Good Old Boat has an article on the subject of Boat Bucks and it got me thinking… I suspect that if you read VolksCruiser you’re on a tight budget or looking for ways to make cruising more affordable or maybe you’re just slumming. It occurred to me that the biggest problem of the VolksCruiser gig …
For some reason or other I found myself reading “Voyaging on a Small Income” by Annie Hill and realized that it’s still the best book out there on the subject. Sure it’s a kiss dated here and there but the bulk of the information contained within it’s covers is just as valid as it was …
Budget is a funny thing. Then again, when you think about it money being an artificial construct is also somewhat strange. My issue has a lot to do with the words we use when discussing budgets and money. Words like affordable. We all understand what the word means, but we also know it has a …
The current issue of Blue Water Sailing (not a magazine I read on a regular basis) has an article on “New Cruising Boats” and it seems that the cheapest boat listed is about $175,000.00 or so. Which, I’ll admit, does seem in the cheap-seats when compared to the boats on the list over a million …
When a $175,000.00 boat is considered cheap-seats… Read More »
Over the last five years or so I’ve regularly watched a YouTube channel of a guy who’s bought a boat and embarked in a restoration. On one hand it’s been very entertaining as the guy in question makes good shows and does a better than most exposition of how to do stuff. While on the …
I’ve gotten to the point that when someone writes me and says to check out a new YouTube channel I pretty much prepare for the worst. So, when a friend dropped me a line a while back and said I should really check out “Sailing Blowin’ in the Wind” I wasn’t exactly filled with enthusiasm. …
Another excellent video by Blowin’ in the Wind… As it happens we’ll be having an interview here on VolksCruiser Monday with the Blowin’ in the Wind folk so you might want to drop in on Monday and check it out.
I’m often asked just what a VolksCruiser actually is in terms of solid definition and, for the most part, my answers to that particular question tend to be somewhat vague. It’s akin to Justice Stewart’s famous quote on what pornography is… “We know it when we see it” Which is pretty much how I’ve approached …
Eleven factors that come together to make a VolksCruiser… Read More »
It’s been pointed out to me on many occasions that the whole concept of VolksCruisers puts some folks at a real disadvantage in the social context of cruising. Many have even suggested/demanded that I should come up with some, shall we say “cunning”, ways to make a VolksCruiser more socially acceptable. Seriously? I can only …
So, here’s a question… “What sort of VolksCruiser do you actually want?” Face it, everyone’s different with disparate needs and situations which means one’s VolkCruiser of choice may not be what others need or want. Which I suppose brings us to other questions we have to ask ourselves… “How are you going to use your …
