Does Bolger Micro Sail Well?

[Vince Sidwell]

I was looking at the Bolger Micro and I was wondering about the sailing
characteristics of this type of hull. It looks rather like a barge, but I
assume that when heeled, it acts like a v-hull.

Anyone have any experience or opinions?

Vince Sidwell
Mechanical Engineering
Vanderbilt University
sid...@vuse.vanderbilt.edu

[phils]

sid...@vuse.vanderbilt.edu asked:

> I was looking at the Bolger Micro and I was wondering about the sailing
> characteristics of this type of hull.

> Anyone have any experience or opinions?

Just to widen the discussion a bit: Is it a good boat for a semi-capable amateur
to build as a first project?

[Linden Lindy Sisk]

phils (ph...@tiac.net) wrote:
: sid...@vuse.vanderbilt.edu asked:

: > I was looking at the Bolger Micro and I was wondering about the sailing
: > characteristics of this type of hull.

: Just to widen the discussion a bit: Is it a good boat for a semi-capable amateur

: to build as a first project?

My significant other has almost completed one of those - only the keel
is left to do, and a few minor attachments. At the start of the project,
she had never built anything of wood, and had never used a power tool
of any sort. She learned.

She's damned smart, but I think a Micro would be a reasonable first
project for anyone with woodworking experience.

--
Lindy Sisk li...@shell.portal.com
Stealth Paddler
"If you didn't see me, it's not because I wasn't there!"
"Gene Police! You - Outta the Pool!"

[Ron Eikamp]

Thanks for the excelent report on Micro sailing.

I wonder if you could supply some information on how you like sailing
with the lug rig on Jessie Cooper. The standing lug seems like a pretty
ideal cruising rig to me. I have the study plans for a Bolger lugger on
my wall and would be interested in any opinons about actually sailing
this rig. The plans I am looking at are for a bald headed lug schooner
based on the French beach launched fishing luggers.

Some ideal rig factors for me.

1) I can build it.
2) I can fix it when it beaks
3) The masts should be in tabernachles
4) She should at least keep up to windward with the typical cruiser

>My current boat is Tomboy, a Bolger Jessie Cooper Design
>(see the front cover of Phil's latest book for a picture--upper left
>corner sitting on the beach) and in a choppy head sea the boat makes
>noises like a bass drum.