Build The New Instant Boats – PDF DOWNLOAD

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Build The New Instant Boats – PDF DOWNLOAD

Language : English
Pages : 149
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Build The New Instant Boats – PDF DOWNLOAD

Preface ix
Acknowledgments x1
PART ONE: BASIC TRAINING 1
1 Opening The Door 3
2 Ways And Means 8
3 A Closer Look At Wood 19
PART TWO: TACK AND TAPE 27
Introduction 29
4 Building Gypsy The Easy Way 31
5 Building Gypsy Full Size 35
6 Nymph: A 7-Foot 9-lnch Mind Boggier 61
7 Diablo: Speedster And Workhorse 68
PART THREE: NEW BOATS TO JOIN
THE ORIGINAL FLEET 77
Introduction 79
8 The Lug-rigged Windsprint 81
9 Tortoise一The Ugly Duckling 8 7
10 Skimmer一The Poor Man’s Whaler
11 The Dynamite Sailboard 98
12 A Workhorse Called June Bug
13 The Handy I 0丑Foot Pointy Skiff
14 The Pedal-Driven Sidewheeler
15 The 23½-Foot Light Schooner
APPENDIXES:
I Feet, Inches, Eighths 131
II Audel on Quarter Sawing Lumber 131
III My Favorite Luff-Tie System 132
IV Scarfing Plywood 133
V Learning to Sail 134
Glossary 139
Index 144

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Build The New Instant Boats – PDF DOWNLOAD

Preface:

• “Yes, you can,” I tell anyone who asks me the question, “Do you think I can build a boat?” Anyone with a
  positive attitt1:de and a smattering of intelligence mixed with a little common sense can build one of these boats. Sure, it will take a few bucks, but not many. Phil Bolger designs the Instant Boats not only for ease of building but for economy as well; each boat is built from 2 x 4s and 4-foot by 8-foot sheets of plywood readily found at any respectable building-supplies store. One-stop shopping is all you need for most any boat in this fleet, and that ain’t bad in these days of complexity.
• Since the early 1970s when the original fleet of six Instant Boats was conceived, many more have been added including three “Tack and Tape” boats that are much more shapely but otherwise very definitely in the  Instant Boat mold. Those boats-Gypsy, Nymph, andDiablo一are in this book, along with eight other brothers and sisters for the original Instant Boat fleet And there will be more. If it’s Bolger’s, it’s new, different, and it works. Depend on it.
• Before we begin building, let me answer the two questions that have been asked most frequently in my 15 years of selling boat plans. The first is, “I can’t get the wood or fastenings called for by · the plans. Can I substitute?” Yes, you can. Instant Boats are designed to accommodate a wide range of choices in materials and building techniques. Remember your common sense and let it be your guide.
• The second goes like this: “I’d like to make some design changes一say, widen the stem and give her sail a different size and shape. What do you say?” Don’t do it unless you’re willing to accept the results for better or worse. When you plunk downyour money for a set of plans, you can expect your choice of boats to perform as advertised, but any changes you make in hull or rig design will most assuredly affect your boat’s performance一possibly to your liking, but possibly not. Perhaps my argument is  best expressed by the Alcoholic’s Prayer, which speaks of things that can be changed, the things that cannot, and the need for wisdom to know the difference.

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