Hey guys, let me introduce Umut (he just joined the group) - he is aspiring to be a micro capsule boat adventurer. He doesn't speak english very well, but he...
Hey folks- I'm ion the process of builder a bolger micro navigator, and am at the point where i need to get the keel on. However, i'm seriously considering...
The Micro keel serves as the support for the rudder post. If you move the rudder to the stern transom, the linkage necessary to steer the rudder will be quite...
... Welcome. Wild ideas are good for the group. Let'm fly. My first though is not to limit the overall length as much as Big C. It will make everything more...
I knew i would get busted by the bolgerados when i posted this. ... I've sketched this out and i can make it work real simple but i'll loose 11 degrees of...
Well, if it ends up *looking* like a boat, it *is* a boat. So I am sure any changes you make will work! <g> It does seem a shame to alter such a tried and ...
... Way to be positive!.... ... I honestly don't think it would be a design improvement just another home built bumble against bolger's wishes that may prove...
Well, I did find a web site for So-du-it http://www.dromresan.com/hundvakt/so-du-it.shtml It doesn't matter if it's not in English, since he doesn't read ...
... If I were launching a deep keel boat, or launching in salt water thats the way I would like to do it. BUT it requires a very un-busy ramp. Where I launch ...
Dear Sirs , Thank you for your nice messages. I want to cross the Med in 155 cms boat. I calculated and I found that my money is only enough for this boat. If...
Dear List members , As you know , I am in the designing process of a 155 cms boat. I think biggest problem is fresh water. If I find a FREE way for to make 2...
Jason, Another thing to think about, how will your transom mounted rudder & extended tiller [presumably on centerline] co-exist with the transom mounted...
Hello Umut, I appreciate your enthusiam. You asked for comments and here are some of mine: You might benefit from trying to separate in your mind what you...
One of the things that I have learned in designing very small boats ( I've done two really tiny blue water boats and wont be doing any more!!! Ever!!!) is...
... I agree with Bruce. You need to do more thinking. In general, you can only optimize one thing at once. The shortest boat won't be the cheapest or the...
He reads the internet via an internet cafe, so he only checks about once a day and had a limited amount of time -- so let me expand on what we discovered about...
Hi Jason, I am looking closely at Jim Michalak's MusicBox3 (no bow transom) but would like something other than the leeboard and the chine runners might be the...
Also remember that wood has been used for centuries, can often be obtained for very little ( ex demolished buildings etc) and with appropriate skills can make...
Bruce- I'm thinking of having the rudder on centerline and letting the the little honda find another place to live......maybe i'll fax suzanne tom and get...
... I agree with this approach, more or less. A pram is the easiest way to get more boat in a shorter length. The cabin side should cant in from the sheer to...
Most of the other capsule boats seemed to be only able to go down or cross wind. This one needs to be able to go atleast 55 degrees to windward, because his...
You could make a sailboat for less than $300. Cut the ends off two 55 gallon drums at 15 degrees. Weld on scrap steel fin keel & transom mounted rudder. Put...
The shorter the boat, the more trouble getting upwind. A boat can be longer but just as small. A canoe is not bigger than a capsule boat, but would go upwind...
Dear Shorty and Mustafa: So you want to build a boat that is only 5'1" long. Do you plan to sleep in it? How wide do you want it? Why such a short boat? Cost...
What about some of the designs in the PDRacer website- under hull configuration-cabin & overnight? They are still not 155cm, but are small. That said, while...
A five foot boat would be incredibly exhausting and the motion would be torture. And if you couldn't touch ground for a majority of the trip he may be looking...
... This discussion comes at an appropriate time. I just finished reading "A Speck on the Sea" and "Row to Alaska". There seem to be two kinds of people doing...
Now we are on to something, materials for next to nothing. Wood, rope, rocks, tar, this can be done. But I would make it 22 feet long with two wooden masts, a...
If I were to embark on a bluewater cruise on a minimal budget I would choose Bolger's Centenial II, featured in the 1979 pilot issue of Small Boat Journal. ...
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