... Yeah, that's what I meant. I tried to get Bolger to finish the design, offered him money, told him about the very little information I needed to finish the...
Hi Chris - The Martha Jane (revised) makes a nice low-powered camper -- 8HP pushes it nicely. You get the amenities of the Outboard Cruiser and Cabin Clam...
... yes Bruce, thats the boat, thanks, IUve been interested since it first came out and based on the sucess of my sneakeasy which has almost identical...
... That is good to hear, considering that the Topaz Spyder which I am building has an very similar shape, 25% bigger. Bolger specifies a 10hp as an...
The building key for my camper #640 often calls for lumber dimensions described as 'sided' e.g. "framing lumber 1 1/2" X 3" sided" What does this mean? Donnie...
In the dock building marine industry "sided" refers to lumber that has been planed to be the same dimension along the entire length. More commonly referred to...
Hi Donnie, ... dimensions described as ... Without seeing the building key I can only speculate, but there is a common usage on boat plans for the words...
Please do correct me if I'm wrong, but I read it that the moulded dimension is the distance between the curves of a part as drawn on the mould floor; sided is...
... You are building a Camper 640? Cool. What a great boat, really in the same class as a Birdwatcher, but at 18 feet LOA more compact (simpler to store and...
When I worked in the mill rough sawen was with the head rig aand just over call size. Resawen was with a smaller bandsaw and normaly to call size. Any more on...
Normally the moulded dimension refers to the outer dimensions of the mold or frame, (inside the skin). That would be the the beam for example short of the...
This is the fourth set of Bolger plans I have bought. I have plans for birdwatcher, long micro, and dugong. I've also worn the cover off "Boats with an open...
What part of Georgia do you live in. I am building a Superbrick (which, speaking of procrastination, is taking much longer than planned) in the North East...
There are drawings of camper #640 in the files- hiding in the "birdwatcher" file The only thing I wish it had was transom berths like micro navigator, instead...
Somebody had drawn some pictures of a brick with a full enclosed top similar to what you described, I thought it would make an interesting lifeboat, solid,...
... I wonder why, do you know those reasons? Is Outboard Cruiser before or after Sharpshooter? I wonder if they're more connected than a study plan would show?...
"Sided" dimensions are measured, roughly, along the outer surface if the boat, "molded" dimensions are measured from the inside of the boat out (or vice...
Hey Georgia I would say cracker but am no longer looking for a fight and it's never known how a person might feel about such things. ... If you like Bolgers...
Paul, Don't feel special about your boat taking longer then you planned. That affliction is not yours alone. Can you tell us about how the build is going....
Yeah, reading other's posts I realize that predicting how fast a boat will get built is almost impossible unless it is taken on as a full time job I have been...
Paul, Well I liked all I heard except for the crane part. I'd like to try rails to slide the boat off and on using a powerful winch. Slippery stuff like UHMW...
Hi John, Thanks for posting the pix, they're always appreciated, great & welcome. They make me wish I was there, the places, the boats are truly beautiful. I...
I definitely am planning just to launch it once. I have a private dock space available for keeping her at once I get it in the water. If I planned to trailer...
