A good sharpie link…
For those of us on VolksCruiser budgets, it’s hard to argue with the fact that the best bang for the buck is going to be a sharpie… So here’s a great link to one in progress.
Sweet rides
A boat you should be aware of…
I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for the Westerly Centaur… For one, it has that sort of clunky everyman thing going for it which is kind of refreshing. It’s not sleek, has zero pretensions, and looks just like you’d expect a budget sailboat for the masses to look. Which is some kind …
A neat cat and a thought…
Kurt Hughes, a multihull designer I admire, had an interesting post on his blog about a couple building one of his 30-foot cruising cats… It’s a pretty cool cat in the minimalist vein and I like it. Fact is, I can’t imagine a better 30-foot cat for cruising in. That said, sadly, it’s not really …
A quick need/want refresher…
Having a couple of boat related blogs that tend to fixate on the less expensive side of things, I get quite a lot of mail of the “how-can-I-have-the-stuff-I-want-for-not-a-lot-of-money” sort. I’m pretty sure my answers to those folks are almost always disappointing because the words ‘want’ and the phrase ‘not a lot of money’ seldom, if …
On not striking while the iron is hot…
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 …