Joe Norwood's _Practical Proas_ report to the AYRS on the Minimum Proa and that rig is at page 42 here http://www.ayrs.org/Catalyst_N03_Jan_2001.pdf (He found...
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c.ruzer
Nov 22, 2012 2:50 pm
I thought the Bolger proas were sorted in the group designs list database. I'm sure I entered one or two myself some years ago. I went to that cupboard and let...
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brucehallman
Nov 26, 2012 3:44 pm
Thanks for the research, I updated the listing I keep with these 3 boats to synchronize. I am missing images of Proa 20 and Proa 60, though I will go digging...
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Pat
namkianorbu
Nov 27, 2012 10:32 am
Hi I just posted on youtube a Vid of Long Micro LOMA trip arround Koh Chang. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnvW4Kibofo Warm regards Pat...
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c.ruzer
Nov 27, 2012 12:20 pm
Bruce, thanks again. If it's of some assistance, the 'Minimum Proa' colour pic of the 5% enlarged and otherwise altered Joe Norwood version is now here...
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jdmeddock
Dec 2, 2012 2:45 am
My wife wants a Stand Up Paddleboard, she has never used one and neither have I. We could rent one at the beach next summer to get some knowledge, but that...
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John Boy
t1ro2003
Dec 2, 2012 12:30 pm
Jim Michalak has a design too. http://www.duckworksbbs.com/plans/jim/paddleplank/index.htm Dave Gentry has a SOF SUP. ...
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captjbturtle
Dec 2, 2012 9:50 pm
Hi Justin. I used a Dynamite sailboard as a windsurfer back in about 1983 in Florida. It worked well. Being longer than most windsurfers it sliced along...
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Cod
proaboat
Dec 2, 2012 10:32 pm
Should work. I built one, double ended, as a proa experiment. You can also sit and paddle with a double paddle. Whack-boing! It's dub! www.thecheappages.com...
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Andrew
andrew_kieren
Dec 3, 2012 5:48 am
Justin, have you seen the current issue of Woodenboat magazine, there is an article with design in there for a plywood SUP. I hired a plastic SUP the other...
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philbolger@...
phil.bolger
Dec 4, 2012 1:51 am
Phil would have been 85 years of age today. Susanne Altenburger, PB&F...
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Dennis Mcfadden
dennis.mcfad...
Dec 4, 2012 6:16 am
Thank you Phil for you thoughtful view of the world , for your thoughtful designs, for sharing them with us, plus your humour! Dennis To:...
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c.ruzer
Dec 4, 2012 6:36 am
Maybe two more branches to add to this tree... There are other proas big and small based pretty much on the hull shape but diverging in the rudder/leeway...
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Douglas Pollard
dougpol2
Dec 5, 2012 5:00 pm
This is really neat! Go take a look at this thing. Of course they are just finishing up the prototype If it works as advertises It will change a lot of...
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c.ruzer
Dec 6, 2012 6:29 am
FYI eBay Item number: 370706165644 "This is an original magazine ad. It measures 8 1/2 x 11 3/4. The ad is in good condition" (1957? $6) "Boats In The Cameras...
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brucehallman
Dec 6, 2012 3:38 pm
Thanks, that is a new one to me. Judging by the relative size of the person to the hull length my guess is that it might a bit longer than 40 ft. Added it to...
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brucehallman
Dec 6, 2012 6:59 pm
John Gilbert brought to my attention a Bolger boat previously unknown to me, a 28 foot sloop published in the Feb 1953 issue of Rudder....
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Mark Albanese
marka97203
Dec 7, 2012 1:25 am
This looks a commercial treatment of FiddlerII. Anyone know the make?  This looks a commercial treatment of FiddlerII . Anyone know the make?...
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Tom Pee
tompee77
Dec 7, 2012 4:33 pm
It looks fast just sitting. ________________________________ From: Mark Albanese <marka97203@...> To: bolger@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 6,...
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John Trussell
clumber03
Dec 7, 2012 5:07 pm
There is a video on Sailing Anarchy of this boat being launched from a custom van. Interesting, but I think someone has more money than good sense. JohnT _____...
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prairiedog2332
Dec 7, 2012 6:22 pm
Is this it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=32kK7lQZSks#! ... sense....
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c.ruzer
Dec 7, 2012 7:24 pm
Good one Bruce. Here's another eBay display Bolger plan scan: Vintage (for Jim Orrell)Sampan Express 19 semi-dory. Item number: 121034770451 ($5) Also there's:...
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brucehallman
Dec 7, 2012 7:57 pm
Pretty cool. The Sampan Express 19 is a favorite of mine, and I have never seen those drawings. The design number is barely legible, either 186 or 185. The...
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philbolger@...
phil.bolger
Dec 12, 2012 4:52 pm
This unique set of numbers - never to be seen again in our life-times - seems way more interesting that any 'Upper-Podolian Calendar' fixations some folks seem...
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Bill Howard
nellysford2002
Dec 12, 2012 5:06 pm
AMEN, SISTER!...
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daschultz8275@...
daschultz827...
Dec 15, 2012 7:03 pm
So now I am thinking to head back toward Bolger's construction scheme for Fiddler 2 and adding the box keel on to it, with the 2x2 bottom timbers cutaway over...
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Bob Johnson
xstncl
Dec 16, 2012 5:32 pm
There was a guy who built some boats using a similar technique, described in pretty good detail in the magazine Boatbuilder (used to be published out of...
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philbolger@...
phil.bolger
Dec 16, 2012 6:05 pm
A well-established approach in experimental-aircraft circles, where a box or triangular structure would take care of the basics, with foam added and...
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Gregory
ghartc
Dec 16, 2012 7:46 pm
I don't like it, but it's more of a material complaint. It doesn't matter if you build from the inside out, or the outside in - your goal should be light...
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philbolger@...
phil.bolger
Dec 16, 2012 8:02 pm
Regular home-center DOW blue-board has very low water absorption-rate if left afloat/wet. As an inside-part of a laminate here, it would remain bone-dry ! ...
