Just a whole lot of DIY wonderfulness…
Sailrite is a great resource for anyone sailing and cruising but, for those of us on a budget, an indispensable tool in our VolksCruiser Fǔ arsenal.
DIY
Some basic economics…
So, about that Westsail 32 project question… Buy the $50K boat and sail off into the sunset. Buy the $30K boat do the needful TLC and sail off into the sunset. Buy the $30K boat do a major refit to the tune of a few years and $66K and sail off into the sunset. Buy …
Now, this is just cool…
A very cool outboard that has VolksCruiser written all over it.
Well, you might get lucky…
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 …
The dollars and cents of DIY…
What a lot of folks forget when discussing cruising budgets is that the more self-sufficient you are the lower the cruising budget is going to be. As much as I try to keep our food budget frugal and while saving ten cents a pound on carrots or eating cheaper cuts of meat does add up …