I've used stuff generically called sponge rubber as gaskets on elvstrom type bailers on the bottom of racing dinghies and have had them stay leak free for up...
I missed the original message in this thread, but I notice that Bolger has used and reused a standard detail for his sliding hatches which I am guessing is...
Hi Gary, pardon my excitement - the possibility of gaining just a glimmer of further insight into PCB's thinking, influences, design ethic, and design...
Hi Gary, pardon my excitement - the possibility of gaining just a glimmer of further insight into PCB's thinking, influences, design ethic, and design...
Folks - The summer is halfway by me, and I was just looking at a back issue of Woodenboat and pining after the courses being offered at the Woodboat school....
Hey, Graeme: I should have been clear in that earlier message, where I meant too high from a windage point of view, not rowing geometry. I always found the...
Hi everybody Thank you for your many kind missives in every medium. I hope to attempt to respond to them individually... This loss was most certainly not...
It would be enlightening to check this early post from PCB: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/1250 More info by searching this site for "common...
Hi Richard, I've been there twice; once in 2004 for a two-week Essentials of Boat Building class and last summer for a week of learning to kayak. It is...
Looking at BWAOM the other night the drawing in the book would be enough for building her it looks to be a realy straight forward build. I kina feel bad I...
I notice that you're interested in the aesthetics of Zephyr, and thus I find your malapropsim understandable and amusing. I don't know what a Ruskin canoe...
... Common Sense boat designs were the authorized seller of Brick (and other Bolger) plans. Dynamite Payson sells a plan called Brick, but it is not the...
Thank you for the tips. Unfortunately I do not know the given name of either of the boats. The first one was 47 feet long, but the second one 52 feet long. I...
Thanks Chris, you got me! In my mind I saw Rushton, but got Ruskin. I meant to refer to the ACA lateen sail as used back to Rushton's day, and the striking...
It is Design # 621 "Reiver II", with her stern extended, rig much altered and in a range of details quite a long way from the original intent. We've seen her...
Back in late May I relaunched my Long Micro. I'm something of an odd duck at my marina because I am the only sailboat this far down the Harbor (East Harbor,...
Sounds more like Mike Wagner in his AS-29, same hull color... Paul Esterle Freelance Boating Writer Capt'n Pauley's Virtual Boatyard Boat advice for the...
I just saw the file and photos of the 60 foot Walrus in Bolger 5. I believe there was also a smaller sistership - maybe 48 feet - but I can't remember where I...
Thanks Suzanne, First of all I'd like to add my small trickle of good will to the tide of support and sympathy you've received in the last month and a half....
Hi Bill, Sorry to report that it was a faux Lenihan sighting you experienced, although the description would certainly fit,except for the beard which comes and...
Full set of plans for #639, William D. Jochems, a two masted trailerable schooner with leeboards, an improved "Whalewatcher". No boat has been built from...
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 6:24 PM, ... http://www.instantboats.com/brick.htm I think there are actually two Bolger Brick designs, my preference is the one sold by...
Curious: how well would a "boat sauce" (teak oil, varnish, pine tar) work on a plywood centerboard? Could it be applied to the portion that is visible when...
Dear Group, I started out being interested in the Micro, then I discovered "Long Micro" and now I have discovered the "Micro Navigator".. Bolger's long ...
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