My idea was not to have two hull, but just one, with the wheel mounted on a framework that pivoted to allow steering. Further details in my earlier posts. To...
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John B. Trussell
clumber03
Oct 1, 2005 12:01 pm
See "Defender"; in Small Boats. 11 ft--capable of carrying four in a "middling seaway" (whatever that might be)--enough stability to get over the bow--tows...
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Steve Bosquette
mainesal5
Oct 1, 2005 4:15 pm
Come on Howard where's your courage??? Maybe I can build a small version to see how it works. Can you draw something so I am sure of what you have in mind? ...
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Jack&Lois
jalo@...
Oct 2, 2005 1:55 am
From my experience JB does not tow very well. The forward chines have a tendency to dig in and set a course for JB all her own. And that was just at four...
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denisnh
Oct 2, 2005 3:02 am
Thanks all for the responses. Bolger actually made the updates to the new FMS for someone overseas who wasn't happy with the dipping lug rig. There is an...
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Kim Lewis
threeforsail
Oct 2, 2005 7:11 am
Hi all I have been a member of the group for a while and have thoroughly enjoyed the banter and have learned more than a thing or two about boats. Bolger...
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Howard Stephenson
howardstephe...
Oct 2, 2005 7:21 am
Steve, I can't promise anything, but maybe later this week I might be in a position to put up a couple of sketches. I'm off off somewhere else for a few months...
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Will Samson
willsamson
Oct 2, 2005 9:42 am
... From: Jack&Lois From my experience JB does not tow very well. The forward chines have a tendency to dig in and set a course for JB all her own. And that...
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Sam Glasscock
glasscocklan...
Oct 2, 2005 3:41 pm
Thanks for all the suggestions. One criterion I neglected to mention was small and light enough to pull aboard if required. Applying that to the boats ...
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Harry James
harryjak
Oct 2, 2005 4:12 pm
Past experience towing small prams says the Rueben's Nymph should tow well with the tow point low on the bow transom, especially as it has a skeg. HJ...
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Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Oct 2, 2005 4:56 pm
... Probably, the 23'6" _Light Schooner_....
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BARBARA SPOERING
pahikahala
Oct 2, 2005 5:55 pm
Hi All - I've had an interesting thought but in the back of my mind I'm sure someone in the Bolger group knows enough to shoot down my balloon - - - I like...
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David
arbordg
Oct 2, 2005 8:05 pm
Jack, Sorry, but I have to ask... by any chance - did Cap'n Scurvey's Best Blackjack Rum have anything to do with this double-vision? Could be the sun, but the...
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Jack&Lois
jalo@...
Oct 2, 2005 10:29 pm
... From: Will Samson I had a similar experience when I towed her behind my Chebacco, but all was cured when I attached the painter right at the forefoot. No...
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pvanderwaart
Oct 2, 2005 10:40 pm
For the record, Bolger's theory on water flow in sharpies is contained in the first two paragraphs of his writeup (not the first two paragraphs of the chapter)...
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graeme19121984
Oct 3, 2005 6:19 am
This is wonderful material. Thankyou for the reference, I had only glossed over it before. It goes a long way, seeming to connect many passing, less complete,...
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don_gordy_gordon
don_gordy_go...
Oct 3, 2005 12:52 pm
I think one of the first boats Dynamite and PCB collaborated on was designed as a "... triple threat - oars, sail, and power." Thomaston (?) Galley. It's...
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pvanderwaart
Oct 3, 2005 1:48 pm
... I think that essentially the same thinking may have been written in other places as well, but I don't remember any place in particular to look. I'm not...
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Clyde Wisner
clydewis
Oct 3, 2005 1:50 pm
You might contact PCB as he still has plans and presumably, some study material on both versions of FMS. Clyde ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Clyde Wisner
clydewis
Oct 3, 2005 1:56 pm
You might contact PCB as he still has plans and presumably, some study material on both versions of FMS. Clyde ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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ronschwiesow
Oct 3, 2005 2:44 pm
... I have a note from the web from December00 with the identification http://mims.com/mailb/junebug.htm that concludes: "The one weakness of "June Bug",...
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Chris Crandall
christiancra...
Oct 3, 2005 2:45 pm
We might wish to discuss the capsize and sinking of the Ethan Allen, a glass-enclosed tour boat on Lake George, NY. It apparently was capsized by a wake of a...
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BARBARA SPOERING
pahikahala
Oct 3, 2005 2:57 pm
Hi Captain - Of Course - at least 1/2 gallon an I'm working on the second half which helps me to visualize a Super Brick cut in half for a Super brick Cat. ...
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Bjorn Harbo
bjharbo
Oct 3, 2005 3:21 pm
... I think it was/is the "Donovan Tender" Bjorn...
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graeme19121984
Oct 3, 2005 5:25 pm
Pythagoreans were flummoxed by the irrational number. Though it was consistent, with mathematically expressed theory and remains so, it was suppressed for...
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Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Oct 3, 2005 5:54 pm
... I am not sure PCB would agree. After all, the Bolger box boat, (the ones with equal curvature sides and bottoms) are cruisers, not racers. They are...
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John Bell
jmbell1
Oct 3, 2005 11:02 pm
... From: "graeme19121984" <graeme19121984@...> ... Towing my Sunfish at 8-12 knots is a scream. Water shoots out of the daggerboard slot like a...
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John B. Trussell
clumber03
Oct 3, 2005 11:58 pm
I built a Thomaston Galley many years ago. Never tried to tow it, but it was very wet in a chop, and boarding over the bow could be a major adventure! JohnT ...
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James Greene
jgreene4235
Oct 4, 2005 1:20 am
... Blah blah blah ... I don't see why this SOP issue constantly comes up here all the time, and on other boating lists as well. Phil Bolger is not dead, you...
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Evan
glshipyard
Oct 4, 2005 5:10 am
OK, so where do I find an address and fax number for Bolger and Friends? Thanks, Evan...
