A few readers have written asking about what I think makes a boat a VolksCruiser which, I’ll admit, is bit hard to answer in one quick sentence. Part of it is, of course, affordability. Talking about what’s affordable all depends on who you’re talking to. I know someone who thinks his $500K cat is a …
A lot of readers of Boat Bits/VolksCruiser, as well as the guy who writes it, have an urge to build a boat from the keel up. More than an urge really it’s somewhere between affliction and an addiction… “Hi, my name’s Bob and I’m a boatbuilder…” The thing is, there are …
As everyone knows (I do go on don’t I), I want to build a shoal draft modern scow of the VolksCruiser sort of easily built, adaptable, and affordable to folks of the blue collar sort… You know the sort of people who actually work for a living! The sort of thing that rich yachty type …
Speaking of questions… How is it that a car built in the 40’s is more fuel efficient than modern high-tech production cars? As it happens, I’ve always been a huge fan of Citroens (I learned to drive on a DS) but reading about the 2CV got me thinking about how there’s a real parallel between …
I’ve been getting a lot of mail on the subject of VolksCruisers and, it would appear a lot of folks don’t quite get the fact that the volkcruiser concept is not simply about cheap boats… You might say it is more a sustainable and affordable thing rather than just cost which is not at all …
Tad Roberts kicking some serious ass… You can read more about it here!
Remember I talked to Tad Roberts recently and how he’s working on a new series of frugal Future Cruisers in 28 – 54 foot… The 28-foot Future Cruiser is everything a couple needs but, I expect, most folks would be more interested in the 34 or 38 foot versions. Personally I expect the 38 footer …
While it makes all kinds of sense to find a used boat and rehab it, for some of us it also makes a lot of sense to build a boat from the keel up… In my case, the most important factor revolves around draft because there are simply bugger all used boats with real shoal …
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…
Several readers apparently want to know what I’d consider a VolksCruiser and the best I can seem to come up with is it all depends… Obviously, it has to be affordable and by affordable we do not mean affordable by someone with a trust fund or a Swiss bank account so let’s just say something …
