I would go with the 5 ply, as the Okoume is probably pretty light anyway. I single-planked my Micro bottom for the lake (I can swim to the edge), but it does...
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GHC
ghartc@...
Aug 21, 1999 10:08 pm
Very easy, since there's next to no keel. The boat floats so high is the water, you don't have get the trailer very deep at all. A very easy boat to handle...
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harding2@...
Aug 21, 1999 10:55 pm
The plans came today for the folding schooner. $35 from H.H. Payson. In the meantime we bought a small tablesaw- a jet from Woodworkers warehouse. We started...
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Chuck Leinweber
duckworks@...
Aug 22, 1999 2:38 am
Leander: I hear a lot of guys asking about alternatives to epoxy for gluing. Frankly I can't think of anything handier. Get gallon plastic jugs with pumps,...
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G Carlson
ghartc@...
Aug 22, 1999 3:49 pm
I built my last two boats with 5200 on frames, but am tending to agree with Chuck. The 5200 is a tough, tough adhesive (I think better than epoxy), but takes...
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cpcorreia@...
Aug 22, 1999 7:34 pm
Hi Everyone, I just purchased a 99% complete folding schooner that has never met water. I paid $2200.00. I need to purchase some sails, thinking about ...
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harding2@...
Aug 22, 1999 10:18 pm
harding-@... wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=144 ... agree with ... epoxy), ... not ... cheaper, ... always ... for ......
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Chuck Leinweber
duckworks@...
Aug 22, 1999 10:22 pm
Charles: Congratulations on your new boat. I'm jealous. My experience is with latex paint is to use exterior gloss acrylic enamel. The porch and floor variety...
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G Carlson
ghartc@...
Aug 23, 1999 3:15 am
Right, clamp or nail your temporary guide along each edge, no reason I can think of to start oversize, though. GHC...
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G Carlson
ghartc@...
Aug 23, 1999 3:55 am
I don't think epoxy has any health risk to fear - you can get allergic, and then you're done using that material. Latex gloves do the job. The hardener in the...
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oswald@...
Aug 23, 1999 7:42 pm
oswal-@... wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=145 ... about ... Or, if you like dacron, and have a burning...
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harding2@...
Aug 24, 1999 2:14 am
harding-@... wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=150 ... There is an interesting site at...
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harding2@...
Aug 24, 1999 2:42 am
We bought some good looking Luan which looked better than the Fir ACX available.It is 5.2mm and is a little shy of 1/4. All the ACX was three ply and even at...
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bianco@...
Aug 24, 1999 1:16 pm
Hi folks - PCB's sheet ply Chebacco plans specify an optional jib "set flying". What does it mean? How is it supposed to be rigged and handled? Best, Pippo...
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Bjørn Harbo
bharbo@...
Aug 24, 1999 1:30 pm
Hi Pippo, Since the folks in US probably are still horizontal, I will give you a rather incomplete response. Set flying means that the sail is not attached to...
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harding2@...
Aug 24, 1999 11:42 pm
The plans for the folding schooner give dimensions in feet, inches and eigths. On several stations there is a + after the last number. I take this means and ...
Last time I heard, Phil was rebuilding a house and supposedly getting on line. Anybody have a current address ?...
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Chuck Leinweber
duckworks@...
Aug 26, 1999 2:45 am
As far as I know, this will work: Mr. Philip C. Bolger Boat Designer Phil Bolger & Friends P.O. Box 1209 66 Atlantic Street Gloucester, MA 01930 Fax: (978)...
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jsharper@...
Aug 26, 1999 3:00 pm
I bought plans several years ago but never got around to building one. Has anyone seen or sailed on one? Call me curious, John....
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CPCorreia@...
Aug 26, 1999 6:41 pm
Hi John, I have not even seen the plans for the single handed schooner! Do you have a scanner, could you e-mail them to me. Wow, I love to see them. P.S. I...
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GHC
ghartc@...
Aug 26, 1999 6:50 pm
I would like to see them, too - why not post them in the "vault"? ... have a...
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jsharper@...
Aug 26, 1999 7:03 pm
Basically the single handed schooner is a 19' version of the light schooner. I bought the plans from Dynamite Payson. There's some basic info on his website...
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root
harding2@...
Aug 26, 1999 8:10 pm
Hi Followed the link to fiberglass coatings. called them and was handed over to a tech support person who gave me 6 different options of product --...
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Richard Spelling
richard@...
Aug 26, 1999 8:21 pm
1:1 laminating epoxy for both....
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John Sumrok
jsumrok@...
Aug 26, 1999 8:43 pm
There is an illustration of the Singlehanded Schooner on HH Payson's web site. http://www.instantboats.com/boats.html More detailed information can be found in...
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GHC
ghartc@...
Aug 26, 1999 8:51 pm
I've used both their 1:1 and 2:1, the latter may be the "standard";, I don't recall. I've laminated with both and thickened both; don't know if there is a lot...
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harding2@...
Aug 26, 1999 10:48 pm
harding-@... wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=167 ... don't ... there ... the 2:1 ... The order taker really answered my...
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harding2@...
Aug 26, 1999 11:02 pm
In an effort to find something more convienent to use for gluing framing to ply than expoxy I tried some Polyurethane foaming glue.It is advertised as...
