I saw a Kirie Elite for sale in Edmonds Washington state going for a silly price ($1.2K). I have something of a sweet spot for this particular design as I saw it at a Paris boat show and it just felt like it would be a great boat. It was quite roomy for its size, …
I find it kind of funny that people who I don’t even know, write to the blog and are hesitant to state a budget when asking advice on various boats. “Do you think a fixer upper Cascade 36 would be a good boat to get?” I then ask what it costs, how much the boat …
There’s a J-29 up in the frozen north that I’ve been thinking about quite a bit. For those unacquainted with the design it looks something like this… It, like most of it’s J-Boat brethren, is a boat designed and built to be competitive so you may be wondering why the hell am I looking at …
Yesterday I heard that Charlie Morgan was no longer with us and it got me thinking about some of his designs. While there’s something about the look of his Out Island series that sorta/kinda rubbed me the wrong way there’s no denying that they are prime candidates for VolksCruising. Just take a look at the …
Whether it’s building a boat, refitting a fixer-upper, or actually cruising, the bottom line is always going to be what you can or can’t afford. As much as we might prefer otherwise, the bottom line is always going to be with us. Living in a consumerist society is problematic where budgets are concerned. After all, …
So it’s 2023 and a new year. For some of us, it comes with some musing over the state of things. As far as sailing and cruising goes, my musings seemed to be along the lines of that Dickens quote and I spent a couple of hours thinking about the good/bad reality after the ball …
Here’s a boat I’ve always liked. It’s the Chris Craft Pawnee and it is a very cool little cruising boat. Sadly they only built them for a year so did not make a lot of the excellent Sparkman & Stephens design. As it happens there’s one for sale in Hawaii if anyone’s interested.
Every once in a while I’ll see a Bristol 26 (aka Sailstar 26) for sale for a good price and it gets me thinking. Back when I was in Paris looking for a boat to buy. The sailboat in my head that I was looking for was a European facsimile of the Halsey Herreshoff Bristol …
One of my favorite CAL Lapworth designs is the CAL T2-27 one of the CAL 27 variations. I’ve written about the design before. Anyway, I mention this because there’s a T2 for sale that I’ve been keeping my eye on and the price just went from 1.5K to $1000. Well worth a look if you …
Sadly, it’s a simple answer… Not enough. Which, for me at least, is the big downside of every 27-foot boat you’re likely to come across in that they just don’t have a lot of space or weight carrying ability. Which is not to say you can’t live and cruise on a 27-foot sailboat but with …
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