Sam, on the article page in the photos section, if you switch your "view" configuration to "large" you could read the article, at least I can :) Máximo...
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Sam Glasscock
glasscocklan...
Sep 1, 2008 11:36 pm
Thanks, Maximo--I'll give it a try. ... From: Maximo <grupos@...> Subject: RE: [bolger] Tennessee transom height question To: bolger@yahoogroups.com ...
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Doc Musekamp
saildoc2001
Sep 2, 2008 2:49 am
Is posted to the Bolger4Sale list.. Thanks, Doc Musekamp...
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Chester Young
caloosarat
Sep 2, 2008 1:33 pm
The one data point that directly correlates to the better speed is that the engine is now turning higher rpm’s. I did put a stainless steel prop on her...
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Mungo Jerry
mungojerryus
Sep 2, 2008 7:12 pm
I was contemplating epoxying/gluing/sticking with chewing gum a layer of polyester fabric over the hull bottom of my Vesper (imagine if Jessie Cooper had a...
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Peter McCorison
petermccibis
Sep 2, 2008 7:20 pm
I've been using Nexus Cloth (a light non-woven polyester cloth) set in epoxy to protect PW from checking. It has always worked for me. This isn't a process for...
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Jon & Wanda(Tink)
tinkerbell98683
Sep 2, 2008 10:51 pm
Nothing sticks better prevents checking better and lasts as well as EPOXY and glass period Jon...
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Kenneth Grome
kennethgrome
Sep 3, 2008 12:00 am
I had never heard of 'Nexus Cloth' before but here's something I found online: "Nexus is polyester cloth used as the outside covering material in fiberglass...
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Kristine Bennett
femmpaws
Sep 3, 2008 3:56 am
Jerry I think you need to know they use polyester fabric as peel ply with epoxy. You would be better off to just use fiberglass. And the cost is not going to...
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Kristine Bennett
femmpaws
Sep 3, 2008 4:08 am
I have used Nexus Cloth and epoxy and they work will together, All Nexus cloth does is give you an even coat of epoxy that doesn't run off the part. :) Also...
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schwabgerard
Sep 3, 2008 8:35 am
Hi everone, just wanted to give you a look at how she sails, take a view on Photo-Bucket at address listed below. Enjoy slideshow! The address may be too long...
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pvanderwaart
Sep 3, 2008 3:03 pm
... Great pictures. The forte of the 12 1/2 is the ability to handle strong wind and big wave with confidence. It looks like that capability has been...
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rocketgeek@...
plonk_plonk
Sep 3, 2008 5:24 pm
Gorgeous boat -- great motivation to get off my duff. :) It sounds and looks like a real gem -- I suspect there will be quite a few other Bolger 12-1/2s...
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martinkortlucke
Sep 4, 2008 4:29 am
Good day Will My folding schooner was built with a single off-centreboard about a foot deeper than the plans. It is 3/8" steel plate with rounded leading edge...
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nsimms
Sep 4, 2008 12:30 pm
... Lovely, lovely... Wish I could talk my brother into a build of one of these for his place on Lake George, NY (keelboat heaven)... Too deep for my current...
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Susan Davis
futabachan
Sep 4, 2008 5:18 pm
... Yet another reason to flip the bozo bit on anyone who says PCB's boats are ugly. Thanks! -- Susan Davis <futabachan@...>...
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Sam Glasscock
glasscocklan...
Sep 4, 2008 6:04 pm
I have read with interest the discussion of power/performance for the Tennessee, particularly concerning Esther Mae's 25 hp four-stroke. I was hoping to get...
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Harry James
harryjak
Sep 4, 2008 6:27 pm
Chuck Leinweber of Duckworks got an easy 10 Mph out of his Tennessee with a 10 HP Honda. The Yamaha high thrust might be geared to low. You might have to...
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Harry James
harryjak
Sep 5, 2008 4:44 am
Whilst perusing my files I stumbled across a description of a homebuilt roller furler, originally done by a Turk. I would be happy to forward to anybody who...
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graeme19121984
Sep 5, 2008 8:28 am
Bolger cited in an essay surfed into at Culture Change.org http://tinyurl.com/2pzwqu http://www.culturechange.org/cms/index.php? ...
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Michael Galvin
spidergalvin
Sep 5, 2008 12:07 pm
I just finished building a Payson Pirogue, a double-paddle canoe (deckless kayak), described in "Boats with an Open Mind." I built a pair of double paddles...
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Mike French
barklake6
Sep 5, 2008 12:40 pm
Sam: I had a Yamaha 9.9 high thrust on a Bolger/Edey & Duff 29 foot Shearwater yawl (#7) which would do hull speed (6.5 knots +/-) at about half throttle and...
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Christopher Wetherill
wetherillc
Sep 5, 2008 12:56 pm
Michael, I would use a turks head on each end and a french hitch in between. Turks head is here: http://www.troop54.com/knots/TurksHeadKnot/TurksHeadKnot.htm...
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adventures_in_astroph...
adventures_i...
Sep 5, 2008 12:59 pm
Hi Michael, ... (deckless ... double ... the ends ... seizing" rope ... make it ... Scout "pioneering" in ... together. I ... clove ... this is ... I used rope...
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Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Sep 5, 2008 1:38 pm
In my book, whipping (which hides the knot inside the string) is the neatest way to wrap a pole with string. http://www.inquiry.net/images/whip.jpg...
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Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Sep 5, 2008 2:36 pm
... Cool boat, the Shearwater. I am also amazed that Bolger specifies a 9.9hp motor as minimum feasible power on my 31 foot long Topaz Spyder runabout. I am...
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nordski62
Sep 5, 2008 5:42 pm
... (deckless ... Michael, I just finished the Payson Pirogue as well and have found it to be a great little boat. It's pretty stable and fast. I made a snap- ...
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Bob Johnson
xstncl
Sep 6, 2008 12:37 am
... Just to clarify, but those are not the same book. There is a good deal of overlap in the material presented, but _The Marlinspike Sailor_ came first,...
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Michael Galvin
spidergalvin
Sep 6, 2008 2:04 am
Aaron I would love to see a picture of your Pirogue and skirt. I've taken lots of photos of the construction of my Pirogue and will organize them into a page ...
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Michael Galvin
spidergalvin
Sep 6, 2008 2:06 am
Bruce Thanks for the suggestion of "whipping"; the pole as if it where the end of a line. I should have thought of that. It's a great idea. Simplicity itself....
