A friend and I have been discussing an idea I have for rehabbing an old small classic plastic design and turning it into a VolksCruiser… The boat in question happens to be a Columbia 26. As it happens I’ve always liked the Columbia 26… Studying the current crop of the C26 for sale floating around, …
Five, count them, five good reasons you need to be reading Comet Camper. Got to love the attitude…
Here’s the first footage I’ve come across of the Barros Pop 25 floating right side up and sailing… Plus here’s some in depth coverage from the Brazilian Nautica magazine on the Pop 25 with English synopsis (though Google translate might be a help for those who are Portugese challenged).
Here’s someone who is seriously rocking the beer can stove envelope!
Voyaging belongs to seamen and to the wanderers of the world who cannot, or will not, fit in. – Sterling Hayden The greatest fear about the idea of a VolksCruiser type boat and lifestyle I hear voiced is whether or not they will fit in with the cool kids cruising community. I get that. Face …
Over at Comet Camper there’s a great post that anyone considering the whole cheap-seats VolksCruiser thing should should read and take to heart… Just saying.
Stoves for boats are silly expensive. Not only do they cost more than they should, most of them don’t work all that well either. Here’s a better and more affordable than most single burner alcohol stove… It costs over $250… While this beer can stove costs pretty much zip. How To Turn A Beer …
Now that you’ve had some time to think about the lug schooner rig (though we’ll be coming back to it in a post or two) let’s look at the other big chunk of a budget for a cruising boat… The engine. Of course, it’s been proven that a couple can cruise pretty well on a …
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I was recently involved in a discussion about what features a boat should have to be a successful VolksCruiser… It was a problematic enterprise. The hard part in discussing an enterprise of frugality in a consumerist world is that there is almost always a certain disconnect of logic. Face it, anyone with a consumerist mindset …
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