Chine bLog » gloucester light dory 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 Memories Dept. – the check that kicked off my boatbuilding http://www.chineblog.com/2012/01/memories-dept-the-check-that-kicked-off-my-boatbuilding/ http://www.chineblog.com/2012/01/memories-dept-the-check-that-kicked-off-my-boatbuilding/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:49:18 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=1918 One more on checks I turned up during our clean-out. Here is the check I wrote to the late Harold “Dynamite” Payson for the building manual for my first boat, the Gloucester Light Dory. Pretty momentous purchase right there.

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

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No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2008/10/mid-atlantic-small-craft-festival-live-my-collected-pictures/feed/ 3 A great honor for a great designer: Lifetime Achievement Award for Phil Bolger http://www.chineblog.com/2008/01/a-great-honor-for-a-great-designer-lifetime-achievement-award-for-phil-bolger/ http://www.chineblog.com/2008/01/a-great-honor-for-a-great-designer-lifetime-achievement-award-for-phil-bolger/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:22:12 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/259-guid.html 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. Full Stop. ’nuff [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2008/01/a-great-honor-for-a-great-designer-lifetime-achievement-award-for-phil-bolger/feed/ 0 My first boat – a Gloucester Light Dory http://www.chineblog.com/2005/10/my-first-boat-a-gloucester-light-dory/ http://www.chineblog.com/2005/10/my-first-boat-a-gloucester-light-dory/#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2005 23:26:00 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/12-guid.html 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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