Look again...the Q17 has a retractable steel and cast iron keel below the mast, and that structure supports the mast step on at the deck. [IMG]...
Excellent, thanks, I didn’t even know SF had a lugger. Not at all, many traditional luggers had shrouds, even multiple shrouds and ratlines,...
Hi, all, here's how my brain works, I'd love some feedback. Phil Bolger's take on a classic early cruising yacht (see link) was to give Seabird...
In another group someone mentioned the option of recycling the rig from an existing production boat to provide an alternative rig for a Dobler...
Well, this thread didn't get even one reply in almost 12 years, so clearly there are not many who are familiar with the Dobler (Quicksilver) Q-17....
Picking up this thread again, I am thinking seriously about starting a Bolger Storm Petrel build this summer to use as a trailer boat to explore...
Yes. The median home price in San Francisco is about $1.4 millon and among the highest in the USA. Only San Jose (CA), Honolulu, and Manhattan...
I have absolutely no experience in the Solent, but I will say that a flat-bottom, sharpie hull like this one can be better-behaved in some...
A boat that comes to mind for me -- outside your size parameters but light, cheap, easy to build and designed for low power -- is Phil Bolger's...
C. Dog, on the 18V batteries, I love the idea except that good quality tool batteries are often quite expensive. Still, if you are to find some...
When Buehler was talking about an engineless boat, it was a heavily-built, ballasted 26-28’ wooden sailing cruiser, I believe Hagar or the design...
In Buehler's Backyard Boatbuilding, George Buehler described a simplified wiring system for a boat that I thought was pretty slick. I believe...
Yes, so far that does sound like a good option. One clarification...I would use a combination stern/masthead light on a pole aft so I could use...
There is no copyright issue with fair use of an *excerpt* of an article if you want to post a pic of the image and description that you are asking...
Not at all, it was a great example to share! Dieter, June Bug will work if you build it lightly, go for it!
Pamperin's Jagular is a simplified version of Bolger's Pirate Racer design, a decked skiff, so probably too heavy for the cartopping role that...
Sorry, Dieter, but I never fitted mine with a sail, it was only used as a rowboat, so I can't really speak to that. I expect that it would be...
Interesting, thanks, but as I understand it, a boat under sail can use a tricolor masthead light (red/green/white each in the appropriate...
Getting back to the original question of the June Bug as a stand-up paddleboard, I built and own a June Bug though it's been stored in a barn for...
I have recently started thinking again (see old thread) about building a Bolger Storm Petrel (16' plywood skiff, shallow steel keel, 6 hp...