Bolger, Newick - Green Design History

I came across an obscure early contribution to green design called Bioshelters, Ocean Arks, City Farming (Todd and Todd, 1984) which contains designs by Newick and Bolger.

In it is described a 210' dual centerboard mono schooner by Bolger with wing masts and junk sails - an 'ocean ark' called the Margaret Mead. An ambitious project - never built.

Also three smaller tris by Dick Newick, the prototype Edith Muma, and examples of two tri workboat classes, the One Ton Pickup and the Two Ton Pickup, both gaff rigged, designed to replace diesel craft in third world coastal communities.
I found this note in
http://www.manasjournal.org/pdf_library/VolumeXXXVII_1984/XXXVII-41.pdf

As I write, Dick Newick and I are getting ready
to sail the Edith Muma to Costa Rica, via Trinidad
and Tobago Curacao, and the Spanish Main, a voyage
of 2000 miles. In Costa Rica we will join Bill
McLarney [co-founder with Todd of New Alchemy
Institute] and his colleagues on the Talamanca coast.
There they have already planted groves of
boatwood trees— albizia, sesbania, eucalyptus, and melina. The
melina has grown to boat-wood size in less than three
years. Preliminary tests show it to be compatible with
epoxies.

Does anyyone know anything about these projects? Its not clear that any of the 'one ton' and 'two ton' boats were built - not much comes up in searches, but this later related Newick project - http://www.wingo.com/newick/Vaka_Fanaua/index.html - is in the same spirit.

 

re. Phil Bolger proposal Margret Mead

This project is discussed in Bolgers book "Different Boats", pgs. 192-198.