... That ... No picture required David but I could send you some off line. I made the racks out of 1 1/4" square steel pipe 3/16" thickness. It is 5 feet...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hallman/507951929/ http://hallman.org/bolger/Tortoise/ImprovedTortoise.png I don't recall if I have pictures of it completed....
So whatcha think? The neat thing I am writing about is that Jeff Gilbert has, in the Yahoo group jgbuilders photo section, sketches of a couple of his cats,...
... I used to think the same, and even sketched a much bigger house. But the design was originally for a wheelchair bound user. In a light camping cruiser, on...
Brian, What you've seen in this thread is all there is. IMO it would be neat to put the Minne' cabin on a Topaz hull with a widened stern to accomodate the...
Thanks for these. I'd found the flikr pix, but some good stuff is in a part of Hallman.org one can't just browse to. The Freeship model shows clearly just...
... It is just a Tortoise, and I used the cheapo $9/sheet door skin at Home Depot. Sheathed both sides with 8oz cloth and epoxy, it seems plenty strong. The...
... Bruce, Thank you for your efforts in all our behalf. Fun to see these views. I am curious as to how you did it. Where did the dimensional info come from...
... Neither did Bolger per the essay. He thought the boat would do well with 1 of the 2 70hp motors the man who commissioned the design said he wanted to use....
... I have a collection of Bolger articles, mostly from MAIB and SBJ. In the case of Minnesota, I think MAIB. Free!Ship has a learning curve, but once you...
Further, if you keep the horsepower low, the Tennesee or Dakota hull could accomodate at least a variation of Minnesota's cabin. In Tn in particular, keeping...
Hah! Went back to Lowes thinking 'hey, might as well grab 5 or 6 sheets." Couldn't find two. Curled, raw looking, truly enormous boats, and, worst, the...
... Don, Interestingly, this is what Bolger thought when he wrote the article, but not now. When I purchased the plans I wrote him a letter asking about this...
Then again: If it were strong enough unglassed, maybe door skins would work with some of this. Looking like both sealer and finish coat, it's actually not that...
... Why not use one or two crab claw rigs? They lift the hull rather than add downward pressure like most other rigs, and this would improve fuel efficiency...
Hi Don, my two cents worth. I agree with you and think the concept is a worthy one, however the rig may be best left with dipping (SMS FMS), or balanced (MJ)...
Hi Graeme, ... ...snip... An excellent example of this is the America's Cup yacht that literally snapped in two and sank in seconds several years ago. I can't...
Some Tennessee web sites, it tends to get modified with superstructure. It was designed for and apparently goes well on 10 hp when built as designed. ...
... Ralph, thanks for that input. Neat that you can tell the shoe was there and is now gone. Did you discuss with PBF how much horsepower you intended to...
... Don, Bolger thinks 140 hp is too much for the design. He recommends two 50's or a single 75. There is also the comment in the plans that a singe 50 hp...
A few years ago I drew a quick sketch of a scaled-up Idaho. It would have full headroom, but still not more than camping accommodation. At 2 tons displacement...
