Maybe you’re old enough to remember this… Then again, maybe not. That said, it is worth watching if only to focus your mind on the importance of vehicle choice where budgetary concerns are an important part of the mix. The VW was all about being able to drive on a sustainably small budget… It didn’t …
Annie Hill (yes that Annie Hill) is currently building a junk rig boat and documenting it, more or less, over on the Junk Rig Association forum.The most recent Junk Rig Association magazine also has a good article on the subject. Interesting stuff… Offhand, seems like a good time to join the Junk Rig Association.
So, about that Westsail 32 project question… Buy the $50K boat and sail off into the sunset. Buy the $30K boat do the needful TLC and sail off into the sunset. Buy the $30K boat do a major refit to the tune of a few years and $66K and sail off into the sunset. Buy …
The other day while I was comparing various “classic plastic” designs I had a bit of a eureka moment… Most of these boats are built like frelling tanks! In the various boats I was looking at, almost none of the interior structure was actually… well, the best word to describe it, would be, structural. Or, …
Boat design and boatbuilding are not exactly rocket science… Rocket Crash by sonicbomb And, just maybe, that is no bad thing. That said, it would be a very good thing to do your homework on the subject of boat design and the practicalities of putting a boat together before you embark on any major boatbuilding …
Here’s something important to keep in mind… Boat plans are not a sacred text and you can change them as much as you like as long as you realize that if your changes/modifications/cunning plans result in a clusterfuck of a boat it’s all your fault. With me so far? Here’s something else you need to …
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 …
Some folks suggest that you have to have a dinghy like this with a 15hp motor… Sam Devlin tells you how to build a VolksCruiserish alternative with a couple of sheets of plywood and some epoxy.
So, there’s this boat that’s been for sale for a long, long time and the owner finally got serious and lowered the asking price to something that actually makes sense… The boat in question doesn’t have a mast, the motor might have last run some time in 2001, and it’s also a hurricane boat with …
Over at TriloBoat Talk, Dave Z has a must read post that anyone contemplating building or rehabbing a cruising boat should read… I’ll wait. I’ll go against the prevailing wisdom and point out that it’s really pretty easy to build or rehab a boat and well within the abilities of anyone who can chew gum …
