The other day I happened on a conversation between a couple of folks on the subject of dinghies and what they should cost. Which, apparently, was a chunk more than I’d paid for our CAL-34. The number of $7K for a minimum RIB and a means of propelling it is just too rich for my …
Everyone needs a dinghy… Right? A couple of days ago I read a post about the cost of cruising. The problem was that it really wasn’t about the cost of cruising but a list of stuff they wanted to buy, most of which were really not needed. Of course, they felt they needed a bigger, …
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.
I’ve been reading “Building the Uqbar Dinghy” and it really is a great book for those who want to build a good dinghy in a weekend… Yes, really, a weekend. Fact is, I like the dinghies so much I’m pretty sure I’m going to build one in the very near future. The only problem being …
A very cool outboard that has VolksCruiser written all over it.
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 recently read an article on a blog about a pretty interesting inflatable with a sailing rig not too unlike the old Tinker Tramp in concept… … but without the life raft elements. It caught my interest until I noticed that the article in question was of the sponsored sort and I realized that said …
I recently was looking at dinghy designs and this designers blurb caught my eye because he called his boat the anti-RIB. I like this guy! The boat in question is called “OONAGH” and here’s something from the study plans… “In traditional boating circles, it is a long cherished tradition to rail against inflatables, and there …
How, apparently, I’m not alone in my feeling towards RIBs… Read More »
Back when we were cruising the Med and West Africa in the early 90’s, you hardly ever came across anyone with dinghies bigger than eight feet. As far as outboards went, 5HP or smaller was the fashion unless you had a sailboat larger than 60 feet… At the time, we had a Bolger Tortoise which, …
I overheard a couple of people discussing dinghies the other day and it made me realize just how much stuff has changed… I know it dates me but back when the cruising bug first hit me in the 70’s, dinghies were things you rowed. The 98-foot LOD schooner I was working on at the time …
