On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 6:15 PM, daschultz2000 ... I am not sure that the bluntness of the transomed bow increases the risk broaching due to its bluntness....
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westwind9900
Aug 1, 2011 8:00 pm
There is an aspect of broaching that doesn't seem to be commonly addressed. An idealized wave is shown as water particles at the surface in a circular motion,...
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Bill Howard
nellysford2002
Aug 1, 2011 9:10 pm
Sounds like your are advocating Phil Bolger's box cutwater, correct?...
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tfpainter1422
Aug 2, 2011 3:21 am
I have or have had all of Bolger's books but that leaves many, probably hundreds more that I haven't seen. Anyway, just curious did Bolger ever design a scaled...
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John and Kathy Trussell
clumber03
Aug 2, 2011 12:14 pm
When PCB wasn't drawing sharpies, one of his sources of inspiration was the Thames Barge. The closest thing that I know of to a small barge is the Recreational...
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Gregory
ghartc
Aug 2, 2011 1:32 pm
A broach is when a boat turns suddenly. The classic broach happens on a broach reach or downwind, with lots of canvas and the skipper perhaps underestimating...
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brucehallman
Aug 2, 2011 2:31 pm
... I think the 16 foot Prince William Sound Yawl has a scaled down hull shape similar to Romp. http://hallman.org/bolger/PWSY/PWSY.png The parts of your wish...
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tfpainter1422
Aug 2, 2011 3:17 pm
Yeah, I was thinking about the PWSY too. Bolger did a lots of boats on the Thames barge concept. What I'm thinking of is not far off from Welsford's Pilgrim or...
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William
trimaran
Aug 2, 2011 4:00 pm
I have to agree with Bruce on this point. The flat, transom bow on my Long Micro has never struck me as relevant to impeding headway or causing a broach (and...
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Christopher C. Wether...
wetherillc
Aug 2, 2011 5:03 pm
My understanding of the usual cause of broaching has been that a following sea running faster then the boat picks up the stern and it falls off the front of...
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John and Kathy Trussell
clumber03
Aug 2, 2011 5:30 pm
What follows is partially conjecture, but I am guessing that the Old Shoes were being held on course with considerable rudder. Old Shoes are fairly short boats...
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Chester Young
caloosarat
Aug 2, 2011 5:38 pm
Not sure how relevant this experience is to the current debate but broaching is not limited to just sail power. Early on in ownership of EstherMae (Tennessee)...
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Peter
pvanderwaart
Aug 2, 2011 6:08 pm
... There was a catboat of 15' or 16' that was supposed to be an exercise in simplicity. Cat rig rather than cat yawl, but maybe the hull was similar....
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Bill Howard
nellysford2002
Aug 2, 2011 7:02 pm
Are you perhaps referring to Phil's design # 589 for H. H. Payson, "Catfish Beach Cruiser?"...
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meier.denis
Aug 2, 2011 7:35 pm
I have posted a picture after hull paint. My interpretation of the Micro is probably not everyone's cup of tea but suits my wife and I. I couldn''t decide if I...
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Myles J. Swift
caigk
Aug 2, 2011 7:41 pm
Also if this happened running downwind, it could be a mizzen problem. Munro used to drop Egret's mizzen when running the inlets to make sure the boat was...
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tfpainter1422
Aug 2, 2011 9:27 pm
That's exactly what happened in my case if my fuzzy memories of it are correct. It was because I didn't have the miz squared out (inexperience with the rig). I...
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RexW
rnwhitejr
Aug 2, 2011 11:00 pm
Hi, anyone know of plans or have leads to one of these ? Rex http://watermarks-art.blogspot.com/2009/02/studio-boat-1-monets-bateau-a\ telier.html ...
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Paul
bysc2002
Aug 3, 2011 1:55 am
Bolger's houseboat #481 was my choice and I have been using it for 8 years and still love it as an almost perfect boat if there is such a thing. I believe...
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c.ruzer
Aug 3, 2011 5:49 am
... eccentric adj. 1. deviating from the recognised or usual character, practice etc; irregular; peculiar; odd; queer: eccentric conduct, an eccentric person....
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John Huft
t1ro2003
Aug 3, 2011 11:16 am
Huh? Â Really? Â Nobodies really besmirching Saint Phil or Mother Suzanne so there's no need to get the Don Quixote armor on and ride to the rescue. Â If...
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Susanne@...
phil.bolger
Aug 3, 2011 11:43 am
Good Morning All. I do appreciate the spirit of protectiveness towards Phil Bolger's legacy and the friendly nudging towards more efficiency of this venture...
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Rex White
rnwhitejr
Aug 3, 2011 12:57 pm
Thanks. ... From: Paul <paulmclellan@...> Subject: [bolger] Re: Monet's Studio boat To: bolger@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 9:55 PM Â ...
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Ned
nasplundh
Aug 3, 2011 1:04 pm
The Ash Breeze, journal of the Traditional Small Craft Association, will have a brief article about Monet's studio boat and others in his fleet, in its Fall...
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Peter
pvanderwaart
Aug 3, 2011 2:28 pm
... No, although functionally it would be similar to the open-cockpit version of #589. The idea began as a Small Boat Journal cartoon, and was picked up by a...
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brucehallman
Aug 3, 2011 3:07 pm
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 4:44 AM, Susanne@... ... This US Navy commission is very exciting, and I am eagerly waiting to read about it in MAIB. Keep on...
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adventures_in_astroph...
adventures_i...
Aug 3, 2011 3:09 pm
In the BWAOM chapter called something like "For Moorings and Private Landings" is an 18' gaff-rigged daysailer that has a hull shape similar to what you...
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Peter
pvanderwaart
Aug 3, 2011 3:47 pm
... That would be the one I was thinking of....
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lew_clayman
Aug 3, 2011 4:50 pm
It is unfortunate that "eccentric" has become perjorative. The original meaning was mechanical, and it referred to device that rotated about a point other...
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brucehallman
Aug 3, 2011 6:03 pm
... Also known as "Little Fuss" from the Small Boat Journal #32, Aug/Sept 1983....
