Does anyone know if Bolger's fast sternwheeler (#59 in BWOAM) has ever been built or building drawings made? I like the look and layout for a river cruiser. I...
Juin (French for June) Bug "Polliwog"; launched 18.9.2000 The bad news… •My closed oarlocks (2 1/4", I think) are too big for the oars, too much play. TO...
I bought a 30' Colvin-designed sailboat earlier this year and am preparing to get her launched. Her previous owner/builder had fitted one of those wonderful...
Dave, There are a number of SPECIAL WAXES on the market. Not exactly cheap, but less than copper-filled bottom paint, and they 'claim' to last a whole season. ...
Peter, Thanks, can you get me "closer" to this 40' schooner. Does MAIB have some sort of index? Budget 25K. I love Bolger's philosophy, and for further...
I tried to send this before but it never showed up, so here goes again. I am interested in building a Micro, but have never seen one "in real life". If some...
OK, PCB & Co. have made a disciple out of me—I want a trailerable cruiser with a dipping lug rig. Since I'm not exactly ready for the America's Cup when it...
I've read some of the messages on combining design features of the folding, light and singlehand schooner into a "modern schooner". A schooner with a bowsprit...
I'm kinda surprised that nobody has commented on the very unsquare Bolger sloop I took pictures of at the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. I believe the...
I had been so ecstatically happy recently upon embarking upon the building of Bolger's Pointy Skiff I was wondering when the axe was going to fall. Well it...
Bernie can probably answer this. I purchased plans for the Idaho quite a while ago, and have been looking them over. The vertical frames (#21) seem to be a...
FBBB -- Well, there she is, on the trailer, ready to go. Unfortunately, my little Honda Civic isn't rigged to pull a trailer and I don't think it would do the...
Update----Been very busy and little time for the boat. I did however get the tempered glass foreward windows in this last week. One on each side and one in...
I have just joined the list and want to know if Tahini, and Double Eagle, (the 2 people version) have have been built. Has anyone built a "power-only" version...
Fellow Micrologists, With just another 4 weeks to go before haul-out and the boat as yet unsold,anyone willing to drive up to Montreal for a sail on my MICRO...
Okay, let's hear some of the really crazy things that have delayed list members from their duly appointed rounds of boat building. This thought is inspired by...
Hi Gary, My most unusual delay has to be the night last November when TWO grown daughters called within an hour and announced fancy wedding plans for February...
I learned yesterday that the state of Connecticut publishes the "Connecticut Coastal Access Guide" which reveals to one and all "Connecticut's well-known and...
Those of you interested big sharpies might be interested in the Soundwaters Eagle. I don't have her dimensions at hand, but I think she is about 65 feet. They...
Don't know if this is quite kosher to ask but how does one design a bolger keel what are the paramiters of the width of keel to beam ect In Homage to Mr...
To the group, I recently was given an almost new 4 HP shortshaft outboard. Now my problem is what boat to build to go with it. I'd only use it on local lakes...
FBBB -- Tomorrow. Got my pigeons and lentils from West Marine today. All I need is a truck with hitch, (not a hard thing to find in Montauk.) YIBB, David ...
Dear Group. My 1.5 cents' worth on the topic. Floating in a bucket of water in my gargage for the past 48 hours is a 6" x 6" x 2" block of "Insulfoam" from...
For what its worth, I was speaking to a normally reliable friend this morning, who told me that the polytarp sails built by his neighbor have lasted 10 years....
