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Bolger Diablo
Anybody have any experience with the Bolger Diablo, both building and using? I
have read about it in Instant Boats, and it looks like it might be right for me. |
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I have built two boats from the Instant Boats book, as well as a couple of
small stitch and glue kayaks, so I feel moderately experienced with the building aspect. I am not especially experienced with power boats, though. I live near the Hudson River outside of Albany, so I would want to use a boat there, and I spend part of every summer on Cape Cod (near the Pamet River in Truro), so I would want to be able to use it to get out on the bay there. Fishing and general pleasure are my intended uses. I hadn't given any consideration to the cost of the motor yet. If it is too expensive, it could scuttle the entire project. |
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Well, it may be a little small for the bay as Paysons boats are
considered "protected water boats". What would you recommend as a better stitch-and-glue type boat to use on Cape Cod Bay? I wouldn't be going out too far...Long Point from Provincetown and out past the mouth of the Pamet River. |
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Don't forget that there is a Diablo Grande plan as well. This might give you
a little more room along with some stability in bigger waters. |
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"James W. Sloan" wrote in message link.net...
Don't forget that there is a Diablo Grande plan as well. This might give you a little more room along with some stability in bigger waters. I think the problem with Diablo Grande is the interior design. the boat is set up like a Bass platform, fully enclosed with a floor that is only a few inches below the shear line. At the console you sit on this "deck" with your feet down through a opening in the deck to the bilge. Although the larger hull would indicate that it should be a better boat in bigger water, I think it is really meant to be just a wider, longer fishing platform. This is not as radical as it may sound, and I have never built the boat or heard reports, but I never liked the way the interior looked. If I used the hull shape, I would redesign the structure of the interior to leave some floor space. I like to stand down in a boat when fishing, not on top of it. Just my personal preference, Scotty from SmallBoats.com |
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Sounds more like a flats boat setup from your description. I've never
studied the Grande plans, just the regular Diablo in Dynamite's book. It should be simple enough to get the cockpit modified with a proper floor, but not for a first timer. James Sloan Saint Simons Island, GA |
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I was thinking of using the 'regular' Diablo as a platform for a 'Mini-River
Patrol Boat' or 'Mini-Lobster Boat' for my wife. Phil nixed the idea . . . would NOT be stable enough. He recommended the 'Grande'. Remember, in either case, a superstructure of some type would be put on the hull. Therefore, for form stability, the CG would have to be lowered. This indicates, to me, that lowering the 'floor/deck' should be no problem. Regards & Good Luck, Ron Magen Backyard Boatshop "James W. Sloan" wrote in message nk.net... Sounds more like a flats boat setup from your description. I've never studied the Grande plans, just the regular Diablo in Dynamite's book. It should be simple enough to get the cockpit modified with a proper floor, but not for a first timer. James Sloan Saint Simons Island, GA |
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