Anyone Have Any Thoughts On The Bolger Flicknife 31 Ie Payson Folding Schooner.

[frozennortherner]

I haven't heard that much about it but the folding schooner is a plywood sharpie, 31 feet long 48? inch floor beam looks about 5 and a half feet. The designer claims 6 to 8 knots with 4 hp. Scantlings are startlingly tiny, they call for 1/4 inch marine ply. I would likely go with 3/4 inch doug fir mdo for a boat that big. Originally intended as a sailboat but could make for an easy to transport small motorboat. I would not try to race it cause it has to have as much aft rocker as a shawnee (haven't measured either), but trimmed right it probably will thumb its nose at hull speed limitations by getting lift from its midsection. I think I could go just about forever at 7+ knots with my 5 horse 4 stroke. My favorite river has an (oft ignored) 10 knot limit and if you want to go faster safely you will be stopping and going like city traffic b/c of the canoe rental place upstream and there is no need to ever go faster than the low teens.

The most remarkable thing about this boat is that it has a sealed double bulkhead and an enormous hinge about amidships, that allows the whole thing to fold closed like a giant cell phone to enable it to ride on the same trailer as would be used by a 16 foot skiff, enabling the average driver with a normal car to tow it.

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