Bill, Should have added one more thing to that last post ; at the present time it's almost too hot here for sailing, - or garden shed building, for that...
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Greg Flemming
pindimarmicro
Jan 1, 2009 6:26 am
Well I shouldn't even say this then Bill, but it's more a question of making priorities about how to spend the time off rather than not actually having time...
59294
dnjost
Dec 31, 2008 5:11 pm
Bill - The Workskiff project has slowed to a crawl with the boat protected in a very small unheated garage. This time of year I scarf up the long pieces for...
59293
Bill
trimaran
Dec 31, 2008 2:15 pm
Greg, It's summer! Don't they give you more time off for Micro sailing? I muddle through the winter months by convincing myself that micro-nauts in the...
59292
Bill
trimaran
Dec 31, 2008 1:58 pm
David, Cool. When I was a kid I used to go flounder fishing w/ my dad in a 12 foot aluminum boat, We would launch in Hull, MA and putter into Boston harbor....
59291
Greg Flemming
pindimarmicro
Dec 31, 2008 4:33 am
Thanks Bill Both for posting the video on Youtube and for the comments on the way your LM sails. I think the videos show just how steady the boat is in the...
59290
dnjost
Dec 30, 2008 11:18 pm
The completion of my Micro coincided with my Dad's decision to sell the place on Cape Cod. We sailed her on Nantucket Sound, Buzzards Bay, Boston Harbor,...
59289
Bill
trimaran
Dec 30, 2008 10:15 pm
David, Using the track-log function on my GPS (which show COG instead of where the bow is pointing), I can get to 60 degrees off the wind on each tack when...
59288
dnjost
Dec 30, 2008 9:10 pm
Wow. that was way cool. Thanks for sharing. How close can you point in those 3' seas? My Micro was a great boat off the wind, but not close winded in a...
59287
Bill
trimaran
Dec 30, 2008 6:13 pm
Hi all, I created a compilation of videos from a summer of sailing my Long Micro (Pugnacious) on Lake Erie. I posted the video to You Tube. The video is all...
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Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Dec 30, 2008 6:01 pm
This draft of an index is missing about twenty issues, and also needs some checking and proof-reading Also, I have some spare copies of MAIB, which I would be...
59285
dnjost
Dec 30, 2008 2:24 pm
Thanks Mike, I found the link. I have my web browser set to go to the messages page automatically and never have visited the homepage. I have to agree with...
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Michael Walther
michawalth3
Dec 30, 2008 3:38 am
Hi David, It's first line under Unsubscribe. Thanks, Mike...
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Kevin A. Donohue
sloppytypist
Dec 30, 2008 2:04 am
Yes, I would be interested in an index. From: Bruce Hallman Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 9:33 AM To: bolger@yahoogroups.com Subject: [bolger] MAIB index of...
59282
dnjost
Dec 29, 2008 11:20 pm
Mason - What group are you referring to? I don't see a link to "the coffee lounge" you mention below. Please clarify as I have found this group to be very...
59281
Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Dec 29, 2008 5:33 pm
Anybody else around here interested in keeping track of the Bolger articles published in magazines, especially MAIB? By my rough guess, there are perhaps 400...
59280
sclimber11
Dec 29, 2008 4:54 pm
I just stuck the sketchup file in the 3D warehouse. Just search for Bolger and mine comes up. Scott...
59279
adkgoodboat
Dec 29, 2008 4:11 pm
I thought this group might be interesting, so joined and had a look. Anybody else done so? It ain't about Bolger's boats, or anybody else's. Free country, but...
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Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Dec 29, 2008 4:02 pm
... Romp is a strip planked boat. Regardless, yes Freeship does a good job of calculating expanded panels. As to working from the table of offsets,...
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S Rose
paradox_4
Dec 29, 2008 5:07 am
The procedure you sent was revised a bit when I got the plans from Mr Payson. It recommends a 58" long straight tiller also several other modifications (Mast...
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malcolmf
lonach34
Dec 29, 2008 5:07 am
Bruce, Can Freeship 2.6 be used to develop the actual shape of the panels for stitch & Glue construction, starting from the offsets? Calm Seas & A Prosperous...
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Douglas Pollard
dougpol1
Dec 29, 2008 5:07 am
... I have built an Elver which I am happy with. I wish though Ihad put Polytarpsails on her to start with. I bought a sail kit from Sailright which I have...
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Greg Flemming
pindimarmicro
Dec 27, 2008 1:33 am
Hi Scott Sorry, missed this post until today, and actually the Micro that I have (Matilda Jean) has some pictures in the Files section of Bolger7 in a file...
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Joe Tribulato
scsbmsjoe
Dec 26, 2008 12:55 am
I taught myself to sail in Teal in a 100 acre lake. It worked fine there. I built it with a tombstone transom as in Surf because I wanted to eliminate that...
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Joe Tribulato
scsbmsjoe
Dec 26, 2008 12:45 am
The tiller on Surf is long over the aft deck. I rigged a loop of bungee through the aft cleat to keep it from swinging out of reach. Joe T...
59271
S Rose
paradox_4
Dec 25, 2008 4:40 am
The cover of this song bore the following note: There is a legend amongst sailors, that when a vessel is out at sea on Christmas Eve, the usual peal which on...
59270
gregory_west2001
gregory_west...
Dec 24, 2008 7:02 pm
I found an old kickup rudder with a long tiller and aluminum side plates from an old dinghy (without a blade) for $30 at a local used sailboat parts store in...
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Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Dec 24, 2008 6:21 pm
... Going from memory, there are several several boat designs in this lineage. I recall reading that one of them had funding, I think from an environmental...
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Dave Gentry
alias1719
Dec 24, 2008 11:23 am
Thanks for the pics and the info! That design has piqued my interest for years....
59267
Harry James
harryjak
Dec 22, 2008 7:23 pm
Had to go to Google for the Morrisey Shinn, not very often that I see a totally unknown A/C. Good luck, those are huge time sinks. HJ...
