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  • Category: Boating
  • Founded: Jul 13, 1999
  • Language: English
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Discussing and building Philip C. Bolger's (1927-2009) boat designs and similar.

This is a spam-free, on topic group - pretty much anything boating, design, or boat-building related is fair game. Please don't repost Spam. Spammers and flamers will be bounced off.

A repository of design sketches is (please help contribute):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BolgerCartoons

To subscribe to any group, send an email to:
subscribe-BolgerCartoons@yahoogroups.com (for example)

A new beta discussion group is at Google:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/Bolger
The Bolger groups include:
  Bolger (discussion)
  Bolger 2 (storage)
  Bolger 3 (storage)
  Bolger 4 (storage)
  Bolger 5 (storage)
  Bolger 6 (storage)
  Bolger For Sale
  Cartoons (Study plans, please contribute)
  Coffee Lounge (open discussion)
Thanks, Gregg Carlson/moderator

Bolger rules!!!
- NO "GO AWAY SPAMMER!" posts!!!
- no cursing, flaming, trolling, spamming, respamming, or flogging dead horses
- stay on topic, stay on thread, punctuate, no 'Ed, thanks, Fred' posts
- Pls add your comments at the TOP, SIGN your posts, and snip away
- Plans: Mr. Philip C. Bolger, P.O. Box 1209, Gloucester, MA, 01930, Fax: (978) 282-1349

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Re: Streached Beachcat
Simon, First, it is possible to capsize any boat given enough wind and wave action. PCB writes that anyone thinking differently need only put a model boat in
Posted - Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:06 pm
John and Kathy Trussell
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Re: Streached Beachcat
Any of Bolger's or Michalak's unballasted designs will "fall over a little too easy," including my Bolger June Bug. Then one has to right the boat, gather all
Posted - Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:55 am
Bill Howard
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Re: Streached Beachcat
Patrick Nice looking boat, but I kind of like the Beachcat. There was an update to the original design that has a centreboard, and that would be my perference.
Posted - Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:28 am
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Re: Streached Beachcat
Simon: If you may stray into 8" of water you will want to avoid a boat with a dagger board. Opt for a pivoting board -- either lee boards or centerboard. A
Posted - Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:30 am
Patrick Crockett
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Re: AS 29
They do make outboard diesels. I believe Yanmar makes one. Also a company is now selling turbo charged diesel outboards which should be lighter for the same
Posted - Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:14 am
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