Sailorama is a great YouTube channel of the unapologetic cruising on a budget ilk and if you’re leaning towards doing the VolkCruiser Fandango you should really be following them. Really. For example… and Lots of good stuff and content with the added advantage of a definite lack of the “Look at me we’re wonderful and …
Maybe the best VolksCruising channel on the web… Read More »
A very long time ago PBO had a short article on building a hatch for a sailboat based on the Maurice Griffiths double coaming design. It was good albeit sparse on details but included all of the information one actually needed to build the hatch. I cut this picture out of the magazine and added …
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 …
In the last couple of weeks I’ve noticed a lot of hurricane related boats and gear coming on to the market down here and like Rod Stewart reminded us way back when… every picture tells a story. In the case of the Westsail pictured it’s beat up, forlorn, and a whole lot of work to …
Safety… This week I read of two separate incidents where someone was killed in a boatyard while working on a boat. Not actually a rare occurrence as it happens. Think about that for a moment. Sadly, boatyards (especially DIY yards) are notorious for being unsafe as they are a mix of toxic materials, dangerous conditions, …
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 »
Three quick rules that I’ve found to be true regarding boats and boat restoration/rehabs. Any money you spend on improving your boat will not add resale value in terms of return down the line when you want to sell it. All boats have a reality value which seldom conforms to their asking price. Your personal …
Everyone needs a dinghy… Right? A couple of days ago I read a post about the cost of cruising. The problem was that it really wasn’t about the cost of cruising but a list of stuff they wanted to buy, most of which were really not needed. Of course, they felt they needed a bigger, …
Is that people just don’t make enough of their own shit. Boaters these days are consumers and it has not escaped my attention that a lot of folks look down at folk who actually do their own repairs, build things, and, you know, invent stuff that actually works on boats. Surf folk get it. Building …
Just about everywhere I look there are opportunities to get afloat in good boats for not very much… For instance, today over on Sailboat Listings there’s an Alberg 35 project boat with an asking price of $900. While it needs a lot of sweat equity and some money/materials thrown at it, considering that the lead …
