Sweet rides

a boat I quite fancy…

A Carl Sagan book everyone should read, a bit of milk history, and in the “Hitler had tariffs” department… I’ve always wanted to own a bilge keel cruising boat. Partly because of the shoal draft and drying out upright. Mostly though, I just wanted to see what they were like. As it happens, there’s a …

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an awesome VolksCruiser…

EBM saying what needs to be said, a depressing situation, and in the “Your elected reps at work” department… Over the last decade or so, the HIP choice for cruising boats are the Amel or just about anything with two hulls. This popularity has a lot more to do with so-called Influencers than it does …

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and junk rig too…

EBM with a catch that gives me some hope, this pissed me off, and something about those folks without spines… Speaking of the Hensaval scow, Eric is also working on a junk rig version. Kind of cool, that.

a pretty Dana just sailed in…

An explanation of sorts, the continuing war on science, and ICE in the Caribbean… This morning when I did my daily look around the anchorage, I saw a very pretty Dana coming in. You know, the Crealock-designed pocket cruiser from Pacific Seacraft. Obviously, what constitutes ‘pretty’ depends a lot on one’s personal perspective. Hell, some …

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a DIY sailboat project of the right sort…

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.

Worth checking out…

I noticed this morning that there’s a junk rig Virgo Voyager for sale on the JRA forum. I’ve always liked the Virgo Voyager as it’s a lot of boat shoehorned into a 23′ envelope. Even better is its shoal draft with bilge keels and it is one of the few production boats available with a …

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