I get that a lot, the “everybody says” you need a bigger/more expensive/multihull/monohull/long keel/fin keel boat blues. As far as I’m concerned, all you really need to do is get a boat and whatever you get will, more or less, work out. I’ve also been told that saying this is dangerous, sailing is a serious …
Want to know something that may surprise you? I wish I had a smaller boat. Oh sure, to be honest I do, from time to time, want a bigger boat but mostly I want something smaller. The advantages of a bigger boat (being able to carry more stuff and have a bit more speed) quickly …
Back when we were sailing around on our Phil Bolger designed Loose Moose 2, it was not always easy… Having an unusual boat can be somewhat problematic on a bunch of levels. You tend to spend a lot of time answering (mostly idiotic) questions, you become an unwanted center of attention, and people say hurtful …
The whole VolksCruiser concept is, you might say, the polar opposite to what’s going on over at Attainable Adventure Cruising with their ongoing design riff of the Adventure 40… The Adventure 40 is an interesting concept but it is most certainly not the sort of thing we’re talking about with the VolkCruiser and, I expect, …
Since we’re speaking of sharpies I really have to mention Phil Bolgers Breakdown Schooner… It’s always been one of my favorite love/hate designs and, as such, deserves a bit of discussion. Of course, it has a lot working for it… Shoal draft, reasonable accommodation, a low sorta/kinda tabernacled rig that stows within the length of …
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 …
Back on the subject of a VolksCruiser… Of course, a cheap boat is going to have some issues but considering that for a lot of people it’s a choice between being able to go cruising or only dreaming of going, which are you going to do? It’s a simple choice…
