... Thanks. I encourage others to make Freeship models of Bolger boats and to post them in Flickr marking them with the tags 'bolger' and the name of the...
Anyone have any experience using traditional, oil fired navigation lights? I was curious how they stack up with current CG regs. In that regard, I found a...
I don't know about the oil red/green navigation lights, but I used an oil anchor light very often when cruising and found it to be very good. One of the best...
I use a miner's lamp for an anchor light as well as a general purpose dim lighting. At the ends of the coves where I wind up anchoring, I don't worry about...
I was just looking at my old pile of MAIB's (15Mar94) and discovered a 'classic' Bolger Instant-Boat design with which I was not familiar. 7'6" by 2'0", a...
Nice article on LED's by Gary Blankenship in Duckworks though a little dated. http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/05/articles/led/index.cfm Gary is not noted for...
I want to share some nonsense about government and ship's classification societies regulations regarding oil fired emergency lights: I was employed with the...
Bolger has done scaled down versions to test a theory. Examples are Bee, the forerunner to Hawkeye, Microtrawler, and retriever. Also Eeek!, ahead of the AS...
... Quoting PCB from the very brief write up in MAIB: "Dr. Nathan asked me if I had a design easy and quick to build, for a couple of small children to play...
The transom is below the waterline so it will drag when paddled, yet the boat still has a lot of rocker so it cannot benefit from having a straighter bottom...
Hi Ken, On which forum were such discussions? I will be very interested to go there and read such different opinions. As my personal opinion, by looking at...
I am building a Payson pirogue, using the tack and tape method. I'm using 2 inch wide fiberglass tape and epoxy to tape the inside and outside seams. The...
I would fill and fair the tape edge but also knock off any large lumps first. Krissie ... From: Michael Galvin <michaelgalvin@...> Subject: [bolger]...
After the epoxy in your glass tape has cured you should feather the edges down as smooth as possible. Then fair the feathered edge with a top coat of epoxy...
Agreeing with Brian, that masthead lights are nearly useless to avoid collisions within a crowded harbor. for this reason (and for another to be mentioned),...
ON my Fantaisua 35 we used to unplug the compass light and I had a very small bulb that I plugged into the line. The bulb was tiny. The cockpit was enclosed...
ON my boat Wolftrap, Bolger seemed to think that that the bottom unstead iof being v'd with deadrise offered less drag if that vee was rolled up in a curve. I...
The finished hull should be as smooth as possible. I do this by knocking the edges of the tape down with a Sandvik carbide blade shaper after the epoxy has...
I intended to also mention that at Georgetown in the Bahamas the local police came on the radio and asked all the boaters to leave there anchor lights off at...
... And, that point could be right now! A Payson Pirogue would function just fine with no sanding or filling whats-so-ever, if you can accept the looks. There...
... Actually, Bolger's waterline is drawn for two children, at 160 lbs. I modeled it in FreeShip because I wanted to get a better visualization of the 3D...
next time cut the edges with a utility knife ,new blade, before epoxy. it will come out like the good side on both sides. iused a 2" grinder disc 36 grit, 3m...
http://flickr.com/photos/hallman/2729035758/ ..shows an isometric study of another much ignored Bolger boat, the 18 foot Garvey Daysailer, an un-numbered...
Interesting how so often there are similar Michalak designs. In this case, the Michalak design is DeansBox. About 3' shorter. I find it curious that both...
a friend and i are thinking of a long circular cruise by powerboat along icw as well as rivers/canals inland. im wondering if any commercial boat company makes...
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