Sailorama is a great YouTube channel of the unapologetic cruising on a budget ilk and if you’re leaning towards doing the VolkCruiser Fandango you should really be following them. Really. For example… and Lots of good stuff and content with the added advantage of a definite lack of the “Look at me we’re wonderful and …
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A couple of days ago I saw there was a book on Kindle that looked like it might be interesting… This one in fact. At $2.99 it was something of a no-brainer so I downloaded a copy to my Kindle and read it in a couple of hours. It’s an easy enjoyable read and contains …
Have you noticed how many YouTube channels there are about people downsizing, buying a boat, fixing it up, and sailing off into the paradise of Patreon fueled bliss? If not, you really should check them out because they are very educational for the most part. One of the things you’ll notice is there seem to …
I’d like to visit Alaska by boat… I’ve been to Alaska a few times to do climbs but my only experience with boats in Alaska involved ferries and a too brief day in a big skiff trying to pull the lips off salmon. I mention this because yesterday I came across a rather nice sounding …
Just what do you actually need? From where I sit, the Jeanneau Tonic pretty much has all of the bases covered… Admittedly the forward berth pictured doesn’t really exist and, I’m sure, that it’s only in the drawings because some clueless guy in a suit decided they couldn’t sell a boat with just one dedicated …
Someone recently asked me what a VolksCruiser should cost and I had to actually think about it for a while before an answer came to me… The whole premise of a VolksCruiser is that it’s affordable to a section of people totally ignored by the Powers That Be. Of course, that leaves us with the …
So, after giving the Columbia 26 a lot of thought, I’ve come up with a short list of things I’d do to make it just that little bit more VolksCruiserish… Interior DIY composting toilet Rebuild/replace the dinette with a Buehler inspired one Figure out a cunning plan to make the galley bettter (spelled add worktop …
A friend and I have been discussing an idea I have for rehabbing an old small classic plastic design and turning it into a VolksCruiser… The boat in question happens to be a Columbia 26. As it happens I’ve always liked the Columbia 26… Studying the current crop of the C26 for sale floating around, …
Dick Dorworth makes some good points… Truth is, I’m not real big on advice… Sure, I might point you to places you can read up up on stuff so you have the information you need to make an informed decision but I’m not really that guy who tells you to do shit. Well… mostly. The …
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There’s a Pearson 33 in not horrible shape on St Thomas going for $4000 and like most boats in the sub $5K bracket it will need some work. I’m guessing not a lot… Which is not to say you can’t turn a good deal on a boat into a bloody money pit because I see …
