Hey Bruce I was looking over on your photo site and saw this with the Fiddler 3 remderings www.flickr.com/photos/hallman/2281817417/in/photostream/ I see there...
I did not take a photo of it, but the ACX I boiled last week has had a week in the arid atmosphere of the artic freeze we are having in New England. The...
Spend the money and get good marine plywood. First boat, sure, go cheap. After you have a bit of experience, and want to show your workmanship, use the good...
I built a Nymph 23 years ago and ran it successfully for several sessions prior to selling it. (The current owner stills uses it and loves it.) I loved the...
Anhinga actually is an intriguing boat. An extremely common (and often unspoken) problem with backyard boats is that they lack "bang for the buck" A thousand...
I take back what I wrote, as I have learned that the cat-yawl version of Anhinga was not "per plans". The PCB version is a simple cat with a trisale laced on...
While I haven't 'rowed' either one, I can give you a customers response to the 'Rubens' version. About 10 years ago I built a 'Rubens Nymph' for a gentleman...
Interesting, but isn't this design pretty much a dead branch on the evolutionary tree as far as Bolger is concerned? There was Eeek before it but nothing...
On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Howard Stephenson ... I imagine that Birdwatcher is the boat on the evolutionary tree following Anhinga. Birdwatcher is...
Buce, I think you're right on,as usual. Like Centenial, 11 shts of ply and not much time and you're sailing. Sails might be the biggest complication. Clyde ......
... I don't know if this is an insight, but one interesting thing to note is the unusual Anhinga bottom which lacks any rocker aft. In the PCB commentary on...
One other thing I noticed. For years I had presumed that the Anhinga sides are made from full 4 foot sheets of plywood. When I modeled it, (unless I am...
... My instinct would be to try the design exactly per plans before attempting to improve it. I am reminded that the only Anhinga ever built was a seriously ...
Sorry I can't spell Bruce and I must admit to looking at the lack of rocker and thinking evil thoughts. What if it had a box keel and a small diesel (1GM10),...
... And, I think, PCB would agree that lack of rocker is to be suspected, but so too is a wide midsection to be suspected. There are trade offs. Still, the...
Dovkie has an even deader flat bottom and is popular with owners. Given the experimental stern, Anhinga is rockered where it counts, at the bow. There is a...
... Is there a PCB balanced lug rig drawn? I figure that Anhinga, with a balanced lug rig, would require moving the mast towards the aft by a foot or two,...
Bruce Bolger did a flat plate on the rudder for 'Romp' from Different Boats because of the shallow draft requirement. He mentioned tht he thought it should be...
I went back and looked at the small motor sailer and she has a multichine bottom and uses the box to gain headroom, but I still think it could work. Clyde ......
... No, I have a full set of SBJ's and I don't think it was ever in the SBJ. There has been much Anhinga discussion in this Yahoo group, years ago, including...
Answering my own question, here is PCB's handwritten letter (The 'Mark', I think, is Mark Albanese), transcribed: Philip C. Bolger 29 Ferry Street Gloucester,...
Thanks for doing the isometrics, Bruce! Anhinga has been in my Top 20 Bolger designs forever. Hope I can build one someday. EXACTLY as designed. I think it's...
