A new YouTube channel you might want to check out…
A family of six on an engineless Ericson 28. Most certainly a channel I’ll be following.
Things that work
Sure you can…
The other day someone told me it was impossible to cruise comfortably on a boat less than 30 feet or less. Well, all I can say is, I’m sure it might be impossible for him but not for me. For instance, we lived and cruised full time on our first Loose Moose 25’6″ with a …
in the “relative cost of burgers” department…
The other day someone pointed me to a couple of Craig’s List self-steering gears to illustrate the argument that it was impossible to sort out a cruising boat on a frugal budget. One of the gears was a Hydrovane for $4K and the other was a Monitor for $3.8K… Which, I suppose, means that if …
Some needful listening…
Jim Brown talking about SeaSteading 101. You still here?
and in the…
“Don’t knock it, it works” department.
Some impressive sailing chops…
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a simple, elegant, and cheap solution…
Far too often we throw silly money at a problem when there’s a simple and cheap solution just waiting to be found.
on the $1200 stainless steel pulpit thang…
The other day I was watching the “Maritime Lemonade Stand” which is a video series of a guy who plans to sail around the world and support himself selling lemonade… It’s entertaining. Seriously, the guy is funny and brings a whole new take to the dynamic and, as such, it’s well worth watching. It’s also …
Simple…
Not too very long ago, someone wrote in to tell me that my thoughts on boats concerning the whole idea of a VolkCruiser mindset were simple and I’m pretty sure he did not mean it in a positive sense. It got me thinking… … About how when I was in school taking design classes that …
a tale of two anchors and a bit of critical thinking…
One problem with buying into the out-of-control-consumerism gig is that the first thing to go is anything that passes for critical thinking. Or, in other words, you quit thinking… For instance, here are two anchors… The Bruce (or clone thereof) And what seems to be the current nextgen flavor of the month… They’re actually both …
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