A film to check out…
Watch the whole film here.
Cruising economics
An old trick…
The Rigging Doctor on how to save money on haulouts… Good to know.
A little more on that CAL 34…
The initial emails on the last post tended to fall into to two categories. The first being the “You’re an idiot” sort and the second is “It just can’t be done because you need to buy lots and lots of stuff!” zone. For the moment, lets just address the “lots and lots of stuff” argument… …
On the comparitive cost of yams…
Going shopping yesterday I could not help but notice that the cost of nearly everything continues to go up… Onions a couple of months ago I was paying $.39 a pound were $.99 a pound… Yams which I’m used to paying $0.69 a pound are now $1.79… Scrag end stewing beef I would never ever …
Some needful reading…
Well worth your time and a whole lot of sense being made!
Some needful listening…
Jim Brown talking about SeaSteading 101. You still here?
In the “3 R’s” department…
Recycle, Repurpose, and Reuse. Just the sort of mindset we need to apply to boats more often.
They had me at “recycle”…
The Alternative Sailing Community from VOIIAGE on Vimeo.
Reality based…
Reading today’s news from the USVI, I could not help but notice that the top money guy (in what passes for a government) is simply clueless where actual economics is concerned and, apparently, can’t do simple math… That said, not really very unusual these days where politicians are concerned as we seem to live in …
Bad habits…
Not too long ago someone mentioned to me that they could never live on a VolksCruiser or VolksCruising budget because of, you know… Comfort. The subject of watermakers were used as an example… I can’t help but get the feeling that a lot of what folks these days equate with the word comfort has …