In the 1970s, phil bolger began a long and successful collaboration with harold 'dynamite' payson with bolger designing the boats and payson building them as well as selling plans and writing books about how to do it. 'dynamite' called the first series of easy-to-build plywood boats "instant boats".. I became captivated by the last line in sam rable’s delightful book “ boat building in your own backyard”. in closing he remarks , “i’m going to build me a new boat and feel young again.” oh, how that line obsessed me. going thru the stack of plans i’d bought over the years we settled on “tennessee” , another bolger design.. Bolger boats on the web is a another resource. any search in a search engine with the term bolger - and the name of the design - will usually yield results. here's a list of plans with pictures to help with your design decision the idea of the index is simply to more easily put an image with the name of the design. the images will not enlarge..
The tennessee riverboat design is one of many from the prolific usa designer phil bolger (google for sites, including five ones on yahoo.groups). it is designed for the home builder, using simple shapes in marine ply to create an effect reminiscent of the 1930s... Bolger tennessee boat plans the tennessee riverboat design is one of many from the prolific usa designer phil bolger (google for sites, including five ones on yahoo.groups). it is designed for the home builder, using simple shapes in marine ply to create an effect reminiscent of the 1930s... Easy to build. discussion in 'boat design' started by tomac, jul 22, 2012. page 2 of 3 < prev 1 2 3 next > joined: oct 2009 the bolger tennessee looks to be a almost perfect match for my requirements. of course i had to learn a lot lot more of the design before starting the project. you'd be best advised to just stick with the plans and.
