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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: Phil Bolger Friends, P.O. Box 1209, Gloucester, MA, 01930, Fax: (978) 282-1349

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Re: wider as 29 Doug, you have such a wealth of experience and knowledge, I am surprised you do not know exactly what you want for a boat, and I mean something a lot more Posted - Fri May 25, 2012 5:59 am	Eric eric14850 Offline Send Email
offshore leeboarder Has anyone built this design tom "Boats...Open Mind? Thanks! Posted - Fri May 25, 2012 3:33 am	podowitz Offline Send Email
Aluminum Oldshoe My aluminum hulled Oldshoe construction is underway. The project has been, and will be, very much a found material undertaking. The 5- 1/8" X 48" X 120" Posted - Thu May 24, 2012 10:34 pm	customsportsman Offline Send Email
Re: wider as 29 Well I'd say it's not just that they are long. Most modern boats are about 3 to1 length to beam ratio and they have one hull speed. A boat 4 to1 ratio to Posted - Thu May 24, 2012 9:18 pm	Douglas Pollard dougpol2 Offline Send Email
Re: wider as 29 Good sharpies are long, so for given displacement they still are fast because of waterline length while still remaining is displacement mode. Posted - Thu May 24, 2012 9:00 pm	Tom Pee tompee77 Offline Send Email
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