Phil Bolger describes it this way: “I designed Brad Story a catboat that can be rowed fast and far, relatively speaking, and incidentally produced one that doesn’t need as big a sail plan as the usual hard-bilged Cape model; she’s more on the New York model, the kind that developed into the sandbaggers. I call this a really sweet model, fair and easy, no great problems to frame and plank.” Perfect for cold-molding which was a new technique at the time.
We have raised two daughters trailer sailing on all three coasts. Now she is introducing sailing to grandchildren and entertaining us at Wednesday Night Races in the Harbor with occasional trips to Maine. A wonderful boat.
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Good Eye, Andy! Yes, she is a “Harbinger”, albeit cold molded. I wrote Mr. Bolger and asked if he thought it a good idea. His reply, written of course, was yes, with the suggestion of adding 8 to 10 50# sandbags around the centerboard case, which, being a trailer sailor, we did not do, but she sails just fine, never pounds, slices through a swell and won the only rowing race she ever entered (with her 10 ft. oars). Bolger did point out that in New England catboats are painted white, not varnished, and the sails lashed to the boom, not loose footed. Oh Well…Stop by the Small Craft Workshop at the WoodenBoat Show if in Mystic this year. Fail Winds, Bill
Thanks, Kevin, good to hear from you. I was just thinking of you and Slip Jig..I was over wandering around Welsford’s site after hearing Roger Barnes praise Welsford’s Long Steps, I think it is. Looks to be a fine boat, a cuddy with a tent..Tents are important…Hope to see you up for a visit when Doug and Mike again come calling. Fair Winds, Bill
I think Bolger called this design ‘Harbinger’ – I admired it in one of Bolger’s books about his designs.
Good Eye, Andy! Yes, she is a “Harbinger”, albeit cold molded. I wrote Mr. Bolger and asked if he thought it a good idea. His reply, written of course, was yes, with the suggestion of adding 8 to 10 50# sandbags around the centerboard case, which, being a trailer sailor, we did not do, but she sails just fine, never pounds, slices through a swell and won the only rowing race she ever entered (with her 10 ft. oars). Bolger did point out that in New England catboats are painted white, not varnished, and the sails lashed to the boom, not loose footed. Oh Well…Stop by the Small Craft Workshop at the WoodenBoat Show if in Mystic this year. Fail Winds, Bill
Hey Bill, she’s still looking great!
Thanks, Kevin, good to hear from you. I was just thinking of you and Slip Jig..I was over wandering around Welsford’s site after hearing Roger Barnes praise Welsford’s Long Steps, I think it is. Looks to be a fine boat, a cuddy with a tent..Tents are important…Hope to see you up for a visit when Doug and Mike again come calling. Fair Winds, Bill