Some timely history, might want to dust off your sextant, and in “the stupid it burns” department…. The hard part of building or fixing up a cruising boat boils down to just having the needful capital, organizing the project, and putting in the needful labor. It’s really pretty simple. Or, at least in a perfect …
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Some math of interest, this had me banging my head against a bulkhead, and today in the “very interesting” department… Here’s another Barros design that’s still worth checking out… The current price for the plans of this exceptional compact VolksCruiser in US dollars is a jaw dropping $209. It has a very livable interior plan, …
A gold statue, some stuff you might want to know, and something important in the “decency” department… Here’s a possible cruising boat that interests me… Yeah, I’ll admit that this is not what most people would consider a cruising boat. But in my experience, “most people” are, more often than not, wrong. Still, it takes …
A chart of note, some good points, and in the “more insanity than I can handle this morning” department… Lately, I’ve been cleaning up some internet files on my computer and finding lots of bookmarked sites no longer exist. It’s frustrating to want to check how a designer you have bookmarked handled a construction problem …
A needful read, not the health checkup I wanted to hear, and the word for the day is Enshittification… Every once in a while I find myself amazed at both the silly expensive asking price of wind vane self-steering gears and the idiots who buy them. I expect it has a lot to do with …
Hugh C. Howey on AI, some current situational content, and in the “dumbest man in the senate” department… I just saw that SERAFFYN is for sale. With an asking price of $80K, it’s obviously not within any VolksCruiser’s budget but still impressive for a 58-year old wooden boat that just resonates history. While you may …
A stupid movie, some history/situational observation, and in the “pretty much says it all” department… Today, my work list includes maybe ten-minutes of sanding inside the boat. It’s a fairly easy bit of work. The downside being that even with great care taken to keep the dust to a minimum, I’ll be dealing with the …
Some timely advice, a very needful read, and in the “what she said!” department… Back when I was asking Phil about a bigger version of Loose Moose (Bolger’s Jessie Cooper design), he suggested something like the Breakdown Schooner. I’ve always wanted a schooner… While I really liked the design, the problem as I saw it, …
Some bang head against bulkhead material, a crater of interest, and something from the “keeping things polite” department… Here’s an interesting ad for a boat I really liked before prices got insane… Sure, the 49′ LOA would be unsustainable if marinas or haulouts are a concerned but with a 2’6″ draft you could always beach …
An apt t-shirt & read, a very cool library, and in the “sounds good to me” department… I’ll go on record that an electric drive propulsion system is as simple as one can get. All you need is a motor, a means of controlling that motor, and a battery. That’s the easy part. Where it …
