Has anyone seen a clever arrangement for mounting an electric trolling motor or small 2 HP gas engine on a Bolger June Bug? Greetings: I built my June Bug 17...
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Michael Galvin
spidergalvin
May 26, 2008 8:33 pm
Chris Thanks for your comments. It is good to hear that a trolling motor is up to the task. I saw a 50 lb thrust Minn Tonka trolling motor at Walmart for ...
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Fred Schumacher
fredschum
May 27, 2008 12:37 am
I put an extension on the transom so it's about 2 inches above the deck to mount an electric trolling motor or 3 1/2 hp aircooled outboard. I wish I had done...
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graeme19121984
May 27, 2008 7:00 am
G'day Darrell, there's two versions of the BW. BW1 has less ballast and less built in emergency bouyancy than BW2, also I believe there are plans for solid ...
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Bruce Hallman
saltyboatr
May 27, 2008 8:20 pm
I see that PCB and SA are giving a talk tomorrow on "green boats", 7pm, Weds May 28th. I beg someone nearby to go take notes and report back. Also, they have...
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Bruce Hallman
saltyboatr
May 27, 2008 8:23 pm
Also, here is the URL to the photo of PCB and SA in that article: http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/images_sizedimage_147224107/original...
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erielestatluvr
May 27, 2008 9:27 pm
Hi, first post here. Well, after much deliberation, we've pretty much decided to build Chebacco as our family camping boat. The problem is, havuing now made ...
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Kenneth Grome
kennethgrome
May 28, 2008 2:07 am
I wonder if anyone has the specifications or drawings of this boat so the rest of us could take a closer look at it? Any freeship files available for this...
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Bruce Hallman
saltyboatr
May 28, 2008 3:08 am
That boat on the drawing in the photo was written up in a MAIB, a few months back. It, essentially, is a big version of the 'Topaz' 'Sitka Explorer',...
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Bruce Hallman
saltyboatr
May 28, 2008 3:15 am
I recommend writing to PB&F directly. There are the more famous standard Chebacco variations, but there is also a relatively obscure Ben Ho 'raised deck'...
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Kenneth Grome
kennethgrome
May 28, 2008 3:23 am
I don't get MAIB ... :( It won't fit into a shipping container, will it? Sincerely, Ken Grome Bagacay Boatworks www.bagacayboatworks.com...
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Kenneth Grome
kennethgrome
May 28, 2008 6:03 am
... I meant the boat, not the MAIB ... :) Sincerely, Ken Grome Bagacay Boatworks www.bagacayboatworks.com...
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John Kohnen
jhkohnen
May 28, 2008 11:08 am
That expensive 50 lb. Minn Kota would be overkill on a June Bug. Minn Kota's Endura 30 has plenty of power for a boat like June Bug, and they're often on sale...
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russingram
May 28, 2008 12:32 pm
Great picture - I wonder if a cartoon has been published of the boat? Length? Beam? ... ...
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Bruce Hallman
saltyboatr
May 28, 2008 4:23 pm
Well, here is a very rough guess at an isometric shape of the PB&F hull "New England Fishing Boat" shown in that photo. ...
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luis_nin_estevez
luis_nin_est...
May 28, 2008 4:32 pm
Hi, I upload to "Photos" some pics of the construction of a RN. Rds Luis...
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adventures_in_astroph...
adventures_i...
May 28, 2008 5:44 pm
Hi Bruce, ... Some of the same design elements - the foam/ply sandwich hull and the developable forefoot grafted onto a steeply rockered sharpie bow, in ...
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Bruce Hallman
saltyboatr
May 28, 2008 6:07 pm
... I think it is fair to say that this new lineage amounts to a new 'class' of Bolger boats. Topaz, Sitka Explorer, Blackfish, New England Fishing Boat, and...
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Bruce Hallman
saltyboatr
May 28, 2008 6:09 pm
... And, I am willing to guess due to the shallow draft qualities, that the (so far secret) military landing craft project might also belong to this lineage....
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Jamie Orr
jas_orr
May 29, 2008 4:02 am
Hello from a sheet-ply Chebacco sailor. Ben's email is in the registry on the Chebacco page, try ben.ho@... He'll be the best source for information as I...
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erielestatluvr
May 29, 2008 6:29 am
Hello. I've read some of your adventures on the Chebacco page. Always inspiring, though back East here there is no setting quite so pretty to sail in! I'm...
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graeme19121984
May 29, 2008 7:59 am
... If that's down to the truly exhorbitant and way out of scale cost of overseas postage, as it was for me, then, without meaning to be an advertisement, I...
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graeme19121984
May 29, 2008 8:26 am
3D already! Looking good. Thanks for posting your building photos, and keep us updated on your RN please Luis. ...
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hobyarr
May 29, 2008 10:19 am
Thanks Graeme - Further questions, wondering about centre board whether it would be possible to do away with and use chine runners as Matt Layden designs on...
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Michael Galvin
spidergalvin
May 29, 2008 1:13 pm
John Thanks for your comments, and, especially, the photos. The photos help give me some ideas to play with for the mount. I'm very glad to hear I can get by...
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Kristine Bennett
femmpaws
May 30, 2008 2:48 am
Hey Mike keep an eye out at yard sales and the like... You never know what you will find there. I have picked up a lot of boat stuff cheap. Blessings Kriss ...
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Michael Walther
michawalth3
May 30, 2008 3:16 am
To Graeme, Thanks for providing the link. Mike...
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John Kohnen
jhkohnen
May 31, 2008 5:32 am
I've found some good boat stuff at yard sales -- but never anything I was looking for! That's just one of those unchangeable laws of the universe. ;o) Of...
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The Peillet-Long Family
owlnmole
May 31, 2008 11:52 am
Hello, again, Bolgeristas! To make a long story short, my family and I currently live in Tunisia and we will be spending the summer at Grandma's...
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Ron Magen
quahog19038
May 31, 2008 6:26 pm
... {snip} ... Bob, Although when I re-rigged my Potter P-19 I had used SWAGED terminations for the turnbuckles, I always thought it would be handy to have an...
