I have always found the designs of Phil Bolger to be a challange to conventional thinking. His ideas relate to many of the threads which enliven the TWL. In four recent issues of "Messing About in BOATS" (Vol 17, nos 11 thru 14) Mr. Bolger has detailed his thinking on two bulletproof Passagemakers designed for clients. Both boats are designed to survive and continue onward after either a 360 degree rollover in that ultimate storm or a collision with any sort of semisubmerged flotsam. The first is Puffer, 46ft by 15.6 ft by 3.9 ft., steel construction, Gardner diesel in the forepeak, range 6500 nm at 6.3 knots. Auxilary power is a diesel push-boat carried on deck as a dinghy/lifeboat. 948 gal of fuel is carried in the box keel where dedicated tanks are also located to be flooded progressively to replace the weight of expended fuel thus retaining stability. An aft pilothouse is the only deck structure. An outboard rudder and paravanes give her a look that would fit well in Beebe's original book. The accomodations are comfortable for a couple with occasional guests and even include a sauna. The second design is much more radical and given more extensive treatment in issues nos 12, 13 and 14. Bolger says that this design violates "a number of respective dogmas that pervade most such designs." And it certainly does. Length is 38.5 ft, by 9.5 ft by 1'10". Power is a Detuz air-oil cooled diesel mounted in a high position right at the stern and driving a Sonic Cat-Drive (kind of a long shaft inboard-outboard). Use of this drive train insures that there are no fixed props or shafts or rudders to be damaged. The boat has no thru hulls, positive flotation, a crushable bow section. The lack of paravanes or stabilizers is compensated by a stable shape and gimbeled helm seats and sea berth. 780 gal of fuel is carried in removable tanks under the salon/pilothouse. Batteries (12) provide additional ballast with 3914 AH capacity at 12 volts. Range is estimated at 2800 nm at top speed of 8 knots; cruise speed of 6.9 knots at 1 GPH provides a nominal range of 5382 nm. She is designed to be home buildable in reasonable time. Engine exhaust and air intake and boat ventilation are designed to keep her right on chugging after a 360 degree roll. Her shallow draft and light displacement should result in a sideways skid if a breaking wave hits her broadside. This vessel is described as a solo or two person passagemaker. Some innovations such as the valveless toilet might be a bit too extreme for most voyagers. Frank Lawlor (building a conventional trawler)