Worth watching
Nick Skeates talking about Wylo 2 and things… Gypsea Stories: Wylo II from Bryony Stokes on Vimeo.
Small boats, small problems and just do it…
Of late I’ve been hearing the old Pardey mantra of “Go small, go simple, go now” a lot recently and, surprisingly, in a somewhat contentious manner. That such a simple bit of reasoning can become contentious I find just a bit bothersome… So, let’s break it down. Go small Sure, I get the fact that …
On the subject of how most people think about cruising…
Over at one of my favorite blogs there’s an excellent post on the cost of living aboard and cruising that everyone should take the time to read and digest. Especially if you’re considering the whole VolksCruiser thing. More on the subject and my thoughts in the not-too-distant future. You’re still here?
Sure you can…
The other day someone told me it was impossible to cruise comfortably on a boat less than 30 feet or less. Well, all I can say is, I’m sure it might be impossible for him but not for me. For instance, we lived and cruised full time on our first Loose Moose 25’6″ with a …
Putting that $500 a month cruising budget in perspective…
A film you might want/need to check out…
Everything most folks need in a 26-foot package…
I’ve always liked the Ecume de Mer… It’s a lot of boat in a 26-foot envelope. Don’t believe me? Check it out.
in the “relative cost of burgers” department…
The other day someone pointed me to a couple of Craig’s List self-steering gears to illustrate the argument that it was impossible to sort out a cruising boat on a frugal budget. One of the gears was a Hydrovane for $4K and the other was a Monitor for $3.8K… Which, I suppose, means that if …
Hazy details…
A very long time ago PBO had a short article on building a hatch for a sailboat based on the Maurice Griffiths double coaming design. It was good albeit sparse on details but included all of the information one actually needed to build the hatch. I cut this picture out of the magazine and added …
a good read…
Yachting Monthly has a very good article up on their website you’ll want to check out.
$2.99 you need to spend…
A couple of days ago I saw there was a book on Kindle that looked like it might be interesting… This one in fact. At $2.99 it was something of a no-brainer so I downloaded a copy to my Kindle and read it in a couple of hours. It’s an easy enjoyable read and contains …