The other day someone told me it was impossible to cruise comfortably on a boat less than 30 feet or less. Well, all I can say is, I’m sure it might be impossible for him but not for me. For instance, we lived and cruised full time on our first Loose Moose 25’6″ with a …
I’ve always liked the Ecume de Mer… It’s a lot of boat in a 26-foot envelope. Don’t believe me? Check it out.
While there are lots and lots of good boat deals about, it would not be amiss to mention that the used market is a little nuts… Well, actually it’s just plain batshit crazy! So, here’s two nearly identical Columbia 26’s… One’s, apparently in better shape than the other but they are both in what I’d …
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Doing a search on Craig’s List for a boat I didn’t find I came across a 26-foot bilge-keeled Westerly (I’m pretty sure it’s a Centaur) for $350 which, being an amazing price, seriously caught my attention… For anyone wanting to know the Westerly is in Annapolis. I have no idea what sort of condition the …
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 …
Offhand I’m not really a fan of Catalinas… That said, there’s a Catalina 30 for sale here for not very much so I took a look at the sail plan and accommodation layout and it’s really not a bad boat. A rather nice boat actually… Being somewhat beamy (just a kiss under 11-foot) it has …
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, …
So, there’s this dismasted Endeavour 32 with a dead engine that’s sorta/kinda for sale here that would make a good candidate to turn into a VolksCruiser… It’s a Ted Irwin design which, before Endeavour bought the molds, was called the Irwin 32. All in all not a bad design. Of course, the problem with any …
Here’s a point that seems to have escaped a few readers comprehension… the VolksCruiser thing is not really about cheap. The idea is not about getting a “cheap” boat and go sailing off into the sunset/sunrise but to point out that it is possible to sail a good boat anywhere you care to go in …
A very long time ago, a good friend had an Iroquois catamaran and used to rave about what a great boat it was…Yesterday, looking at current Iroquois cats for sale, I have to admit he was right with an additional insight that they’ve also held up extremely well. Not a big cat at 30 feet …
