Like a lot of folks I’ve been keeping a weather eye on the progress being made on the Skrowl 4.34… For instance, I know for a fact Dave Z has had something of a eureka moment when he came across the design and, I expect, it’s going to be an influence on future Trilo boats… …
Back when we were sailing around on our Phil Bolger designed Loose Moose 2, it was not always easy… Having an unusual boat can be somewhat problematic on a bunch of levels. You tend to spend a lot of time answering (mostly idiotic) questions, you become an unwanted center of attention, and people say hurtful …
Here’s a design worth taking a long serious look at… It’s Tad Robert’s 28-foot Future Cruiser. It also has everything someone actually needs to go wherever they want to in safety and comfort… Of course, not everyone wants to build their own boat but the layout and interior accommodation could be adapted to a great …
The other day someone asked me about what sort of boat he should be looking for in the VolksCruiser mold for a single guy to cruise on for his retirement and then added that he thought he’d need at least a 50-footer. Yeah, that kind of threw me as well… Which brings up the question …
For those who don’t think a boat can be built quickly, you might want to check out the small cruising scow currently being built by Yann Quenet and his ongoing photo coverage of the process… Of course, for our purposes Yann’s SKROWL is too small for our VolksCruiser purpose but it would certainly scale up …
Speaking of VolksCruisers in general, a reader recently pointed out a book and asked me for my opinion and it raised a bit of a question… What the hell exactly does affordable actually mean? “Twenty Affordable Sailboats to Take You Anywhere” by Gregg Nestor is not a bad book… Fact is, we seem to like …
Dudley Dix has some excellent thoughts regarding the whole why it’s smart to build your own boat… I’d call it a must read. That said, I still think the most logical choice for a VolkCruiser budget is to rehab something cheap/free in reasonable shape but I’d much prefer to build from the keel up if …
So, what about building your own VolksCruiser? The thing is, I really like building boats but I have to hesitate when it comes to recommending that someone build a boat these days on a VolksCruiser budget. The truth of the matter is, I’m not sure it can actually be done in the current economic climate. …
I almost bought a boat recently… Not, in fact, the project I have been hinting about but a boat that simply seemed like a real good deal. I figured I could fix it up as part of a book and DVD project then turn around and sell it for a small fair profit. Seemed like …
The successful VolksCruiser is not just about spending less for stuff. A lot of it has to do with thinking how sailboats work. That said, if you actually suss out how/why sailboats work and act on your findings. It’s a pretty safe bet that you’ll wind up saving money if you do. For instance, you’d …
