Every once in awhile I check out what CAL 34s are going for… One reason I do it is I like to see what others have done to their CALs and I like knowing what the current going rate of CAL 34s happens to be. For those who might be curious, there are quite a …
On why you don’t have to pay $150K for a 34-foot sailboat… Read More »
Talk about stuff that gets up my nose… Boat bucks! Not so much the fact that we, from time to time, have to spend money on our boats but the fact that we have been trained to think it is natural and proper to pay excessive money for goods and services and be proud of …
The other day someone asked me about what sort of boat he should be looking for in the VolksCruiser mold for a single guy to cruise on for his retirement and then added that he thought he’d need at least a 50-footer. Yeah, that kind of threw me as well… Which brings up the question …
I’ve noticed that, where boats are concerned, folks can be somewhat, shall we say, coy about their chosen budget… It’s problematic. I understand that in a world where it’s often more about what the boat costs rather than the boat, someone on a tight budget might feel disinclined to publicly admit he/she cannot afford what …
