger describing his "Double Eagle design # 657" a 40
> ft. cruising catamaran. It is a cruising version of his earlier "Double
> Eagle # 646" which was designed for wilderness exploration charters.
>
> The newer version uses twin outboard motors as auxiliary power. The
> original version has a powerful inboard yawlboat that fits between the
> hulls and pushes the boat, it also is the tender for the catamaran. The
> two articles have a lot of Bolger's observations about catamarans in
> general.
>
> Vince Chew