As far as I know the current Light Dory (plans available from Bolger OR Payson) is the 'type VI' - so it post-dates the type V in Small Boats. Interestingly...
... Free plans and panel layouts, for a Dory that can be built Stitch and Glue at the link below. If a person used one roof rack bracket on the cab, it could...
... Here is the text from the 1980 Small Boat Journal where Phil Bolger explains the lineage of his dory designs: ==================== Phil Bolger Comments:...
... I'll try to say this delicately, with no offense intended to jmbell. But from a subjective aesthetic measure, comparing the voluptuous sweeping curves of...
You're analogy is completely subjective. I personally appreciate Sheryl's beauty, and find her artistic talent to be far superior to that other person,...
... Clearly subjective, as I wrote. I appreciate both those boats and both those people, each for different reasons! I'm sorry if I implied otherwise....
My Blackberry is supposed to be different from Bolger's dory. Both of the Blackberries were designed to be a little chunkier, with a little more initial...
... My apologies, I did not realize my post would have such a deleterious effect on the group. I must have been delirious at the time:-) I thought I was only...
... Finished with my research. Because of the way Lestat has been constructed with no added floatation, for my deck crew I would have to choose the one who...
I heard an interview this afternoon on Christian Radio about a charity - Samaritan's Purse - that is supplying boats to fishermen that lost theirs in the...
Having just just rejoined the list after a hiatus, I saw the thread on dipping lugs and thought to throw in my two cents; well more than two cents since we...
Bruce, congratulations on launching Rose and happy sailing. Thanks yet again for posting wonderful info for the delectation and savouring by we hungry...
Graeme, Otter (the first, from Small Boats) was described as an early attempt at an instant boat. Bolger later said (in the book Different Boats)that Otter 1...
Karl Rasmussen
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Mar 2, 2005 4:06 am
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... I certainly am not an expert on Otter, but reading from the book _Small Boats_ I see that Otter is a Cat-Schooner with a Jigger. In other words it has...
I've got one in a Small Boat Journal entitled "Who buys these strange boats?" It lists a whole raft of people, by occupation, mostly. is that the one? I...
The boat is still rigged as a ... triple ... Hi Gary, Not too much at all. Fascinating, actually. I was curious how you managed to reef the balanced lug from...
Hi Graeme, Do you want me to scan the pages from the book and email to you? I don't think Yahoo accept attachments, so send me your personal email address if...
In a second-hand bookshop in the South-East of England I was delighted this week to find a copy of The Folding Schooner and 30 Odd Boats for £35 the pair!...
... I'm trying to picture this and I'm not succeeding. You mean simply "pivoting" the boom further forward, or physically sliding the whole sail forward? Or...
I launched my Micro Navigator on Christmas Day at the Half Moon Bay harbor, just down the road from my house. Just outside where I launched there is this...
Neat. About a year ago I was checking eBay and came across a set of Bolger books for sale, I believe 30-Odd Boats, Small Boats, Folding Schooner and Boats ...
