... The hull shape is not so very different from the Buehler Emily and Juno, I guess, but in the small size, with half the hull volume devoted to water...
... As Bolger says in the text, it would be better to chop off the vee and give it a flat bottom. This takes you essentially to an enlarged version of his...
I'm interested in building a dory, and was wondering which would cope the best for getting out through the surf. I live in Australia, near the famous Bell's...
Anybody know where the picture of Crystal going out through the surf in Australia is? Crystal was designed by PCB to be his tender/lifeboat on Resolution I ...
... To go out through surf, a boat must be able to do at least one of three things well: 1) Ride over waves. Rocker and flair are helpful in this regard. Flair...
You would do well to buy or get William Gardener's Dory book from the library. Gardener is the definitive authority on Dories and has a Surf Dory in his book...
I know this is a Bolger List, but you might consider the Tolman Skiff. The designer, Renn Tolman has described launching his boats in similar conditions. You...
Actually, the author of "The Dory Book" is John Gardner. The surf dory plans are also in Gardner's "Building Classic Small Craft," as are plans for a double...
David,our surfboats only have buoyancy in the ends and shipped seas dump into the bottom where an electric pump throws it out at a huge rate. Because these...
looking for plans for a modest motorsailor less than 20' LOA all of the bolger plans that i am aware of are for mucj larger boats than my needs any and all...
... effect ... as ... I 've never seen scuppers on one.all that Ive seen were cold moulded narrow high sided boats for 4 rowers and a hlmsman with a sculling/ ...
This weekend i vebeen playing with a steamer and bending some wood . most of my wood is old, salvaged stuff. i had no luck with douglas fir, of any thickness,...
Most of our domestic hardwoods will bend OK if green and /or steamed. Many of them won't keep the bend like you installed it though. SYP will bend remarkably...
Paul: To obtain very tight bends just by steaming is a bit difficult. Tables show that Douglas fir(Psudossuga menziesii) of one inch thickness can be bent...
You can get really tight radius bends in wood that is backed with a strap. Most wood will give well under compression, and break under tension, so the strap,...
BF: Jim Michalak has a number of plans for small boats for power or sail: http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/store/plans/jim/michalak.htm Chuck looking for plans...
Surfboats were once cold moulded but now composites and foam sandwich with sliding seat boxes as buoyancy. Electric bailers throw huge amounts out. Boats are...
Spotted Gum,Blackbutt and Sydney bluegum [not Calif. growth] all steam well at 1 inch plank thickness/hr steaming if GREEN. You could try soaking dried...
... I don't know what sort of accomodation/performance envelope you are looking for, but here are some suggestions. Bolger boats. PCB has called the SeaBird...
Chapelle, in the 1950s, designed some "camp-cruising" cuddy sharpie skiffs with OB motor wells. FWIW. -- Craig O'Donnell Sinepuxent Ancestors & Boats ...
... Obviously I favor the Micro Navigator [I am building one] but I also like the 21'6" motorsailor in the most recent issue of the Magazine _Messing About in...
Bruce, the scary thing about that article is just how seductive and curvaceous the finished article looks, compared to the Bolger drawing; no knock on PCB, but...
... drawing; no ... too was ... Are you both talking about the Leeboard Catboat? I was amazed at how badly I had imagined the 3D shape working from the lines...
... I guess so, I don't have the MAIB in hand. It has an inboard diesel, flat bottom, carvel construction? seemingly on plywood frames. Yes, Leeboards on a...
