I overheard a couple of people discussing dinghies the other day and it made me realize just how much stuff has changed… I know it dates me but back when the cruising bug first hit me in the 70’s, dinghies were things you rowed. The 98-foot LOD schooner I was working on at the time …
Every once in awhile I check out what CAL 34s are going for… One reason I do it is I like to see what others have done to their CALs and I like knowing what the current going rate of CAL 34s happens to be. For those who might be curious, there are quite a …
On why you don’t have to pay $150K for a 34-foot sailboat… Read More »
SV Estrellita 5.10b making sense about the advantages of a smaller more affordable boat…
A good deal on a Bolger AS-29 sharpie…
A reader of like mind dropped me an email the other day… “Found this boat on eBay a few weeks ago, I was second bidder, it sold for $260.. I think it may still be available if you know anyone who would be interested. Looks like a pretty easy fix, no sails but a Catalina …
A good example of a cheap boat deal that makes some sense… Read More »
For those of us on VolksCruiser budgets, it’s hard to argue with the fact that the best bang for the buck is going to be a sharpie… So here’s a great link to one in progress.
I saw an interesting boat for sale over at eBay… A Washington State based Coronado 35 for $6500 and, judging from the photos, a boat in pretty good condition considering it’s around 42 years old. Of course, like all boats for sale new or old it will have some sort of problem that needs dealing with …
I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for the Westerly Centaur… For one, it has that sort of clunky everyman thing going for it which is kind of refreshing. It’s not sleek, has zero pretensions, and looks just like you’d expect a budget sailboat for the masses to look. Which is some kind …
Over at Estrellita 5.10B (always a good read) they have a great post concerning fear and it got me thinking… As it happens, I was also trying to digest just why a thread about the possibility of a $15,000 bluewater cruiser over at Cruisers Forum irritated me so much. I’ve gone on record that I …
On money keeping you safe or keeping the riff raff out… Read More »
Talk about stuff that gets up my nose… Boat bucks! Not so much the fact that we, from time to time, have to spend money on our boats but the fact that we have been trained to think it is natural and proper to pay excessive money for goods and services and be proud of …
