Hello, I am Philippe and I am currently redesigning the rig of my Bruce Roberts Spray 36. I find Phil Bolger's junk rig design interesting in that it combines...
Fern Ridge Reservoir, Friday, May 15 through Sunday the 17th. Camping at Richardson Park. Transient slips are also available at the park, ask at the campground...
The Lake Pepin Messabout is less than a month away - June 5, 6 & 7. Last year we had several Bolger boats including a micro trawler. Recently Duckworks...
Hope someone on this site might be able to offer a solution to repair problem. Refurbishing an old wood sailing dingy. Have a leak someplace on the dagger...
My boss got a used Diablo and would like to modify it a little. One it has a 25HP Merc on it and when built a 1 X4 was glassed in along both bottom edges on...
In the write-up for Blacgauntlet II in The Folding Schooner, PCB presents a version using the "form that Commodore Ralph Munro evolved out of the working...
I mostly lurk and learn here, but: For more than a decade I owned the SS Crocker ketch "Macaw" (see "Crocker's Boats". She is a Presto type sharpie rigged as a...
I have uploaded pictures of my Bolger Sneakeasy. A special thank you to Steve B for his encouragement. It was Steve's boat "Katie" that got me interested in...
Dear Bolger and Associates, I think I'd like to build a Hawkeye. I've read about it in BWAOM. Would a 50HP motor be way out of line? I'd like to be able to...
Wow, here (I think) is a photoset by CaptJoe of the the newly built Green Fishing Boat we have been hearing about in MAIB for the last couple years. ...
I was looking around at some early fiberglass boats, and came across MFG's, and Tollycraft. Tollycraft glassed a wood hull, but MFG used a glass hull with a...
I'd like to ask what arrangements people with AS29's (or similar boats with the bow well) have used to cat their anchors. In the past, I've kept my bow anchor...
Does anyone have any idea if 16 guage galvanized stell would be as strong as 18 guage stainless steel. I was thinking of cutting nail protection plates to make...
In June of 2007 a member of this group, Nels, wrote " the hull (of the AS29) is almost a carbon copy of a larger liveaboard version of Paradox". What do...
For many years I have been taken with Lynx in Small Boats. Aside from the photo in the book, an internet add from the UK with a bow sprit and photos on this...
Eeek! economy cruiser from "30 0dd boats". I increased the size 1/3 to use 16' side panels. I bought a 59 sq ft brick sail from Polysail International. I am...
I've been working w/ the same 2:1 epoxy laminating resin for years. Always w/ success. A strange thing happened the other day. I made a small quantity from a...
Hi, I'm finally building a Rubens Nymph. Things started off well but when I started securing the panels to the frames, the panels lost their nice shape....
