a good read…
Peter from WindPilot has an excellent post on pocket cruisers and self-steering that you might want to check out.
A different rig for the Ranger 26
The world falling apart has put the Ranger 26 into VolksCruiser on the back burner for a bit. But, in the meantime, I’ll tease you with a possible variation of how the finished boat might wind up as… …a junk. More. hopefully, soon come. Stay safe.
A guest post from Dave Zeiger on a VolksCruising TriloBoat…
A VolksCruising, Blue Water TriloBoatBy Dave Zeiger at triloboats.blogspot.com Full disclosure… Anke and my blue water experience is entirely vicarious. I do not recommend a TriloBoat to venture far offshore as I lack blue-water performance data. I can confidently say a TriloBoat hull wouldn’t be the worst choice. A good design, built robustly and competently …
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a VolksCruiser shortlist of sorts…
So, the other day, a reader of this blog dropped me a line asking… “What do you think the best VolksCruiser design to build is?” Which, sorta/kinda, stopped me in my tracks. First of all, I don’t really truck all that well with the concept of “best” where boats are concerned. It’s a fool’s game …
Ranger 26: First cockpit projects…
So here’s a sketch from Michael (you know the Proa guy) to give you an idea what the first few projects entail… The first order of business is to downsize the companion way and reduce some of the cockpit’s floodable volume. As you can see, we’re talking super simple as it’s just filling up a …
Ranger 26: Breaking down the problems and needful things 2…
One of the reasons I like the Ranger 26 is that it’s a very sensible design and not a whole lot needs to be fixed or improved. The open transom outboard motor arrangement is simple and works, the layout in the cockpit is comfortable, and the rig is non-problematic. That said, it could use a …
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Ranger 26: Breaking down the problems and needful things..
Some interior musings. When looking at the Ranger 26 a few things cry out for attention. Most notably the galley, or should we say the lack of a galley, situation. Everybody needs to eat and anyone living on a frugal cruising budget is going to be cooking most all of their meals aboard so it …
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A couple of quick thoughts before we look deeper into that Ranger 26…
I’m pretty sure most everyone reading this realizes we live in a consumerist society. Fewer of those reading think that consumerism is out of control and a big problem for folks on a finite planet’s ecosystem. Everyone still seems to want that new-better-than-the-last-one iPhone. The other day I found myself being served in a Kmart …
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An interesting boat project…
So, a reader wrote me yesterday wishing happy holidaze, asking when I’d get around to some new posts of the VolksCruiser variety, and wanted my opinion of a boat (Ranger 26) he was considering. As it happens, there are actually four different 26’s Ranger built over the years designed by Gary Mull (who designed two), …
A book you might want to check out…
I just read this and it has a whole lot of good common sense information that will save you some serious money. Need I say more?