So, here’s a couple of interesting project boats someone might be interested in… For starters there’s a Crealock designed Ericson 26 selling for $400 bucks up in the no man’s land between Port Townsend and Anacortes. The Crealock design is, in my opinion, a better boat than the Pacific Seacraft Dana. The beauty of a …
So, while I really like the Lyle Hess designed Balboa 26 I’ll be the first to admit that at 3600 pounds of displacement it’s not quite up to the requirements of long distance voyaging. Now, this Lyle Hess design is a whole different kettle of fish… It’s the 26-foot Falmouth Cutter which has a beam …
Throwing a couple more 26-foot boats into the mix… Read More »
Every once in awhile I’ll get on Search Tempest and type in the words “Free sailboat” just to see what happens… For instance, in Florida, there’s a San Juan 24 without a working motor, another guy with a bunch of Catalina 22’s, and a Seidelmann 30 footer in need of some work all going for …
Multihulls are HIP and as a result multihulls demand a higher price and this includes used boats. Which, I suppose, is good news if you happen to be selling a catamaran but bad news if you want to buy one. In my opinion, multihull prices are mostly inflated and don’t quite reflect their actual value. …
I just read this and it has a whole lot of good common sense information that will save you some serious money. Need I say more?
A couple of days ago I saw there was a book on Kindle that looked like it might be interesting… This one in fact. At $2.99 it was something of a no-brainer so I downloaded a copy to my Kindle and read it in a couple of hours. It’s an easy enjoyable read and contains …
Have you noticed how many YouTube channels there are about people downsizing, buying a boat, fixing it up, and sailing off into the paradise of Patreon fueled bliss? If not, you really should check them out because they are very educational for the most part. One of the things you’ll notice is there seem to …
Just this morning a reader of VolksCruiser wrote to tell me the problem with cheap boats is that they are more expensive in the long run and that, just maybe, I should focus on boats of a higher quality more expensive caliber. Because, you know, you get what you pay for. Oops, I just threw …
Truth is, I never feel very comfortable with the concept of rules and there’s a line from a book I read in high school that has stuck with me even though I no longer remember the name of the book or author who wrote it… “Rules and regulations are just stop signs on the roads …
well, of course, there are always going to be some exceptions… Read More »
Going shopping yesterday I could not help but notice that the cost of nearly everything continues to go up… Onions a couple of months ago I was paying $.39 a pound were $.99 a pound… Yams which I’m used to paying $0.69 a pound are now $1.79… Scrag end stewing beef I would never ever …
