A voyage of note…
…on a 7.7 meter (25 foot) sailboat. Small works. More information about the voyage can be found here.
Sailboat design
a VolksCruiser…
All this talk about money and budget, while needful, is just a way to focus your attention on why a VolksCruiser has to have certain qualities to do its job. Getting you where you want to go, keeping you safe, and being a comfortable home in the process while not costing more than you can …
In which we pay homage to a big influence…
Maybe you’re old enough to remember this… Then again, maybe not. That said, it is worth watching if only to focus your mind on the importance of vehicle choice where budgetary concerns are an important part of the mix. The VW was all about being able to drive on a sustainably small budget… It didn’t …
An interesting boat…
Offhand I’m not really a fan of Catalinas… That said, there’s a Catalina 30 for sale here for not very much so I took a look at the sail plan and accommodation layout and it’s really not a bad boat. A rather nice boat actually… Being somewhat beamy (just a kiss under 11-foot) it has …
a possible project…
Way back when I first started talking to Phil Bolger about possibly building a Loose Moose 2 he sent me a couple of cartoons (his description of a quick sketch to illustrate a point)… One was his breakdown schooner… The other was a design he was playing with for the guy who’d built the first …
A boat project you may want to follow…
Annie Hill (yes that Annie Hill) is currently building a junk rig boat and documenting it, more or less, over on the Junk Rig Association forum.The most recent Junk Rig Association magazine also has a good article on the subject. Interesting stuff… Offhand, seems like a good time to join the Junk Rig Association.
Some needful reading…
Phil Bolger once told me when I asked him to design Loose Moose 2 that he was currently swamped with design work and, at best, it would take him at least a couple of years to find a hole in his schedule big enough to design it. He then added that, as I knew what …
a quick observation…
Boat design and boatbuilding are not exactly rocket science… Rocket Crash by sonicbomb And, just maybe, that is no bad thing. That said, it would be a very good thing to do your homework on the subject of boat design and the practicalities of putting a boat together before you embark on any major boatbuilding …
So, a quick note about boat plans…
Here’s something important to keep in mind… Boat plans are not a sacred text and you can change them as much as you like as long as you realize that if your changes/modifications/cunning plans result in a clusterfuck of a boat it’s all your fault. With me so far? Here’s something else you need to …
Stuff…
The hardest part of the whole VolksCruising gig is not about storms at sea, pirates, dealing with bureaucrats in exotic locales, or the problems presented by living on a minuscule budget… Nope, those things you can deal with. Problematic maybe, but the really big problem we all have to deal with is the stuff thang. …