As far as I know the current Light Dory (plans available from Bolger OR Payson) is the 'type VI' - so it post-dates the type V in Small Boats. Interestingly...
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kaiguri
Mar 1, 2005 8:58 am
... Type V, #265, 4.74m x 1.22m are available for $50 from PB & F. Mahalo, Randy...
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Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Mar 1, 2005 2:17 pm
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6949133508 At auction on EBay, someones collection of Small Boat Journal magazines....
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Nels
recree8
Mar 1, 2005 2:34 pm
... Free plans and panel layouts, for a Dory that can be built Stitch and Glue at the link below. If a person used one roof rack bracket on the cab, it could...
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Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Mar 1, 2005 3:26 pm
... Here is the text from the 1980 Small Boat Journal where Phil Bolger explains the lineage of his dory designs: ==================== Phil Bolger Comments:...
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Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Mar 1, 2005 3:45 pm
Also, the Letter to the Editor, and the SBJ 'retraction' sheds light on the controversy of who owns the rights to the name "Gloucester Gull". ...
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Philip Smith
bullcreekwyo
Mar 1, 2005 3:53 pm
Why cheat Phil Bolger out of $50? Why not buy the plans from PB&F? Shouldn't genius have some reward? Phil Smith ... ...
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Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Mar 1, 2005 5:24 pm
... I'll try to say this delicately, with no offense intended to jmbell. But from a subjective aesthetic measure, comparing the voluptuous sweeping curves of...
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Stefan Gutermuth
stefan0g
Mar 1, 2005 6:18 pm
You're analogy is completely subjective. I personally appreciate Sheryl's beauty, and find her artistic talent to be far superior to that other person,...
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Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Mar 1, 2005 6:36 pm
... Clearly subjective, as I wrote. I appreciate both those boats and both those people, each for different reasons! I'm sorry if I implied otherwise....
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John Bell
jmbell1
Mar 1, 2005 8:14 pm
My Blackberry is supposed to be different from Bolger's dory. Both of the Blackberries were designed to be a little chunkier, with a little more initial...
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Peter Lenihan
ellengaestbo...
Mar 1, 2005 8:35 pm
... come on Bruce...quit being such a tease and tell us which one you have a crush on anyways? :-) Peter Lenihan...
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Nels
recree8
Mar 1, 2005 9:00 pm
... My apologies, I did not realize my post would have such a deleterious effect on the group. I must have been delirious at the time:-) I thought I was only...
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Nels
recree8
Mar 1, 2005 9:13 pm
... Finished with my research. Because of the way Lestat has been constructed with no added floatation, for my deck crew I would have to choose the one who...
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chodges31711
Mar 2, 2005 1:31 am
I heard an interview this afternoon on Christian Radio about a charity - Samaritan's Purse - that is supplying boats to fishermen that lost theirs in the...
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gbship
Mar 2, 2005 2:15 am
Having just just rejoined the list after a hiatus, I saw the thread on dipping lugs and thought to throw in my two cents; well more than two cents since we...
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graeme19121984
Mar 2, 2005 2:27 am
Bruce, congratulations on launching Rose and happy sailing. Thanks yet again for posting wonderful info for the delectation and savouring by we hungry...
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Karl Rasmussen
karl.rasmussen@...
Mar 2, 2005 4:06 am
Graeme, Otter (the first, from Small Boats) was described as an early attempt at an instant boat. Bolger later said (in the book Different Boats)that Otter 1...
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Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Mar 2, 2005 4:14 am
... I certainly am not an expert on Otter, but reading from the book _Small Boats_ I see that Otter is a Cat-Schooner with a Jigger. In other words it has...
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Jamie Orr
jas_orr
Mar 2, 2005 4:15 am
I've got one in a Small Boat Journal entitled "Who buys these strange boats?" It lists a whole raft of people, by occupation, mostly. is that the one? I...
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Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Mar 2, 2005 4:23 am
... Which 30 footer is that? Thanks a million for the dipping lug first hand report, it makes me want to try one more than ever!...
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Jamie Orr
jas_orr
Mar 2, 2005 4:29 am
Whoops! The wrong picture shows when you use that URL. However, just back up one level, then you can see the thumbnail. Jamie...
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Jamie Orr
jas_orr
Mar 2, 2005 4:31 am
Whoops again -- wrong list! Please ignore. Jamie...
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captreed48
Mar 2, 2005 6:39 am
The boat is still rigged as a ... triple ... Hi Gary, Not too much at all. Fascinating, actually. I was curious how you managed to reef the balanced lug from...
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dbaldnz
Mar 2, 2005 8:19 am
Hi Graeme, Do you want me to scan the pages from the book and email to you? I don't think Yahoo accept attachments, so send me your personal email address if...
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Gavin Atkin
gavinatkin
Mar 2, 2005 9:30 am
In a second-hand bookshop in the South-East of England I was delighted this week to find a copy of The Folding Schooner and 30 Odd Boats for £35 the pair!...
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craig o'donnell
proaboat
Mar 2, 2005 12:57 pm
... I'm trying to picture this and I'm not succeeding. You mean simply "pivoting"; the boom further forward, or physically sliding the whole sail forward? Or...
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pvanderwaart
Mar 2, 2005 1:42 pm
Congratulations! ... delighted this ... the ... impression...
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Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Mar 2, 2005 3:27 pm
I launched my Micro Navigator on Christmas Day at the Half Moon Bay harbor, just down the road from my house. Just outside where I launched there is this...
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Sam Glasscock
glasscocklan...
Mar 2, 2005 3:41 pm
Neat. About a year ago I was checking eBay and came across a set of Bolger books for sale, I believe 30-Odd Boats, Small Boats, Folding Schooner and Boats ...
