A very old shark, an assault with a loaded sandwich trial, and in the “situation so far” department… Well, it sure has been an interesting week so far. VolksCruiser has had a deluge of visits from Chinese Bots and it appeared that some sanity was on exhibit Tuesday. That said, Chico Marx said it best… …
Some reality math, a needful read, and a film worth the watch… Dave Z commented on a recent post and shared a link to a story about how Gary Hoyt came to design the Freedom rig. It’s well worth your time. While we’re on the subject of Mr Z and time well spent, I’ll point …
EBM with a good point, Vonnegut might have been on to something, and a needful read… I made the mistake of starting my day by reading a blog post on how to outfit for fishing on a budget. It put me in a bad mood as it was really only clickbait fodder. I’m OK with …
While I’m not big on social media, I am doing VolksCruiser and Fishing Under Sail on Bluesky. Visit Volkscruiser on Bluesky In other blog business, I’m seriously considering dropping the comments section as having to moderate the tons of spam, scam, porn, and Russian viruses is taking more time than the writing of said blogs. …
A great post from a Blog you should be following… You’re still here?
I recently had someone point out that (not for the first time) a VolksCruiser t-shirt would go a long way towards supporting the blog and that everyone is doing “merch” these days. As it happens, I was actually considering doing a t-shirt for a cruising oriented film as an ongoing promotion element. Of course, being …
Just a quick note to point you towards a great post over at Sailing With Josh that deals with DIY and the marine trades that everyone should read and take to heart.. You’re still here?
Being in the middle of a part time refit of our Islander has me thinking both about the cost of things these days, as well as the creeping loss of common sense where cruising boats is concerned. This morning I read a great article in Voiles et Voiliers about crossing the Atlantic with a 25-foot …
Today’s mailbag included this , shall we say, rant on the subject of senseless horsepower on boats. It’s well worth the read. For me, the whole idea of a 500-horsepower outboard engine on a boat (much less four or five of them is simply insane. Then again, the largest boat engine I’ve owned was a …
I’ve got a couple of days worth of catch up to do but should be back to something close to actually writing again in the next day or so. More soon come.
