Bolger Harbinger
Description
The Bolger Harbinger is a 15-foot (approximately 4.6 m) open catboat designed by the renowned naval architect Phil Bolger in the mid-1970s (around 1975), featuring a New York-style catboat hull form with fine, easy lines, slack bilges below the waterline, and significant flare for good rowing performance and stability. Originally drawn for traditional plank-on-frame carvel construction, it was intended as a daysailer with excellent windward ability—reportedly outperforming a Laser in some accounts while carrying multiple people and gear—powered by a high-peaked gaff rig and equipped for auxiliary rowing. It served as the direct precursor to Brad Story's Chebacco series, where the first Chebacco was essentially an extended version of Harbinger with a 5-foot stern addition and a small mizzen for cat-yawl configuration.
Construction Details
| Designer | Bolger, Philip C. |
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| Builder | Home Built |
| Length | 15.000 ft |
| LOA | 15.000 ft |
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Sails
Bolger Harbinger - GAFF MAIN
| Luff | 6.5 ft - (1981 mm) |
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| Foot | 15.83 ft - (4825 mm) |
| Leech | 19.67 ft - (5995 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 84.26 ° |
| Diag (clew/throat) | 16.5 ft - (5029 mm) |
| Head | 13 ft - (3962 mm) |
| Area | * 157.58 ft² |
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