First time responding. In regards to concrete encased on concrete, it's important to remember that the concrete is protecting the steel while the steel is...
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David
arbordg
Jan 31, 2011 11:16 pm
The Stimson Bowsheds have served boatbuilders adequately for years. Proven design. Just sturdy enough. One of the least expensive workable options. Cheers, ...
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Carl Andersen
carlandersen97
Jan 31, 2011 9:59 pm
... Have you read the ... Yes I have read it, it's of course important. After careful consideration is the best to follow Bolgerś instructions and use...
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Peter
pvanderwaart
Jan 31, 2011 9:19 pm
... Interesting observations. There are several discussion of concrete ballast in William Garden's books. I suspect it's one of those technologies that is good...
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brucehallman
Jan 31, 2011 4:17 pm
... Usually, 90+% of the time, it is a bad idea to deviate from the plans, especially those created by a master designer. Phil Bolger typically had good...
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Carl Andersen
carlandersen97
Jan 31, 2011 4:00 pm
Thanks Scot Yes she is a beauty. I hope that one day I have money enough to build this beautiful boat. I will buy the drawingings later this year. And I will...
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vscopeland
Jan 31, 2011 2:41 pm
Interesting, as I rarely see much mentioned about the Monhegan. I did some searches here as well last year. I had to get the plans, and I received them a...
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Bill Howard
nellysford2002
Jan 31, 2011 2:25 pm
Jim Michalak has a design (Picara) with 500 pounds of steel plates as ballast. This seems an elegant way to combine very shallow draft with stability. Per...
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John and Kathy Trussell
clumber03
Jan 31, 2011 1:59 pm
I once owned the hull for one of Peter Van Dine's Tancook Whaler which had concrete ballast in a fiberglass hull. At some point in the past, water had gotten...
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Carl Andersen
carlandersen97
Jan 31, 2011 12:39 pm
Does this design depend on inside ballast alone, or have the drawings been updated toe a lead shoe/keel? The original drawings are with inside ballast of...
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oldshoe7
Jan 30, 2011 2:35 pm
I'm a long-time subscriber but don't have all my copies. I'd gladly pay for a CD. The Early American Industries Association (EAIA) did this a while back,...
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einsteen
Jan 29, 2011 2:38 pm
Does anyone have a link to the MAIB article? It's in the May 1, 2001 issue, and while I think I have all the magazines from that era, they're not accessible...
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prairiedog2332
Jan 29, 2011 3:05 am
What about Jochems Family Schooner #639 <../../../../../bolger_study_plans_only/files/Jochems%20Family%20Schoone\ r%20%23639/> ...
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Peter
pvanderwaart
Jan 28, 2011 6:34 pm
... Another masterful job. Somewhere PCB wrote "I eventually did design a schooner with a full-length house. It isn't easy." I think he was referring to this...
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brucehallman
Jan 28, 2011 5:27 pm
... The hull is 35 feet long by 11 1/2 feet wide....
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etap28
Jan 28, 2011 4:58 pm
Thanks John/Chris.. AMF somehow "feels" right... I'll see if I can find any of their models online d...
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etap28
Jan 28, 2011 4:56 pm
A couple could retire in a ship like that and live happily ever after, hurricanes and all. Just stick it in a mangrove swamp and ride it out... beautiful hull....
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f_swygert
Jan 28, 2011 2:31 pm
The Azores are more or less between Europe (Portugal) and North America, middle of the Atlantic ocean. 930 miles west of Lisbon, Portugal, 2400 miles east of...
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Walter
wearydwarf
Jan 28, 2011 2:10 pm
Great rendering, Bruce. Looks pretty big - are there any measurements ?...
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John Balch
chris1234balch
Jan 28, 2011 9:45 am
I've seen a boat like this before, though this one looks just a bit different. The one I saw was an AMF Day sailor that was an O'Day DS knock-off. I was ...
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brucehallman
Jan 28, 2011 12:28 am
http://hallman.org/bolger/501/ One fun thing about studying Bolger designs is that there are so many little known masterworks in the opus. This design 501...
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sirdarnell
Jan 27, 2011 8:32 pm
Check here. Should find something. ...
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masonsmith@...
adkgoodboat
Jan 27, 2011 5:28 pm
I did the completion of the first known launched Whalewatcher under a 10 x 27 foot canopy building from King Canopy, on sale then for about $225. I had to...
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etap28
Jan 27, 2011 4:45 pm
Pardon my non-bolger query, but there's a daysailer for sale near me that looks kind of interesting and I can't get any info. on it. I posted this same...
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Jim Elliott
jimell10tt
Jan 27, 2011 4:17 pm
In the book sloop they discuss a shed made of strapping and cheap plastic Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ... From: "daschultz2000"...
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daschultz2000
Jan 27, 2011 4:03 pm
Ruel Parker has design and construction ideas and photos in his book about new cold molding. There are several sources for garage sized tents which can be...
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Dave Gentry
alias1719
Jan 27, 2011 3:13 pm
... Nice work, as usual, Bruce! For everyone else, here's the site of a guy building a real one: http://www.marlew.com/Just%20Because.htm...
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Ralph
uncleralph123
Jan 27, 2011 3:07 pm
There are some plans here: http://www.by-the-sea.com/stimsonmarine/bowroof.html...
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E Light
idobeskh
Jan 27, 2011 8:59 am
This would be the link to the boatshed: http://members.shaw.ca/pgron/BoatShed.htm -e. - - - ... This would be the link to the boatshed: ...
