Bolger Windsprint
Description
The Windsprint is a Phil Bolger design, specifically a 16-foot lug-rigged sailboat featured as one of the "traditional instant boats" in Harold "Dynamite" Payson's book The New Instant Boats (1984, International Marine). It's part of Bolger's collaboration with Payson on simple, amateur-build plywood boats using chine-log or glued-plywood methods—no lofting required, minimal frames, and materials from local lumber yards. The hull originated from Bolger's experimental idea for a radical sailing catamaran (aft-stepped sail, rudder on the bows). The prototype didn't meet expectations as a cat, but the single hull performed well enough that Payson (who built one) convinced Bolger to add a sailing rig. The result is a sleek, double-ended sharpie-inspired hull that's unconventional, pretty under sail, and emphasizes simplicity and fun over heavy-duty features.
Construction Details
| Designer | Bolger, Philip C. |
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| Builder | Home Built |
| Length | 16.000 ft |
| LOA | 16.000 ft |
| Beam | 5.000 ft |
| Max Draft | 3.000 ft |
| Min Draft | 0.500 ft |
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Blueprints
Sails
Bolger Windsprint - STANDING LUGSAIL
| Luff | 8.083 ft - (2464 mm) |
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| Foot | 11.83 ft - (3606 mm) |
| Leech | 15.75 ft - (4801 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 80.72 ° |
| Diag (clew/throat) | 13.208 ft - (4026 mm) |
| Head | 10.167 ft - (3099 mm) |
| Area | * 113.92 ft² |
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