A very important question, an interesting wood article, and in the “peasantry in a modern state” department… Pretty much everyday I’m confronted by new examples of the cost of things going up. It’s depressing, breeds despair, and just generally pisses me off. Luckily, since I’m a non-consumerist by nature, it could be a lot worse. …
Some mind-blowing folded paper, a must read, and in the “but you already know this” department… So, it’s Presidents’ Day and my email is full of holiday sales because, as everybody knows, holidays are all about buying stuff. Though it’s hard to concentrate on the sales with the cacophony of our dead presidents spinning like …
Worthy of a read, some need to know, and in the “I really should learn to knit” department… Like most sailors of a certain age, I lean towards superstition and never leave port on a Friday the 13th or any Friday for that matter. So, today I’m going to read, take some measurements for a …
Stuff you can do, some good news, and in the “Idiocracy meets Bizarro world” department… The weather the last week or so has been a somewhat fugly shit-show. It’s problematic with current projects, so I’m catching up on some reading. Which, brings us to the word for the day… e-s-c-a-p-i-s-m. Truth be told, I’m greatly …
Murder most foul, an important question, and in the “out with the old and in with the new” department… I’m sick and tired of the phrase “It’s complicated” especially where boats and suchlike are concerned. If there’s one overreaching fact with boats and cruising it is that 99% of the answers are simple. Dead simple. …
Something interesting on cartography, an important read, and in the “if you haven’t been paying attention” department… Where clutter is concerned, boats are always a problematic venue. The fact that boats have a lot of small places to stow stuff can go from organized to I can’t find anything in a New York minute. So …
A good question, some important points, and in the “you really have to read this” department… When looking back, my biggest influences in the sailing world were Robin Graham, Joshua Slocum, Robin Knox-Johnson, Bill Tilman, and the fictional James Troy of “Adventures in Paradise”. Hey, hey, Gardner McKay… The thing is, none of the afore-mentioned …
An interesting fundraising email, some thought fodder, and a link you might need… So yeah, about that CAL 34… Glancing at CAL 34s for sale on the west coast Craigslist, I see eight currently for sale priced from $7.5K to $22K and, anyway you look at it, that’s a lot of boat for the money. …
Someone making sense, a needful cat story, and in the “this sucks” department… I’m currently in the process of trying to sort out a cunning plan to replace a settee in the Islander with a dinette. I find a dinette just makes more sense and it makes a better editing arrangement for film projects. Yeah, …
A timely read, Wendig weighs in, and an album I’d like to hear… Ian, a reader here who knows a lot of boat stuff, pointed out… “I dunno……. I remember the Vancouver 27/28 and Victoria 26/30 as “load up and go” plastic boats off the shelf. Not that I could afford them at the time, …
