AFAIK Peter isn't tuning into the list any more. He didn't much like the BW (beautifully made though it was) and seldom sailed it. It mouldered on its trailer...
Paul I would be grateful for any information you may have. I am constantly thinking about building one. Maybe a dose of reality would cure me. Thank you. I've...
Why should you be different? Waves are "fractal," like clouds. A little one, up close, looks just like a big one at a distance. I found out recently that the...
Craig, I'd be interested in hearing of your experiences sailing the BW. I have WB 179 with Mason Smith's write up as well as the August and Sept 2004 MAIBs...
Why, Yes, it looks like about 16" to 2'and maybe a bit more now and then. The boat is your Chebacco? How did it handle the waves? I'd think that it'd heel...
Hi Folks This may be a well-trodden subject here, but I've had no luck searching the message archives for answers to the question I'm about to ask, so forgive...
I have never seen one either. I think the difference between the Navigator and Micro with a dodger is that you can sail with weather protection in the...
I suspect I am not alone around here, being a fan of Bolger's big live-on-board sharpies. Here is another of them. http://hallman.org/bolger/55footSharpie.gif...
What is the source orf this articalBruce? I would love to get one of these box keel designes for diesel propulson at the maximum trailerable size. ... ...
That was Schroedinger. She pounded a bit going to weather, and they washed up into the motor well when running, but other than that she pretty much ignored...
Now this is one very ugly boat, very functional I'm sure for its purpose but truly ugly. Someone on this group said that they thought "Bell's Puffer" was ugly,...
Wow! Someone has finally come out and said it. Some of the Bolger designs may be practical and seem "cheap" but sometimes the tradeoff is difficult to ...
I didn't want to say anything, but I agree with Hugo... hehehehe ... purpose but truly ugly. Someone on this group said that they thought "Bell's Puffer" was...
I think it was the great philosopher, Forrest Gump, who claimed the "Pretty is as pretty does". It looks like it would be a comfortable boat to live on and a...
Craig, I'd be interested in hearing of your experiences sailing the BW. I have WB 179 with Mason Smith's write up as well as the August and Sept 2004 MAIBs...
... Interesting word 'ugly'. As analogy consider the word 'ugly' in context of comparing shoes, specfically some women's high heel shoes versus some sturdy...
That sounds like it, Richard. The old bone-in-her-teeth bit. As I've heard from Down Under folks in their great vernacular, "Good on you!." But watch out for...
Here is another ugly boat, that looks better in three dimensions: $100 in New Jersey, a steal. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5577920834...
It is certainly not one of PCB's most attractive drawings. Not sure about the boat. AS-29 looks real good from some angle, not so good from others. Paint...
"Skimmer" is cool, a fun and cheap,fast boat that just about everyone could smile at,...but I'm sorry that 55' sharpie is just plain ugly-to the extreme...
Anybody ever seen a Bolger Box with a scene painted on the side? Might draw the attention away from the 'ugliness' of the substrate. Come to think of it, you...
Bolger has suggested more than once that boat owners should get some kind of tax break for having beautiful boats that improve the scenery. Under such a regime...
I am compelled to come to the defense of this 55 foot sharpie. It is well known that the curves of such a boat are not apparent on the flatness of paper. ...
I am compelled to come to the defense of this 55 foot sharpie. It is well known that the curves of such a boat are not apparent on the flatness of paper. ...
Jeez, I kinda liked it. The layout doesn't suit my needs. If it was changed around a bit a sunken cockpit would take care of the upper most box. I'd put the...
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