Hi Sam, ... I'll second that! I left the sculling notch out of my Long Light Dory tombstone, simply because it was hard to cut out, but I can't imagine ...
Hi Wesley, ...snip... Personally, I'm leaning toward a cart with 2 wheel barrow size pneumatic wheels (to not sink in the sand, hopefully) which attaches to...
Yeah, but aren't they a sweet boat to row, and to look at? I always used to say mine was the prettiest boat in the county, and she still would be, if I hadn't...
All it takes is for the water temperature to be below the dew point on a particular day. ... From: bolger@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bolger@yahoogroups.com]On...
Great, thanks So when & where? Dave Patrick Crockett <pcrockett@...> wrote: I expect we can define the criteria for attendance to be whatever we want. My...
So I take it the sharpie must be larger than a AS29 to really be practical in steel. Not necessarily AS39 big but maybe a AS34 or so. Obviously it works at 45...
... My hunch is that it would be more efficient to maker her wider and deeper, not longer, to achieve the increase in buoyancy that you seek. (Though wider...
OK, dreaming about the 'perfect' tender. June Bug is arguable the most capable, but an ugly duckling. The Light Dory is beautiful, but too tiddly to climb in...
Good idea. I actually have a boat trailer with no boat on it that I could modify, and would have to modify for any curvy hull I would build next. I had...
So we're talking about memorial day week-end? in Beauford NC? Or somewhere in SC. I live on Lake Hartwell in western SC. It has 986 miles of shoreline, not...
For what its worth I built a 16' wooden trailer with two fixed wheel barrow tires to transport 16' wooden boat to launch site. In SC you don't have to lic. a...
... Certainly all true, (and this is now splitting hairs), but I think I notice that during Phil Bolger's career that he has tended towards giving increased...
Hi All I hope the group doesn't impose the same penalties for apostasy that the muslims would like to,but,although I like the idea of a steel Bolger box,there...
I noted the concern about insulation in the article but wonder if it was misplaced.Always remember that WM was designed basically as a narrow canal boat with ...
I'm curious if anyone has tried both methods of hanking a sail to their mast and specifically, whether there's any difference in the effort required to hoist...
I can speak from experience. Un-insulated metal interior surfaces of the skin will sweat when they have water on one side that is cooler than the dew point of...
Before PCB, the expert on sharpies was Howard I Chapelle. The original working sharpies were cheap, shallow draft, were used for tonging,and had to carry huge...
I used to think that the variations of the Light Dory were the prettiest boats that could be made from 4 sheets of plywood. At the risk of blasphemy, I think...
Tugaloo State Park on Lake Hartwell SC/GA? I could do that. What about Santee State Park in East SC? Do either of these have shorline campsites with "beach"...
I will check out Tugaloo in the next week or so also SC state parp, right across the lake in SC, But if sailing is desired both of these parks are above (up...
Ok 1/4 inch steel plate is 10.20 Lbs per Sq Ft 3/16 inch steel plate is 7.65 Lbs per Sq Ft 7 Ga steel sheet is 7.5 Lbs per Sq Ft 8 Ga .164 steel sheet...
There is also one other MAJOR thing insulating the hull does as well...it helps to stop the drumming of the hull and that can make for a sleepless night. Sound...
Hey Don in all the years I've been welding I have yet to see a rod or wire for welding wood to steel.... Let's face it when you add wood decks and cabins to a ...
I think you covered the steel pritty well as far as welding in thinner steel proper sized and type of rod gives a stronger weld and less disrortion. MIG can...
By sand blasting,painting and then having the hull spray foamed there is no air circulation agenst the steel and no condensation eliminating the things that...
... I wouldn't assume that it is only for bigger boats. PCB did that single hand world cruiser, Colonel something that is steel. Not much bigger than a...
How about one of the rivers off Pamlico Sound? Lots of water to explore for the big/fast boat guys, plenty of nearby open water for shoal-draft sailing, but ...
