Chine bLog » 103 sailing rigs http://www.chineblog.com Messing about in wooden, traditional, and tradition-inspired boats Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:06:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Phil Bolger, 1927-2009 – A sad, sad loss for boat design http://www.chineblog.com/2009/06/phil-bolger-1927-2009-a-sad-sad-loss-for-boat-design/ http://www.chineblog.com/2009/06/phil-bolger-1927-2009-a-sad-sad-loss-for-boat-design/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:04:47 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=757 This is certainly the best design I ever made… When I come up for judgment and they stop me at the gate and ask, ‘What’s your excuse?’ I’ll tell them I designed the Gloucester Light Dory and they’ll have to let me in.

- Phil Bolger (taken from his obituary in the Boston Globe)

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Many thanks to my new friends at Messing-About.com, which I profiled a little while back. They immediately linked to my blog here upon request and sent a good number of visitors my way. Folks, I hope you enjoyed it and return again!

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