Agreed, I've been using hollow ground screwdrivers for years working on firearms and don't understand why they aren't used everywhere. Â Jeff ...
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bayfield bayfield
hightop32736
Oct 22, 2012 5:17 pm
Best overall screws are Robertson head or square. Driver will not slip out of slot an damage wood....
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Paul
bysc2002
Oct 22, 2012 5:18 pm
Robertson is the way to go in my opinion. just match the driver with the screw Paul Happy Adventure...
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David Baughman
shas1100
Oct 22, 2012 7:25 pm
I agree with the Robertson enthusiasm. When I married a lovely Canadian girl 37 years ago I was delighted and amazed to discover these simple, useful screws. ...
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SSK
Gronicle
Oct 22, 2012 8:06 pm
Susan, Your letter to the editor sounds like a reasonable and forward thinking proposal. Good luck with the effort. Hope you have a hidden stream of funding...
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gc4248@...
gc4248
Oct 22, 2012 8:56 pm
According to the Design List in the Database, it's #429. The little numbers on the drawing would indicate that it has a building key. Are you thinking of...
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philbolger@...
phil.bolger
Oct 22, 2012 9:50 pm
For whatever reason I was under the assumption that this topic had been covered at some depth. Here's the reality upon a modest going-through of respective...
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Andrew Wallace
visayannz
Oct 23, 2012 4:48 am
I first came across the Robertson-head woodscrews when working in Canada some 40 years ago. They have been available here in New Zealand for at least 25 years...
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Dave Gentry
alias1719
Oct 25, 2012 2:13 am
Just posted a pic of the Tortoise I built for my uncle - find in the album named "A Tortoise," if you're interested. I modified her a bit, though the hull and...
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c.ruzer
Oct 26, 2012 2:37 pm
Yes, leaning that way Gregg. Holding me up are potential issues to do with physical features both of the preferred construction site in the backyard at home...
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jitsuzan
Oct 27, 2012 4:48 pm
Hello guys! Two girls sent us the first ever picture of Tara actually sailing. See: www.leow.de and click image to enlarge On our way down the River Maas, we...
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jitsuzan
Oct 27, 2012 5:00 pm
http://www.leow.de sorry, forgot about html ... hope this helps...
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Michael Childs
michael_v_ch...
Oct 28, 2012 4:07 pm
Very handsome under sail. As a newcomer to the group, I have a design question: both Chapelle and Parker make a case for keeping windage to a minimum for...
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philbolger@...
phil.bolger
Oct 28, 2012 4:19 pm
Good Question. At this point - before Phil's manuscript on his sharpie-designs is in print - I can only produce a 'cute' One-Liner-type comment: " Phil...
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jitsuzan
Oct 28, 2012 6:11 pm
Michael, as we sailed mostly down river, it's hard to tell, how high she actually pointed. When sailing on a lake under tricky wind conditions, she brought us...
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Kent
different_dr...
Oct 28, 2012 7:34 pm
I, for one, would like to hear more about this topic from the more experienced builders & sailors. I'm working on a design of my own, quite Bolger-esque, and...
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philbolger@...
phil.bolger
Oct 28, 2012 8:15 pm
For starters, lot's of Bolger books and articles to read. Then, is this cruising-sharpie the first design-effort ? Susanne Altenburger, PB&F ... From: Kent To:...
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Neal Sandidge
sandidgeneal
Oct 29, 2012 6:15 am
Kent: I am in the middle of a Bolger AS29 build right now. The high freeboard gives nice sitting headroom on the saloon settees and a small doghouse over the...
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Eric
eric14850
Oct 29, 2012 1:37 pm
ROGUE's hull is barge form - shallow draft, internal ballast, leeboards, 1:3.2 beam/length ratio - not unlike a sharpie in the ways that concern your question....
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Tom Pee
tompee77
Oct 29, 2012 3:43 pm
For a sharpie total hull height should be limited to 6/10 of hull beam.  Bolger did a good job with AS29 but AS39 is to tall and suffers excessive...
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Tom Pee
tompee77
Oct 29, 2012 3:55 pm
Any of the really high pointing modern boats such as a J-Boat have low cabin trunks/hulls-sitting room only for the 30 footers. This has even more...
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philbolger@...
phil.bolger
Oct 29, 2012 3:59 pm
Mr. Pooh, (or is it the more French 'Po'-Op' ?), no doubt we all look forward to reading your monograph on your extensive design-efforts that produced the rich...
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Michael Childs
michael_v_ch...
Oct 29, 2012 4:03 pm
Your replies have been very enlightening. I knew the high ends of Viking ships and galleons served to prevent capsizing. The high stern castles also helped to...
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loosemoosefilmworks
loosemoosefi...
Oct 29, 2012 8:19 pm
Tom Well, having sailed the Loose Moose 2 (AS39) a few miles or so I have to take your suggestion that it would improve things to cut 15" off... Why? We sailed...
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Kent
different_dr...
Oct 29, 2012 8:23 pm
Tom, where did you read that AS39 "suffers excessive windage?" Can I get a link please? Thanks -- Kent...
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kayaker37
Oct 29, 2012 8:58 pm
I know it's not a Bolger, but it is similiar to Rose, so unfortunately: http://t.news.msn.com/us/hms-bounty-reportedly-sunk-in-atlantic-2-crew-still-missing...
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Tom Pee
tompee77
Oct 29, 2012 9:12 pm
If anyone would know about the as39 capabilities its you buuuut, you would have to say it is high sided and without doubt reducing hull height would probably...
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Tom Pee
tompee77
Oct 29, 2012 9:17 pm
On this forum, from Bob Archibald, years back, although he has very little to say.  Would like to hear from him directly. Think his as39 was built by a...
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loosemoosefilmworks
loosemoosefi...
Oct 29, 2012 11:15 pm
Well actually the high sides of the AS 39 have a lot to offer other than just headroom and creature comforts. As far as sailing to windward though the highish...
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Ed Drapela
erd39
Oct 29, 2012 11:54 pm
What idiot would take a vessel out of harbor in a hurricane? Shouldn't the Captain headed up river and secured the vessel is a less vulnerable creek? Call me...
