Back when I was building a catamaran in France just about everyone I knew (and many I did not) shared their opinions that catamarans were a death trap. Yachting Monthly, PBO, Sail, and Cruising World were all running articles and editorials telling me that cats were just not the sort of boat any sane person …
I’ll be honest and admit that I really hate being surprised, especially where boats are concerned. Maybe it’s that I grew up on horror films where surprises were always sort of horrific. On the other hand, it just might be most of my surprises have been of the negative sort so color me somewhat gun …
Yesterday, something came into focus on what made a good deal or a great deal on a sailboat. All the great deals I’ve seen lately are for sale because the boats had become unsustainable for their owners to continue owning. You might want to think on that for a bit…
Sure, I know that there’s a helluva lot of peer pressure to adhere to consumerist dogma but, just for a moment think about what you can afford rather than what you think others will opine on what you need to spend to be accepted. I see a lot of folks selling the idea that “price …
One problem most all cruisers at any budget level find is that their first year of cruising costs a lot more than they expect to spend. Sadly, I speak from experience and in our first year of full time cruising; we spent money like the proverbial drunken sailors on steroids. It doesn’t make it any …
Good Old Boat has an article on the subject of Boat Bucks and it got me thinking… I suspect that if you read VolksCruiser you’re on a tight budget or looking for ways to make cruising more affordable or maybe you’re just slumming. It occurred to me that the biggest problem of the VolksCruiser gig …
Budget is a funny thing. Then again, when you think about it money being an artificial construct is also somewhat strange. My issue has a lot to do with the words we use when discussing budgets and money. Words like affordable. We all understand what the word means, but we also know it has a …
There’s a cooking channel that I really enjoy by Joshua Weissman and one his features are recipes where he does some established dish adding “But Better” or “But Cheaper” to the mix. It’s entertaining and I’ve yet to come across an episode of his that did not have me wanting to get in the kitchen …
A YouTube channel I have a love/hate relationship with has a Bluetooth enabled toilet and I just can’t quite get my head around why one might actually need such a thing. As it happens, I do have some Bluetooth headphones which I purchased because I wanted to be able to listen to music while working …
I’ve gotten to the point that when someone writes me and says to check out a new YouTube channel I pretty much prepare for the worst. So, when a friend dropped me a line a while back and said I should really check out “Sailing Blowin’ in the Wind” I wasn’t exactly filled with enthusiasm. …
