Why I find myself asking … “How would James Baldwin refit this boat?” Atom Voyages has always been the gold standard for refit videos. If you have an issue of what to do with your classic plastic project there’s a 99% chance that Atom Voyages has the answer. Nuff said.
All too often I keep hearing folks refer to their boats as being “tiny”. Especially when it’s used in a way to impress. I just can’t see any bragging rights if you’re sailing a 32-foot boat with 11,800.00 pounds of displacement you’re not on a “tiny” boat. So, what is a “tiny” boat? Maybe Yann …
I recently had a conversation with someone wanting to get into cruising and it seemed that his main goal had a lot to do with achieving a certain level of independence. Sound familiar? For me, the best way to achieve a reasonable amount of independence is to simplify and live within one’s means. Which, I’ll …
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Every morning at just about 9:00 a.m., a daysail trimaran slips past our stern taking tourists off to Buck Island. I mention this because most of the days I really envy their quiet outboard as they whisper past. Yeah, I suffer from outboard envy. Outboards make all kinds of sense for sailboats and I often …
Every once in a while I find myself somewhat dumbfounded on just how bad some of the Islander 36 build and design happen to be. Far too often I find myself doing the “What the hell were they thinking of?” two-step mantra and it’s just sorta/kinda crazy making. Of course, the truth is that the …
One of the reasons we bought our Islander 36 was because it ticked the same needs as the Dufour 35. For comparison here’s the islander 36… As far as the numbers go they’re very similar and if you want to check them out you can find them here for the Dufour and Islander at Sailboat …
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 …
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