I know I’ve talked about the Bill Lapworth designed CAL 34 more than a time or two but it is the boat I happen to be sitting on while writing this. Back in 1969, when “So it Goes” was new, the boat sold for $15,950. or thereabouts. Today, a turnkey CAL 34 in good shape …
For some reason or other I found myself reading “Voyaging on a Small Income” by Annie Hill and realized that it’s still the best book out there on the subject. Sure it’s a kiss dated here and there but the bulk of the information contained within it’s covers is just as valid as it was …
Charles Doane (the Wave Train dude) has an excellent post of the VolksCruiser variety that you should really check out. Need I say more?
The Pat Patterson designed Heavenly Twins is just possibly the best bang for the buck of any catamaran ever built. With a street price these days of less than $20K there’s a lot to be said for an under 30-foot catamaran that sleeps six. At least a couple of this design have successfully circumnavigated and …
Yesterday I did a Craigslist search on some of my favorite VolksCruiser candidates one of which is the Bill Tripp designed Columbia 26 MK2. As it happens I found six of these boats for sale and all of them were selling for $3000 or less. The average price was just a kiss shy of …
The current issue of Blue Water Sailing (not a magazine I read on a regular basis) has an article on “New Cruising Boats” and it seems that the cheapest boat listed is about $175,000.00 or so. Which, I’ll admit, does seem in the cheap-seats when compared to the boats on the list over a million …
When a $175,000.00 boat is considered cheap-seats… Read More »
A couple of decades or so back while living in in St Thomas there was a really nice couple who’d bought a famous (it had featured in a movie with Bing Crosby) albeit semi-derelict Alden schooner sight unseen. At the time I was working at a local marine consignment store and the couple came in …
This is about the time of year I perk up and pay attention to the various and sundry pre-boatshow press releases as there are usually some interesting bits of information on where boat design is going. Take this new boat from Dufour… It’s the smallest boat in the Dufour line which in itself is interesting …
There’s a cooking channel that I really enjoy by Joshua Weissman and one his features are recipes where he does some established dish adding “But Better” or “But Cheaper” to the mix. It’s entertaining and I’ve yet to come across an episode of his that did not have me wanting to get in the kitchen …
I read recently how Keith Leitzke has returned from another cruise to nowhere in particular and it got me thinking about a few things… The first being how that Bill Lapworth’s CAL 20 is still a great minimal cruising design in spite of the fact that it was never really designed to be one. While …
regarding a very long voyage in a pretty small boat… Read More »
