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Nomadics 101…

Here’s a fun fact that occurred to me yesterday… Most carrots available for sale here in the USVI seem to come from Canada. Here’s another factoid you might want to consider… A lot of Caribbean islands buy groceries for resale in the USVI. Which is to say that, when shopping for a can of tomatoes, …

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Aw fuck…

I know how I feel but Chuck Wendig says it so much better than I can so you should read his take on this whole damn clusterfuck. For the future, as it stands, VolksCruiser is going to be mostly about lifeboats and getting gone. Deal with that however you care to.

an odd time for sure…

I’m having a lot of trouble keeping my mind on boat jobs I need to be doing. While I should be building a new dodger, sorting out needful spares for Yanmar, chasing down that mystery leak that’s driving me nuts but my mind always seems to be somewhere else… Like wondering how nearly 50% of …

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the same old drill…

As the wags are wont to say, “Shit happens”. Of course, sitting on a boat in the Caribbean during the middle of hurricane season one has to expect to have to run through the getting ready for a hurricane two-step. So it does go. So, we’re getting both boats ready for a possible storm, keeping …

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and in the excrement continues to engage rotating blades department…

So, yesterday was one of those days. Carriacou got up close and personal with a Cat 4/5 “H” ting with the expected result, a whale story that depressed me, and just when you think it can’t get any worse… Makes you want to sail away on a boat and chill. Affordability + Sustainabilty = VolksCruiser …

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