The most asked question to this blog is… What’s the perfect/best VolksCruiser? So, here’s the answer… It doesn’t exist and it never will. Sadly, words like “perfect” and “best” are more a selling point rather than a real thing and if you’re going to be doing the VolksCruiser thing successfully, you’ll have to lose the …
The other day while I was shopping for groceries, a much talked about and often recommended book came to mind… The reason for such an event was my standing in front of the cabbages looking at the $1.19 a pound price. Seriously, $1.19 a pound for cabbage is frelling nuts! Hence my thoughts of “Sailing …
Here’s a couple of designs worth thinking about… When we were living in France, I seriously considered building a Maurice Griffiths Waterwitch but balked at the idea because, at 30 feet, it seemed too big. Obviously, a mistake on my part… But not a bad design for those looking for a VolksCruiserish shoal draft boat.
So, let’s say the guy selling the skipjack were to lower the price by 33% which would make it a whole lot more attractive… Obviously a cheap boat has issues and needs stuff fixed, replaced, and upgraded and that costs money and that can get seriously nuts. For instance, it’s a given that the sails …
Jim Michalak is a designer who took Phil Bolger’s “Instant Boats” to heart and for years has been churning out various designs in the genre. Lots have been built and those using them have been happy. He’s also written a book “Boatbuilding for Beginners” on building boats of the mainly “Instant” variety which would be …
I went shopping the other day and with just about everything I popped in my basket I felt a certain “I’m-sure-the-price-on-this-has-gone-up” twinge. It’s getting a lot more expensive these days and if canned tuna goes up you have to know that so are boats and boat related products. Seriously, have you looked at what good …
Recently, over at the WoodenBoat forum there was some discussion of a newish George Buehler design… On the whole, I don’t like forums as they bring out a certain insecure my-dicks-bigger-than-yours mean spirited vibe that I find depressing to the max. The reason I mention this is if you want to do the VolksCruiser thing …
Obviously little boats are something of a mainstay in the VolksCruiser sailing away on a small budget world. “Little boats have little problems” and all that… The truth is a single person or a couple can live quite comfortably and voyage successfully in an incredibly small boat… But, what about a family? All of a …
TransPac CAL 20 Black Feathers I’ve always been a big fan of the Bill Lapworth CAL 20 design and since I linked to another of my favorite designs, the Muscadet, the other day it occurred to me how similar the two boats were… Muscadet LOA: 21.26′ / 6.48mLWL: 18.37′ / 5.60mBEAM: 7.41′ / 2.26mDRAFT: 2.46′ …
Here’s a great post on Philipe Harlé’s Muscadet by 1001Boats that you might want to peruse…
