Howdy ... Is this Jim Michalak's? Where can I find more information about a Planing version of the Caprice?? Thanks See Ya Have Fun Bruce ...
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Chuck Leinweber
momcat_78631
Jul 3, 2003 4:00 am
By the way, could the Micro keel be filled with enough concrete so as to eliminate the lead?? Maybe with a bit of inside ballast? Max It seems to me that all...
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Chuck Leinweber
momcat_78631
Jul 3, 2003 4:04 am
... Bruce: There isn't one.....Yet. Why don't you write to Jim and ask. In fact you should outline your project, and see what he has to say. Chuck [Non-text...
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Bruce C. Anderson
buckwheat_an...
Jul 3, 2003 4:52 am
Howdy Chuck ... I did last week. :( ... That's why I asked, He said no, and I was sort of surprised to read the implication that someone was either planing one...
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dbaldnz
Jul 3, 2003 4:53 am
... Amateur Boatbuilding Magazine.Its absolute rubbish,very poorly printed,everything about its poor. I've yet to see a really pleasing design featured in...
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sctree
Jul 3, 2003 4:57 am
Chuck, What size (and weight) outboard do you have on Caprice? You mentioned a 9.9hp (which is the motor I have waiting for my next boat). Did you mean for a...
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Peter Lenihan
ellengaestbo...
Jul 3, 2003 4:58 am
... Phillips? PHILLIPS?! We don't use no stinkin' Phillips 'round here son! Only the best Robertson square drive for square boats to match the square holes in...
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sctree
Jul 3, 2003 4:58 am
Bruce, What size power where you thinking of? Rick ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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dbaldnz
Jul 3, 2003 5:00 am
It is pretty crude, but the others have pointed out that it is a good source for materials etc, which I had not realized. I don't mind the enthusiastic...
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Chuck Leinweber
momcat_78631
Jul 3, 2003 5:26 am
I guess I got the new Dorado planing hull confused with the enlarged Caprice. Still, I'm not sure why displacement hulls get such a bad rap. Sailboats are...
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Blake Lauder
blakelauder
Jul 3, 2003 5:30 am
A quick question for the Bolger gurus: Just wondering where the info is at on the common sense boats site for boats like Sneakeasy, Caprice, Barrier Reef...
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dbaldnz
Jul 3, 2003 5:31 am
Yes, I know of the Scruffy man, he is the fellow who slagged off Bolger big-time in that same august magazine! DonB ... hardly the ... boats ... boats...
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Chuck Leinweber
momcat_78631
Jul 3, 2003 5:31 am
Rick: I'm not a boat designer, nor do I play one on TV. I was just talking. I have a 5hp Honda on the boat now. I don't think a 9.9 would sink the transom...
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Chuck Leinweber
momcat_78631
Jul 3, 2003 5:36 am
That's a big can of worms you have there, Blake. I can only tell you that the Caprice is Jim Michalak's design, and you can read more about it here: ...
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sctree
Jul 3, 2003 5:43 am
Ah, but we have to kick these things around awhile before we go to the masters..... And I bet you'd do well in Hollywood, playing that boat designer in the ...
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Blake Lauder
blakelauder
Jul 3, 2003 5:47 am
I have a honda 5.5 and it is 60lbs......the 9.9 is right at 100lbs bl ... From: Chuck Leinweber [mailto:chuck@...] Sent: Thursday, July 03,...
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fountainb@...
bruce_fountain
Jul 3, 2003 5:56 am
... He did, yes. But you certainly can't accuse him of ripping of Bolger's designs. His position was: if you are going to spend a huge amount of time building...
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Mark A.
marka97203
Jul 3, 2003 6:16 am
The Brick rocker is probably too much. Wonder if I can beat Craig O'D in flagging you to this? http://www2.friend.ly.net/~dadadata/short/sci_am/malay_cat.html ...
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Derek Waters
alefoot
Jul 3, 2003 6:26 am
Hi Blake, and welcome. My elderly Honda 9.9 scaled 76lbs wet when I stood it on the bathroom scales. I do not care to consider the possibility that I may weigh...
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Blake Lauder
blakelauder
Jul 3, 2003 6:36 am
Hello, I got the numbers off the Honda website. Interesting, maybe I should weigh my 5.5hp...might be lighter than i realize???!!! ... From: Derek Waters...
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Peter Lenihan
ellengaestbo...
Jul 3, 2003 6:46 am
... power. Fast powerboats on the other hand won't normally sail worth a flip. > Chuck ] The best part about using a "sailboat"; hull for use as a ...
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Hugo Tyson
hhetyson
Jul 3, 2003 9:26 am
A few months ago I wrote Phil Bolger a letter about obtaining the plans for "Snow Leopard"- a 28' x 7' "Torpedo stern" runabout,a design featured in "Boats...
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Peter Lenihan
ellengaestbo...
Jul 3, 2003 10:46 am
... plans for "Snow Leopard"- a 28' x 7' "Torpedo stern" runabout,a design featured in "Boats with an Open Mind". So Hugo,are you actually going to...
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craig o'donnell
proaboat
Jul 3, 2003 11:38 am
... Bolger has never said you should make a cheap boat look like a gold-plater. You could build, say, a Herreshoff H-28, even using plywood so it won't cost...
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Hugo Tyson
hhetyson
Jul 3, 2003 12:32 pm
Yes ,We will be starting construction(of Snow Leopard- possibly to be named "Arethusa";) as soon as humanly possible when the plans are completed,and there's...
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David & Shirley Wallace
dawallace45
Jul 3, 2003 1:18 pm
I've tried to find info on the Sitka Explorer but the only thing I've come across is two news group messages from last year , is that the sum of information...
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Sam Glasscock
glasscocklan...
Jul 3, 2003 1:37 pm
David, the design was offered in Messing About In Boats sometime in the last year. Unfortunately I have forgotten the issue. I bet somebody in this group can...
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James Meloy
jimmeloy
Jul 3, 2003 1:42 pm
Don't know if this will help but the business jet aircraft that I worked on in a previous life had a single vent for the space between window panels with a...
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David & Shirley Wallace
dawallace45
Jul 3, 2003 1:46 pm
Chuck The Caprice has certainly made the short list , quite a nice looking boat are there any pictures of the inside set-up ? Regards David Wallace ... From:...
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David & Shirley Wallace
dawallace45
Jul 3, 2003 1:59 pm
Sam Thanks David Wallace ... From: "Sam Glasscock" <glasscocklanding@...> To: <bolger@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 11:37 PM Subject:...
