Robb, I have been building my Bolger Long Micro for three (gasp!) years now. I threw a couple of old pictures of my construction into a folder here: ...
Wow........it looks great. are you planning to put it on lake erie?? do you have a completion date in mind? I can work on explorer full time if I want and...
Hey Chester & Gravedigger, I just did a search on "Esther Mae" and found some of the answers to my questions in your discussions. Thanks again guys! Dave...
My Dad that is now 79 was cleaning out his shop space and ran across one of the Sea Eagles he use to use on the powerbarge in Alaska, 15 or so years ago. He...
My thoughts on board foam or any other foam from the Big Box stores is not to use it. The board will not fill in all the space tightly alowong air space that...
Robb, My launch date is sometime in the fall of 2005. Whoops. I'm now shooting for the early summer of 2007. I would have been fine with 2005 but a life got...
Hi again.........your story sounds all too familiar. I have vowed to never get married again.....it would be easier to just buy a different woman a new house...
Seth He had some comments about about a month and a half ago, and posted a lot of photos of Le Cabotin the French Canadian "Loose Moose" He is getting close,...
Harry J you know that is a good way to look at it too. But you never know I've seen some "temp" fixes that have lasted 6 to 10 years. There is a few good...
Nearing paint time on my Bantam - at least on the bottom and sides. Spent too much time this summer sanding off and repainting my Skimmer, after using Bin...
There is a cross over point in time expended where you have to think about quality materials. I approached the EP knowing I would be putting min time in it and...
MDO in many areas is cheaper then ACX and in some ways better then marine. Working building houses I try to talk contractors into MDO for smoth soffets and...
MDO can be good stuff but the thinnest I have found is 3/8". This is a little heavy for most small boats. However, if your plan calls for thicker planking or...
OK it's time for me to ask who all on the list are here in the northwest of the USA? I know I'm 6 miles from Vancouver Island Canada. I'm still in the USA. ...
K, I'm a neighbor of Jon's (and fellow member of the Western Oregon Messabout Society). Why do you ask? Cheers, David Graybeal Portland, OR "Nature does...
Kristine, I am 15 miles south of Victoria, B.C., in Port Angeles, WA. I lived aboard my boat anchored in Friday Harbor for two years, '80-'82. What Island...
I live in Eugene, Oregon and boat various places around here and all the way up to your bailiwick, Kristine. Trailer boats rule! <g> Our local messabout group...
I would recommend glass and epoxy from bottom to bootstripe at least. I have used VC 17 bottom paint. It lasts and is easy to touch up.If the boat is staying...
Hi Kristine, If you're six miles from Vancouver Island, I guess I'm about six miles away from you. I live in Victoria and sail a Chebacco -- we get over to...
For myself I like to know where people are from. And to see what boats are use where. Or planed to be use there. A lot of time where you live will help define...
The designer got around to Otter ll himself, but to my knowledge hasn't and is, I suppose, unlikely to get around to CynthiaJ ll. So, guided by study of...
I'm not far from Roche Harbor and the aircraft that leave the airport there east bound fly over where I live. I have not made up my mind about what to build...
Hell David I live across the Columbia from you and can't get you to answer a E-mail. LOL I also like to know what part of the world people are in for simalor...
Like many of PCB's boats, Cynthia J was designed to precisely fit a specific set of uses (which, I believe, you have described with great accuracy). As ...
