Interesting thread. My old Micro would heave to quite nicely for reefing. I just lashed sheeted the mizzen in full, and then eased the main, the boat would...
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phil.bolger
Feb 6, 2013 3:05 pm
On the issue of reefing MICRO or LONG MICRO, we explicitly offered as one option the fully-battened gaff-main version for easy pull-down per panel convenience....
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stoffersg
Feb 6, 2013 4:59 pm
Hi I thank you for all the answers up to now. I will think about that and look around for what and how my future boat shall be...;-)...
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Douglas Pollard
dougpol1
Feb 6, 2013 5:03 pm
I once broke my rudder trying to heave too. The boat was I guess moving backwards and the big outboard rudder broke leaving one plank that was attached to the...
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phil.bolger
Feb 6, 2013 5:09 pm
Gruetzi ! ... From: stoffersg To: bolger@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 11:59 AM Subject: [bolger] Re: Seaworthyness and stability Long...
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captjbturtle
Feb 6, 2013 11:43 pm
The Florida stretched Bantam "Pelican" has just crossed Lake Okeechobee on her way to the west coast. This is about the sixth time she has crossed this big...
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Brent
beakerkennedy
Feb 7, 2013 5:45 am
Must be a real joy to have such an opportunity and such an innovative craft! Have long pondered building a standard Bantam but am sure I would always overload...
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michaelnotigan
Feb 7, 2013 5:34 pm
... Hi Susanne, I applaud you in your efforts in bringing a Maritime Heritage Center to Gloucester. The readers comments were most distressing but so typical...
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MylesJ. Swift
caigk
Feb 7, 2013 5:48 pm
David says: "My old Micro would heave to quite nicely for reefing. I just lashed sheeted the mizzen in full, and then eased the main, the boat would head up...
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Darrell
dario2rnr
Feb 7, 2013 7:05 pm
Thanks for the links to the drawings of #501....My problem is that I need some high resolution pics. I have a Nvidia Quatro video board, but the numbers and...
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brucehallman
Feb 7, 2013 7:17 pm
I have started a 3D computer model of design #501. Not completed yet, but here is a teaser gif. ...
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John Trussell
clumber03
Feb 7, 2013 8:52 pm
Two general observations: One of the things I learned in college is that "the way thins are" cannot be changed by main force. However, if you chip away at the...
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Dario
dario2rnr
Feb 8, 2013 2:11 am
Thanks so much for the 3-D renderings of #501....I'm fascinated by the concept of living on such a boat, so unpretentious but yet so effective. With a metal...
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Pat
namkianorbu
Feb 8, 2013 3:15 am
Hi Myles Thanks for sharing your procedure for reefing but could you elaborate on the reefing hook arrangement. When you say "My sail was on a track with a ...
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John Kohnen
jhkohnen
Feb 8, 2013 3:36 am
It's worse than the funding for the Olympia just drying up. Some swindler, or maybe it was swindlers, got into the organization taking care of the Olympia and...
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phil.bolger
Feb 8, 2013 3:25 pm
Still the same ! As usual, make check out to "Phil Bolger & Friends Inc." Susanne Altenburger, PB&F ... From: Darrell To: bolger@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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RSS
otter55806
Feb 8, 2013 4:29 pm
Since I built what is I believe the second Bantam (launched in 2005) I am curious as to the comment that she lives on her trailer the other nine months of the...
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Tim Jennings
epilogbing
Feb 8, 2013 6:16 pm
Yes, this would be a terrible tragedy for the Olympia to be broken up. We should be ashamed as a nation to let that happen. The Olympia is probably the most...
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William
trimaran
Feb 8, 2013 6:50 pm
In my experience, one of the biggest impediments to readily reefing my LM is the wave action, and not so much the wind. When I sail on a smallish, madmade...
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captjbturtle
Feb 8, 2013 8:47 pm
Bantam sits on her trailer most of the year in Fl because 5 years ago I started spending the rest of the year in Canada. It is true winds are calmer in Fl in...
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Mike Graf
grafmichael
Feb 8, 2013 9:04 pm
Well said Bill and that's always the case on any small boat. the wind comes up waves build(opposing wind and current!) Boat starts rocking, boom violently...
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MylesJ. Swift
caigk
Feb 9, 2013 12:55 am
Pat, I wasn't the one with the reefing hook. I only have one set of reef points in my Micro sail. I run a simple recirculating line through each reef hole and...
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John Kohnen
jhkohnen
Feb 9, 2013 2:35 am
Do you mean topping lift? Lazy jacks are usually referred to in the plural... You can use a topping lift with a regular sprit-boom. I Had one on my Michalak...
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Matthew Long
cluttonfred
Feb 9, 2013 1:22 pm
I have often daydreamed about building Sir Joseph Banks, likely with a reduced hold and more living space, as a floating home, garage and workshop in which to...
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prairiedog2332
Feb 9, 2013 1:35 pm
Just to clarify, there was never that option offered for the LONG MICRO sail rig. I enquired to Mr. Bolger a long time ago about a LONG MICRO NAVIGATOR but he...
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phil.bolger
Feb 9, 2013 1:36 pm
#573 "Sir Joseph Banks" was pushed to plans-status and would indeed be available. Where you are working now, you might get her done to a more favorable budget....
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phil.bolger
Feb 9, 2013 1:50 pm
LM should have the same options; already has the main-mast location. We thought that the determined will just do much of that work on their existing hull. ...
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prairiedog2332
Feb 9, 2013 3:39 pm
One challenge is how best to get steering capability into the deckhouse with LM. Regarding the cockpit not self-draining - well it is not supposed to have a...
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RSS
otter55806
Feb 9, 2013 3:45 pm
Sounds like a great life! Never been boating in that area of Canada, but the articles in boating mags show it to be great! I wouldn't want to spend summers in...
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dnjost
Feb 9, 2013 10:02 pm
Sail was on sail track, not laced on. I had a ss hook tied to a piece of line and down to a block on the deck, then run aft to a small cleat on the aft edge...
