Scott Vernon wrote:

One thing that's really neat about a Bolger boat, you can make your own
half-hull model by simply cutting a shoe box in half and gluing to a wall.


Wrong!!! A shoebox has insufficient rocker.

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I'd say it would still be recognizable -especiually if the backing board
were cheap ply covered in lots of epoxy.

Cheers

Flying Tadpole wrote:


Scott Vernon wrote:

One thing that's really neat about a Bolger boat, you can make your own
half-hull model by simply cutting a shoe box in half and gluing to a wall.



Wrong!!! A shoebox has insufficient rocker.

"Scott Vernon" wrote:
One thing that's really neat about a Bolger boat, you can make your own
half-hull model by simply cutting a shoe box in half and gluing it to a
wall with squirty cheese.

Scotty

Seahag wrote:

"Scott Vernon" wrote:
One thing that's really neat about a Bolger boat, you can make your own
half-hull model by simply cutting a shoe box in half and gluing it to a
wall with squirty cheese.


Truly a way of handling a model that's pregnant with
possibilities...
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Flying Tadpole wrote:
Truly a way of handling a model that's pregnant with
possibilities...

Only because of your fertile imagination

DSK

"Flying Tadpole" wrote


Truly a way of handling a model that's pregnant

Don't blame me!

"Flying Tadpole" wrote:
Truly a way of handling a model that's pregnant with
possibilities...

sniffs bait, swims away

LP

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 07:39:24 -0400, DSK wrote:

snip

I hope that the things I have said about the Mac 26 X and/or M isn't
"bashing" since I have friends who own them. They have their good
points. In the new boat market, they are a lot of boat for the money.
They are a lot more practical to trailer than a lot of other boats
marketed as "trailerable." But if they want to argue about whether or
not we've sailed rings around them, there's no point... not only has the
whole sailing seen it many times... I have pictures!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Which reminds me of the following:

"The most dangerous words in sailing are a lot of boat for the
money."

I'm not sure who originated this, but it strikes a chord of
truthfulness with me. In fairness to Jim, though, if my dominant
criteria for selecting a boat were the ability to motor swiftly in
water less than 2' deep, well...I guess I would be depressed, but I
still wouldn't pick a Mac. He should have just gone ahead and bought
a pontoon motor boat with a grill on the back.

I always thought those small (2-4 seater) Yamaha jet-drive boats looked like
fun, if one were into that sort of thing.

Scotty, if I wanna go fast, I'll ride my motorcycle.


"felton" wrote

"The most dangerous words in sailing are a lot of boat for the
money."

I'm not sure who originated this, but it strikes a chord of
truthfulness with me. In fairness to Jim, though, if my dominant
criteria for selecting a boat were the ability to motor swiftly in
water less than 2' deep, well...I guess I would be depressed, but I
still wouldn't pick a Mac. He should have just gone ahead and bought
a pontoon motor boat with a grill on the back.

Scotty wondered:
I always thought those small (2-4 seater) Yamaha jet-drive boats looked like
fun, if one were into that sort of thing.

A couple of people at our former marina have them. They are fun...lots of
fun....when you're not sailing and have extra money to blow on all the
gas...
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