So, I just spent a couple of days surveying a boat I was sorta/kinda interested in buying and it’s just not going to happen. That said it did make me rethink a lot about the whole buying and selling of sailboats within the VolksCruiser realm. The boat in question was an Irwin Citation 38. This …
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 …
A WTF news story that has been haunting me since I saw it. I mean, seriously, SIX?! So, there’s a boat I’m seriously considering buying… Of course, that would also entail selling my current boat and, for a time at least becoming one of those sorry souls with two boats, a double barreled project list, …
When looking for a boat you can afford, confine yourself to only looking at boats you can actually afford.
So, why do some boats cost what they do? For those who follow the skewed logic of “You get what you pay for” the cost of a boat has everything to do with its value and condition. Just saying, but if you believe that, I have an excellent cast iron structure you may want to …
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′ …
There’s a Catalina 30 for sale in Hawaii that I’ve had my eye on for a while as it was selling for $5K and appeared to be in decent shape, and would not cost a fortune or too much time to sort out. The Catalina 30 is by its very nature an excellent contender for …
So, here’s a question. How do we define the cost of a VolksCruiser? Since most people think of boats in terms of length, we might want to try using that. At first thought, this seems to make sense as longer boats tend to be more expensive than shorter boats. Simple, right? Then again, how do …
Everybody has their own budget parameters and most have both a public and private parameter set. Everyone is so concerned about what people may think about their financial well-being that they feel the need to fudge on what they can or cannot afford. I trust you know what I’m talking about. Anyway, this inability to …
