A boat for sale…
Volkscruiserish for sure! More information can be found here.
A quick note…
Sorry for the lag. I’ve been doing some boat projects, getting some new sails for “So It Goes”, buying boat plans, and wrestling with the whole VolksCruiser concept in a consumerist world that simply does not seem to understand the idea of simplicity or living within one’s means. So, with a new set of sailboat …
$0.20 a pound…
So this morning I noticed a Morgan 27 for sale for $1400 or best offer and a couple of things came to mind… First, that it was whole lot of boat for very little money and, secondly that it worked out to twenty cents a pound. Let me repeat that… $0.20 a pound! Truth be …
One reason I prefer cheap as they come boats part 1…
Dr House said something that anyone interested in buying a boat should adopt as their mantra… Everybody lies! Folks selling you a boat tend to lie. Folks who have something to gain in your buying a boat tend to lie. Even folks who are honest as the day is long tend to play fast and …
One reason I prefer cheap as they come boats part 1… Read More »
A tour of a very nice cruising boat…
James Baldwin (of Atom voyages fame) takes a tour of Dawn Treader an Allied Seawind 30 and finds a lot of good ideas…
and in the…
“Don’t knock it, it works” department.
An essay…
You just might want to read.
A rule of thumb (or something like it)…
I have a CAL 34… Admittedly, it’s not really a CAL 34 anymore having done countless changes, modifications, and implemented schemes (which seemed like a good idea at the time) that just may have the late Bill Lapworth spinning like a top. That said, if there is an afterlife I expect that Mr Lapworth is …
Something…
… You really need to read.
and in the “a whole lot of boat for the money” department…
A Rawson 30 with an asking price of $5K. It even has an Aries!