The new issue of Practical Boat Owner has a review /article about he Etap 24i that caught my attention. First off, it is a good review and not the usual regurgitated advertising copy we take for granted in American sailing rags. Secondly, I’ve always really liked what Etap is doing with their boats and it’s …
Being an old fart does have a few advantages… The other day I was reading an interchange between folks who simply did not understand the reasons behind the thought process in terms of boat, gear, and cruising choices of Lin & Larry Pardey. The logic (or lack of) seemed to be that no one should …
Sometimes a little historical perspective is a needful thing… Read More »
OK, I’ll admit it. I’ve been reading that toxic cesspool of a forum regarding the aftermath of the loss of Rebel Heart. It’s depressing reading but has the attraction of a slow motion train wreck combined with a witch hunt and OMO forgive me but it is entertaining in a sick and twisted way… A …
There are two non-boaty books I think everyone engaged in sailing/cruising should read… Especially for those considering jumping into the craziness that is VolksCruising. One “How To Keep Your Volkswagen Alive” you already know about. The other one is “Just Ride”… It’s sorta/kinda about bikes and bike riding but to be truthful it’s more about …
Another book that’s not about sailing but all about sailing… Read More »
Have you noticed that Sail Magazine is now doing a rally so folks coming down the ICW won’t be so lonely? I suspect, that most folks of a VolksCruising bent, are not the sort who sign up and pay big bucks to do rallies. Well… Maybe if we had a stealth/flash-mob rally? Nah, there’s no …
We seem to live in a world of absolutes these days and, just between you and me, it drives me batshit crazy. Take two words that come up a lot where sailing and cruising are concerned… Easy Hard Now, in the world I grew up in those were just two words on a scale but …
So, let’s say you went out and bought an old cheap plastic boat, rehabbed it a bit, and are ready to cruise… But you’re a little worried about being some sort of pariah because your boat, while seashape and freshly painted, is not as expensive or hip as some of those other boats you’ll come …
The recent quest for that ill-fated airliner over the last weeks should be something of a wake-up call for those who think speed is a goodly thing in a cruising boat, To be more precise, a huge problem in the airliner search has been the plethora of debris viewable from satellite. There’s so much of …
There has been something of a spike in dinghy and outboard thefts in the BVI of late… The thing is, there always seems to be a spike of dinghy and outboard theft at any given moment somewhere in the Caribbean so it deserves a certain amount of thought. Outboards are expensive these days, times are …
I often wonder what sort of sound a vampire makes when you drive that wooden stake through his or her heart… I expect it is not too unlike the shrill screams of consumerist junkie rage I’ve been hearing lately when I suggest that you don’t have to spend more than $100K for a boat to …
