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Phil Bolger, 1927-2009 - A sad, sad loss for boat design

Posted on June 2nd, 2009

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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Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival LIVE! – My collected pictures

Posted on October 5th, 2008

Here are most of the other pictures I took at the Mid-Atlantic Small Craft [...]

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A great honor for a great designer: Lifetime Achievement Award for Phil Bolger

Posted on January 18th, 2008

It is as simple as this: say what you want about appearances, if you like messing about in small boats you have to regard Phil Bolger as a true boat design genius. And it isn’t like all of his work tilts to the purely practical. He did the Gloucester Light Dory. Period. [...]

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My first boat – a Gloucester Light Dory

Posted on October 15th, 2005

I was 16 and she was a Gloucester Light Dory, which is just a gorgeous design. The lines are amazing and she was beautiful to row. I am particularly proud of the transom, which my dad helped me do with leftover mahogany and finish bright. Same with the breasthook.

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