Finally got my nymph out on the water! Everything was great - took my kids out one at a time, even made it back to the dock! Last trip back in I was letting...
Cover me, I'm going in now. Bruce Hector http://www.brucesboats.com Home from fitting and epoxy coating the for and asft seat tops for the Welsford Seagull....
I heard by phone from Paul Thober before he left the Magothy R on Friday night. That is, he called on Friday and sailed Saturday. Sat was probably a good...
craig o'donnell wrote: (snip) ... Hi Craig, Your reference to Oldshoe on the Bolger list caught my eye. As it happens, earlier today I ordered a set of plans...
I've completed and launched the June Bug I built this winter. You can check it out at my Web site: http://www.alaska.net/~mzeiger/Boat_Building.html For anyone...
This is just a rant, skip it if you don't like to listen to complaints. I finally found a copy of Water Craft here in Annapolis at Barnes & Noble. $7.95 US...
... I'll put in a plug for Walmart here. For an extra 97 cents per roll, they'll scan the photos and post them on the web. When you pick up your pictures,...
Peter, Thanks, it's all clear now. Have you considered laying out and fairing the chine line on top of the bottom then transferring the line underneath and...
... Regarding Windermere's bottom.... I see by the Bolger 2 photos you've posted that you built the bottom of Windermere upside down. You refer to the "first...
I just noticed that a Bolger Shearwater is for sale in MAIB. I believe this is a Shearwater that is the 'big sister' to the Dovekie. These don't come up for ...
Bolgerados, Sure,it sounds like "one of those questions" but this is a serious one. The last several days have been just beautiful up here and work is getting...
Got my Windsprint Triamaran in the water last night for the first time this year. It was beautiful. And believe it or not, my wife went with me for the first...
I have laminated the ply for the bottom on an Idaho 31. I have planned to draw all the stations and use the chine log (internal) (its 2 pcs. 1x2 laminated...
Nowadays caution and safety must be woven into any of Bolger's "how to assemble it" supplements included with the newer designs, and rightly so. Out here on...
... Worth mentioning: PB&F's newest, "The Yonder", has what I see as a new, and exciting, construction sequence where you only have one flip of only the box...
Well, I towed my first boat sunday. A 30 ft or so racing scow had been dismasted do to a forstay problem, and the three crew members were trying to paddle and...
Does anybody know which design is the 8x4x2 Garvey mentioned as a tender in the latest MAIB article about Yonder? It looks like a new design to me......
Hello All, I'm in the finishing stages of a BobCat Restoration project. The boat sat without the centerboard in place and the Stack has bowed inward causing...
It's really important how you compose these questions. Original intent was epoxy on wood, but this question is imprecise and could cover plywood delamination,...
A few years ago in one of the sailboating magazines, ther was an artical on how to attached a trolling motor to the rudder, making the motor/rudder in one ...
I am trying to get a feel for the number of people who have had a problem with delamination of epoxy from wood on their boats. Thanks for your time. Eric....
Greetings from a newcomer: I am thinking of building a Birdwatcher. Having studied the articles and drawings for what seems to be forever, I'd like to see and...
Keep in mind that the strength (and stiffness, which is crucial in buckling) go with the cube and 4th power of the diameter. I think 1" pipe is pretty small...
ok, ok, here's my little trick to make it possible to raise a laced-on sail up on a tapered mast... First the problem: IF you use one of bolger's recommended...
'choo' - When epoxy 'cures' it sometimes has a 'film' called Amine Blush. You NEED to remove it before applying ANY further coats of epoxy or finishes. Use a...
