An intelligent cat, a game plan of sorts, and in the “no conflict of interest at all” department… The other day, while trying to organize all my sailboat design links, I came across this bit of Gary Hoyt wonderfulness and found myself being somewhat depressed. I mean, why on earth did this rig not catch …
This is nowhere. Face it, we all have our passions and some lucky people (or so I’ve been told) get to share their passions with with a large group of like-minded folks. Then again, some of have passions that are, due to a general lack of interest, more along the lines of a private passion. …
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 …
Sailboat rigs are a problematic conundrum where VolksCruisers are concerned. For starters, most rigs on classic plastic boats have rigs that have evolved from designs for racing. They’re over-complicated, prone to failure, and expensive, which is not the sort of rig you want when voyaging on a budget. Adapting rigs to be simpler, more affordable, …
Yann Quenet showing off a balanced lug roller reefing set up.
I may have mentioned before how much I like Phil Bolger’s Jessie Cooper design. If you are looking for a VolksCruising design that gives you maximum bang for minimum bucks that is buildable in a short time frame, you’d have a difficult time finding better… That said, it’s not exactly an easy boat for most …
One problem with sailboats used for cruising is they’re all pretty much designed for weekend and vacation use rather than serious cruising. Which, when you think of it, makes all kinds of sense because that’s how 95% of people who buy boats will use them. Of course, for the 5% that are going to use …
Did you know you can now buy plans for the Skrowl and other neat designs from the Yann Quenet stable? You still here?
Logic is a funny thing… Especially when it’s connected with boats. For instance, a friend recently wrote about changing a gaff cat rigged boat into a junk schooner. His reasons for such a conversion were listed as the single sail was too big to be easily handled, possibly better balance of the schooner rig, and …
Like a lot of folks I’ve been keeping a weather eye on the progress being made on the Skrowl 4.34… For instance, I know for a fact Dave Z has had something of a eureka moment when he came across the design and, I expect, it’s going to be an influence on future Trilo boats… …
