a simple, effective, and versatile rig…
An excellent article about what just might be the closest thing to a perfect VolksCruiser rig…
if it was simple everybody would be doing it…
Here’s a simple boat. It’s a scow and it makes quite a bit of sense… Designed by Reuel Parker it’s a lot of bang for the buck and a very comfortable floating home… What’s not to like? Everything is simple, it’s easily put together, and as boats go, is not going to break the bank …
Keeping an eye out for derelict project boats…
I just noticed that over the last couple of days someone seems to sorting out an Endeavour 32 of a semi-derelict nature that was for sale at $500… As things go, the Endeavour is not a bad boat. Of course, a $500 boat comes with a certain amount of issues. Ya think? In this case …
A boat design worth studying…
Here’s a design worth taking a long serious look at… It’s Tad Robert’s 28-foot Future Cruiser. It also has everything someone actually needs to go wherever they want to in safety and comfort… Of course, not everyone wants to build their own boat but the layout and interior accommodation could be adapted to a great …
The needful stuff for a single guy…
The other day someone asked me about what sort of boat he should be looking for in the VolksCruiser mold for a single guy to cruise on for his retirement and then added that he thought he’d need at least a 50-footer. Yeah, that kind of threw me as well… Which brings up the question …
What $15 a day gets you…
The other day I was looking at a very nice CAL 28 for sale… Sure, it needed a bit of work but nothing $1000 and a few weeks of part-time work wouldn’t take care of. For the record, it was selling for $1500. I mention this because there are lots of similar boats just waiting …
About the “B” word…
I’ve noticed that, where boats are concerned, folks can be somewhat, shall we say, coy about their chosen budget… It’s problematic. I understand that in a world where it’s often more about what the boat costs rather than the boat, someone on a tight budget might feel disinclined to publicly admit he/she cannot afford what …
SCOW just may be the new black…
Speaking of scows… Dave Z has some thoughts on the subject and a friend in France seems to have a cunning plan!
Two scows to keep an eye on…
For those who don’t think a boat can be built quickly, you might want to check out the small cruising scow currently being built by Yann Quenet and his ongoing photo coverage of the process… Of course, for our purposes Yann’s SKROWL is too small for our VolksCruiser purpose but it would certainly scale up …
A quick need/want refresher…
Having a couple of boat related blogs that tend to fixate on the less expensive side of things, I get quite a lot of mail of the “how-can-I-have-the-stuff-I-want-for-not-a-lot-of-money” sort. I’m pretty sure my answers to those folks are almost always disappointing because the words ‘want’ and the phrase ‘not a lot of money’ seldom, if …