a whole lot of miles…
Not a milk-run voyage at all for a 50-year old Dufour 35. The voyage track is also well worth checking out…
Good Stuff
A new addition to the deck gear…
Have you noticed that it’s almost impossible to find a new manual anchor windlass? Or, if you do it’s more expensive than a powered one? When you do find a good manual windlass the cost is often right at the cost of a brand spanking new electric windlass. Is that nuts or what? The Islander …
a frugal alternative…
I’ve been mulling over various solutions to mount our chart-plotter in such a way that it could live in the boat but allow for it to hinge into the companionway to allow it to be seen from the cockpit. Hardly rocket science but it does exercise the mind into coming up with a workable solution. …
a very cool boat…
Just after I got up this morning and cleaned off the reindeer turds from the coach-roof, I saw that Voile & Moteur had a write up for a design that resonated with me big time. Since buying a fixer-upper Islander 36, I’ve had this somewhat hazy idea of how I wanted to adapt the design …
Some might call it progress…
A trend of note.
a quick note…
There’s a video series of a VolksCruiser vibe from Dave Z and Anke (Yep, those Trilo boat folk) you really should be watching. You’re still here?
a film I’m looking forward to…
A 50-year old Wharram, a wonky boom, and three women on a mission. They had me at 50-year old Wharram. There’s more info on their website and Kickstarter page.
a great conversion…
As always, Atom Voyager takes an outboard conversion to what I can only term as ‘High Art’. Seriously, this is the way to do it.
a survey worth checking out…
Jimmy Cornell has recently done an update of his 1979 cruising survey and it’s quite interesting. Luckily, PBO has Jimmy Cornell’s article about the survey. You’re still here?
Well worth reading…
The new Latitude 38 is out and it’s a pretty good issue. There’s great article on anchoring physics that just may have changed how I anchor in the future and it even explained the origin of the word “nylon”. Seriously, it doesn’t get better than that and Cruising World really could take a lesson.