Thanks to those who have weighed in so far. Sounds like the plans are a real value! The centerboard modification would be a definate aesthetic improvement in...
Seems like all the Bolger boats I like have scant information available. The Chebacco 25 seems like it would be a really nice boat. I cannot from any of the...
Iroko is a very similar wood to teak and is often used as a cheaper replacement ...It looks just like teak but is much harder to work and has grain issues...
... Indeed, so. Aside from one builder (or perhaps two) in Austrailia, I'm not sure anyone has started one. The builder I heard about was interested in using...
Expressing some dissent with what ... Of course, *all* boats have poor resale value. Those hulls could be cold molded quickly, [if] you could resist the urge...
Centennial 2, what are the changes from Centennial 1 assuming there was a Centennail 1? I liked this boat the first time someone brought it up on bolger groups...
... Hi Joe, I have always loved this design. It would be possible to strip build it as well, although the lapstrake would look beautiful and as designed it...
... The first Centennial was a dory rowed across the Atlantic in 1876, the US Centennial. The CII rig has a large 4-sided sprit main and a 3-sided sprit ...
... I would not go farther than saying "Bolger expects it to plane with a 15hp motor." He has underestimated power requirements in the past, and it's a big...
Joe -- If you're looking for a trailerable cruising sharpie or cat, also check out Reuel Parker's "The Sharpie Book" and Jim Michalak's Caprice and Cormorant....
http://www.bateau.com/studyplans/TW28_study.htm A new trawler/yacht from Bateau features a box keel which they credit to Atkin, but I of course associate it...
Hi All - I've been following this square hull cat thread and guess if Peter saw the cat in MAIB it must have been a while ago I've missed it . Tom Jones ...
I think those funny-shaped things are lead ballast fitted to either side of the of the centreboard case. There's no ballast shown anywhere else, such as shown...
According to an old nomograph I have, you could expect 9-1/2 knots with 15 hp. assuming a 25' wl length and 1 long ton of displacement -- probably not quite...
I was really thinking about the design in comparison with a monohull which would be easier to build even if it were cold-moulded, and have a roomier interior....
... displacement -- ... Here is the quote from BWAOM: Page 229 "However the long length lets her go faster in a good breeze, or under power. She planes...
... guess if Peter saw ... Tom Jones ... On the Bolger & Friends Letterhead there is a little sketch of what looks like a cat. (Just about to get run over by...
Hi again, More picts: http://tinyurl.com/3tzzz I got 160 views of my pictures, which surprised even me !! So I uploaded more of the note-book sketches, boats...
It's not easy to make meaningful comments, John. For a start, your drawings show no or very few dimensions -- length, beam, draft, displacement, sail area,...
Thanks, they are rough, my whole point, I was really poor at the time and had to do my stuff on the fly in a notebook, didnt even have a car. I had actually...
Sure is different and it confirms my prejudice about Bolger and multihulls, although the extreme rocker seems to make sense. What's going on with the...
This thing looks awsome. I love it. Looks Like it would be a real pleasure to sail along the coast line with a nice 15 knot wind. Being able to hide from the...
... Caprice ... I have plans for the Princess Sharpie 26 from B&B Yacht designs and am seriously considering building it. Weight is about 2,700#. The princess...
Howard, was PCB also thinking of seaworthiness? Self-rescue, of course, would have to be singlehanded. He could of gone to an 8' beam and still kept easy legal...
According to his write-up in BWAOM, Bolger started out by thinking of a monohull but came to the conclusion that it wasn't possible to design one that would...
It sure would be a nice boat to relax and sail down the coastline in a 15 knot wind, but I feel you would dread the trip home upwind into a chop. The slapping...
Hi John, I have sat in the cabin and chinwagged with the owner of the NZ BSkimmer, Skipjack, you mention, and talked at length with a later owner 15 years...
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