So then on a flat bottom like the original sneakeasy it will slap with no mercy? Could one just raise the chines up on the stem a little to present a vee...
Actually they don't slap as much as you might think. The bow rises just enough to clear the waterline but no higher. This stops a lot of the wave from...
Have the fat guy sit on one side. Seriously, if you look at the PCB layout on many of the sharpies, they always seem a bit asymmetric to me, until it hit me:...
Greg, Does the 2 hp motor push her anywhere close to hull speed? I don't have (and realistically, probably don't want) a good-sized crew, but a light schooner...
FBBB, I don't know if I had mentioned it, but a big wind storm late last year picked up my Light Scooner and threw it across the yard, doing considerable...
Chris, Good question...I *think* I get about 5 or 6 knots under 2 hp horsepower (it's been awhile). I think it would row well, too. Yes, I think it would make...
Gregg, Wasn't thinking of leaving them behind, just not making them in the first place. Tent would use replacement poles from small dome tent and anchor light...
http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/lst?.dir=/Diablo+Grande&.src=gr&.order=&.view=t&.done=http%3a//briefcase.yahoo.com/ Saw this off the higway on the...
Very interesting pic. What came to mind, beside the Diablo similarities, was that I wondered what it would be like with a motor in a well in the back. Did...
... Lapstrake Diablo? The limitations of bending plywood gives Diablo a more blunt bow than Bolger prefers. I bet he would point you towards a Shivaree if you...
just a bit of info for the kiwi schooner queries. the FS is a tad wet in a chop paticularly midships. we took ours out in the southern ocean in 22 knts to test...
here in Kalgoorlie ,western Australia we finally have a lake to sail on after 2 1/2 years of dry stuff. Our beloved Lake Douglas, really a small dam, has...
... I am not sure I get the folding scooner. The light scooner, while very long, is also light and shallow and I wouldn't have thought it would be too much of...
Shorty, Thanks for the pictures. Interesting mix of sail rigs. I'm amazed at the Sunfish rig...at times the 59 sq. ft. rig on my Brick was a bit much, but I...
Just a nit, but (according to "Sail It Flat," the bible of Sunfish racing) there never was a Sunfish with as little as the official 70 sq. ft. The early sails...
My friend Peter and I were discussing Bolger boats over the weekend as he'd like to build a simple and quick skiff. The talked turned to his current boat, a...
... Yes, of course! I get a similar kick explaining to perplexed bystanders the holes cut in the bow transom of my Micro. Also, I have room to store a Folding...
Trying to get a grasp of how to exactly scale up a boat from existing plans. Say for a 30% enlargement would i just multiply everything by 1.3 including the 12...
Any opinion on which is a better boat overall....which one handles light chop better, which one rows better and which one sails better? Building is'nt an issue...
Hello again, Was browsing the files in Bolger 2 and came across this one...Wm Garden livaboard scow.. Does anyone have any information on this design?...Where...
Yes, and no. Note that adding 30% to the linear dimensions doubles the volume. Surface area is 70% greater. Stiffness is some high power of the thickness...
so avoid building an elephant? ... doubles the volume. Surface ... the thickness (figure ... ago), so scantlings are ... elephant the same difference ... boat...
I've read about how the volume increases significantly with a slight increase in scale, but that's the point the current boat as drawn is too small. I'm...
... Patrick, Pretty much the entire text,as it appears in Gardens book Yacht Designs II,is what you see in the files over in Bolger2. Her specs are as follows:...
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