So this morning I noticed a Morgan 27 for sale for $1400 or best offer and a couple of things came to mind… First, that it was whole lot of boat for very little money and, secondly that it worked out to twenty cents a pound. Let me repeat that… $0.20 a pound! Truth be …
“Don’t knock it, it works” department.
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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 …
Well, actually, everyone’s trying to sell you something these days. It’s relentless. Every day when I open my mail there are about a hundred or more scam emails trying to sell me something and of the remaining “real” email fully 95% of that is someone trying to sell me something or other. You get used …
While there are lots and lots of good boat deals about, it would not be amiss to mention that the used market is a little nuts… Well, actually it’s just plain batshit crazy! So, here’s two nearly identical Columbia 26’s… One’s, apparently in better shape than the other but they are both in what I’d …
More on boat value or what the frell is a boat really worth anyway? Read More »
Our CAL 34 has a draft of 4′ 8″ or thereabouts and a lot of folks might actually think of that as being “shoal draft”… I don’t. Our last boat, Loose Moose 2, drew a kiss over one foot and the previous Loose Moose only drew one foot (as in 12 inches)… So, from where …
All this talk about money and budget, while needful, is just a way to focus your attention on why a VolksCruiser has to have certain qualities to do its job. Getting you where you want to go, keeping you safe, and being a comfortable home in the process while not costing more than you can …
So yeah, about that two pennies a mile maintenance/operating costs… Let’s say you’re a person of VolksCruiserish leaning and you want to sail around the world on a budget of, shall we say $750 a month of which $200 is set aside for maintenance/operating costs which, from my experience, is a reasonable amount providing you …
Something to aspire to in the budget department… Read More »
The joys of a full mailbox! Apparently the $500 a month cruising budget really gets folks all kind of excited…. So, here’s the thing whether you have a CAL 20, a Catalina 36, or insert whatever your VolksCruiser of choice happens to be, cruising on $500 a month in a sustainable fashion is going to …
Spelling out the important stuff and more about the $500-a-month cruising budget… Read More »
