Affordable alternatives

a recent purchase…

I mentioned earlier that I’d found an inexpensive stove that I was going to try on the Islander and it arrived yesterday. The stove in question is this one… I’m actually pretty impressed. Inspecting the stove it appears that making it into a gimbaled stove will be non-problematic and at a cost of maybe ten …

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Boat bucks…

Most of my time the last couple of days has been devoted to cleaning out the previous owner’s stuff, trying to grok his rather interesting thought processes, and making lists of things to do. The downside is I’m also having to make lists of stuff to buy, replace, and repair. Or in other words I …

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in search of the unavailable/unaffordable…

So, the last few days had me shopping for a small affordable catamaran, and, like Dr. Thompson used to say, things turned ugly. Part of the problem is that the words “affordable” and “catamaran” just don’t seem to fit into a sentence together. Wharrams, long the gold standard for budget cats are selling for silly …

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another VolksCruiser contender…

The Halsey Herreshoff-designed Bristol 29.9. Just a kiss under 30-feet with a reasonable shoal draft and a street price in good condition of $12K it makes quite a bit of sense. Certainly a boat that I’d keep an eye out for. Facebook Twitter Share this post


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