The nice thing about most classic plastic boats is the fact that they were mostly built like tanks. Fiberglass and polyester resin were cheap and did not require much in the way of expensive labor to slap together so, for the most part, a lot of very strong boats got made in the late 60s …
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 …
So, I now own a new to me fifty year old boat which is causing me to do something I’m near phobic about and get organized. Hopefully, in a couple of days I’ll have reorganized my life in a sorta/kinda way that makes sense and I’ll return to something approaching normal. On the other hand, …
So, here’s a hurricane boat for sale that Drew linked to… As far as hurricane boats go it’s actually in pretty good shape providing the photos are current. The asking price of $2,350 is, from where I’m sitting silly but I’ll say more about what sort of budget I’d consider doable to make the boat …
Our Cal 34 “So It Goes” was bought because, having lost our Loose Moose 2, we needed a boat in a hurry to use until we could build a Loose Moose 3. As they say, it seemed like a good idea at the time to have a temporary boat. Being a temporary boat, it gave …
I noticed this morning that there’s a junk rig Virgo Voyager for sale on the JRA forum. I’ve always liked the Virgo Voyager as it’s a lot of boat shoehorned into a 23′ envelope. Even better is its shoal draft with bilge keels and it is one of the few production boats available with a …
There’s something to be said for a nice round number and $8K certainly fills the bill. Which, I suspect is why there are a plethora of boats for sale for just that amount. Some of which are even turnkey. There are myriad reasons that a good boat might be selling for such a number and …
A friend dropped me a line asking why I might be considering a Catalina 30 and pointed out that the Catalina would be smaller and slower than our CAL 34. He pointed out that we’d miss those four feet. Well, not exactly. Here are the important numbers… CAL 34 LOA 33.24′ LWL 26′ Beam 10′ …
