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Phil Bolger 1927-2009

Started by Frank, May 27, 2009, 09:25:45 PM

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Frank

 He was certainly a very open,creative  'out of the box' thinker. 680 designs in all. I remember truly enjoying his contributions in small boat magazine in the 80's. Saddly,he took his own life realizing diminishing mental capacity.
God made small boats for younger boys and older men

Bubba the Pirate

That is a bummer.  Like you, I loved what he called his "cartoons" if I remember and, of course, the elegant simplicity of most of his work.   

Somewhere, I have a photocopy of a design of his.  It was a book of his called 20 Odd Boats or something.  It was Palo de Agua, an interesting little boat for a single explorer.   My mind raced with ideas of Central and South America in that little centerboarder.   

Here's to Phil.

Todd
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