http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/ Phil Bolger's Boats Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:06:40 GMT tim_cleary_sc http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62030 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62030 Today I took a small expedition cruise in the modified Aubray punt. I went to Lake Murray near Columbia, SC and rowed up the Saluda River branch of the lake, Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:41:58 GMT Wilderness Voice http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62029 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62029 Lifeboats are designed for one thing, that is to float. I have never seen a steel lifeboat float, but in the shipyds we would have slapped together boats for Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:23:53 GMT Christopher C. Wetherill http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62028 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62028 There are also a myriad of steel lifeboats on ships. One serious practical limitation is that with steel or aluminum construction, one must include sealed void Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:46:57 GMT Walter http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62027 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62027 ... Doug - I believe you are right, plywood does limit the shapes possible in boats, especially when used in large sheets. But with the Chebacco, one of the Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:31:00 GMT Gene Tehansky http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62026 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62026 Col Hassler is made in steel. I think thats the name. Gene T. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:09:11 GMT Fred Schumacher http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62025 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62025 You may want to look into Max Gunning's Alcyone and Alcyone II designs. A few years ago I saw an Alcyone II for sale at a very reasonable price. They are quite Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:26:03 GMT Joe http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62024 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62024 Strip planking has been mentioned briefly. For your purposes this means thicker strips that are edge nailed rather than the 1/4 inch strips used for canoes. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:39:52 GMT robertsmme http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62023 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62023 Hi, Phil designed a steel small boat to cross the Atlantic in - I think the design is called the OSTAR. I can not find it on the web, but I know it had Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:08:52 GMT caloosarat http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62022 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62022 I would comment that a strechted japanese beach cruiser comes to mind here. Caloosarat Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:42:17 GMT Douglas Pollard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62021 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62021 ... Walter, I have to disagree. Plywood can make a really fine boat but unless you get into things like tortured shapes, they are not perfect. A boat built of Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:35:40 GMT Walter http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62020 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62020 ... Chebacco was originally designed for cold molded construction- see "Boats with an Open Mind ", p.223. Then plywood, then lapstrake. Boats built using all Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:05 GMT Martin Roberts http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62019 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62019 Hi, didn't Phil design a small boat for the OSTAR that was made of steel. I seemed to remember it had a stepped hull like the Micro Trawler. Martin Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:01:56 GMT Douglas Pollard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62018 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62018 Chebaco is a well designed boat for plywood and the fact that it cannot be formed into compound curves. If you want to build from lapstrake there are many Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:48:22 GMT Douglas Pollard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62017 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62017 ... Derek, Yes if an a AS 33 to AS 36 designe was around a few years ago I would be interest now. . If I could buy a used one a couple years old for $25,000 I Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:21:37 GMT djdecker2002 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62016 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/62016 ... Or possibly White Eel? Or, perhaps, Fiji. With her large fuel tanks and that reliable Deutz diesel engine, Fiji could be operated under power exclusively