... The weather is still a bit cold most days for enjoyable ... Hi Hugo, Thanks for the new interior pictures of MERLIN.She sure is a lovely piece of work that...
... It is not only the length of the yard (which makes reefing zephyr in a chop quite interesting), but also its weight. little wind and motorboat wakes make...
The main thing is once the boat(Dolly T) is launched she'll be kept on a mooring( To avoid the hassle of launching and retrieving for an hour or two of...
Thanks for sharing the news about the new design and the pictures of the model. A couple of unconnected thoughts: 1) Given the embarassment of the Martha Jane...
Yes, please, an image or two would be great! Please don't trouble yourself if you don't already have the images of the hinge. But if they do already exist and...
Gotcha. Thanks! Brian ... probably doesn't matter much and you can get by with home supply " white wood " (which I think is some kind of hemlock). As your...
"But I had in mind that the simple frameless shape required could be subcontracted out. The plates could be made stitch-and-glue style (cut to shape and welded...
I really like the idea of a small cockpit in a Birdwatcher II type boat. What have you gained and lost with the Wandervogel compared to the Birdwatcher II? I...
A first look at Wandervogel shows an interesting design, clearly following on from other recent boats. But thinking further, is Bolger not heading in a...
Ijust uploaded a few files of the lateen folding yard on Tween. They're in Bolder4 pictures "Tween" ... From: briancassity To: bolger@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Don- I totally agree. Bolger's newer designs (ply ones anyhow) i have seen have gotten much more complex since the original "instant" boats. I was wondering if...
There are plenty of metal Bolger designs. One I was looking at again the other day is Currach, an open boat with a vee-bottomed semi- planing 24' x 7'7" hull...
... He makes a point, the cost of the equipment for welding is easily offset in that it is relatively easy to sell to the next potential welder. I have...
Juan, My arc welder is a traditional buzz box that must be connected to a 250V outlet. The only one I have is the one my stove plugs in to. Mrs. J. does not...
David, I am about as far as you can be from an expert welder, but I understand that you can lay a lot more weld with a stick then you can with gas. Why not...
I really liked the book "Voyaging on a small income" by anne rice, at one time I owned the 37' sister to that boat, I lived aboard but never got a mast or ...
I looked seriously at the Birdwatcher a year ago, and Birdwatcher II when the last WoodenBoat came out. I concluded that Birdwatcher was smaller than my wife...
I am not a welder, but my dad was a genius at it, and I have been around welding a lot. I think that Juan is correct in that a wire feed welder is better for...
Thank Lewis, Next time, I will try that. I wondered what those settings were for. It just means getting a generator out to the side yard. With hurricane...
... Many to choose from, but the Le Cabotin comes to mind. AS-39. See the chapter about it in the Bolger book _Boats with an Open Mind_ . There is also a ...
... The 'Instant Boat' phase of Bolger's work came after 30 years of designing boats, and he is now in the 52nd year of designing boats by my estimate. No big...
... I believe her name is Annie Hill.Anne Rice wrote the wonderful Vampire series featuring the all time scoundrel vampire LESTAT(my hero:-D................) ...
Yet for so long, he went to amazing lengths to save the cost of one turning block. Now there seems little regard for economy in his economy boat designs. And...
Gentlemen, May I offer a word on the subject? Gas and stick welding are old standbys, but I suspect you haven't had the experience of working with a wire-fed ...
David - You must be correct on this one. I just looked at the little wire feed units. These are relatively cheap and appear easy to use. This could incite a...
... There are threads on welding over at the Origamiboats group from time to time. Many opinions. Many comments from guys in the middle of steel boat...
I do a lot of welding in my garage especially building boat trailers and stick welding is a lot faster than gas welding and cheaper. I was luck and had access...
I haven't used one, but all reports are that the MIG units with flux cored wire or inert gas are as great as you say. There is one caveat though. The...
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