Yachting Monthly has a nice article online about a single handed trans-Atlantic voyage aboard a a 27-foot Sadler that is well worth the read… Meanwhile, over on the HEO forum there’s an interesting thread about a crew of three crossing the Atlantic in a 25-foot Sangria. Under 30-feet works.
Volkscruiserish for sure! More information can be found here.
Sorry for the lag. I’ve been doing some boat projects, getting some new sails for “So It Goes”, buying boat plans, and wrestling with the whole VolksCruiser concept in a consumerist world that simply does not seem to understand the idea of simplicity or living within one’s means. So, with a new set of sailboat …
Dr House said something that anyone interested in buying a boat should adopt as their mantra… Everybody lies! Folks selling you a boat tend to lie. Folks who have something to gain in your buying a boat tend to lie. Even folks who are honest as the day is long tend to play fast and …
One reason I prefer cheap as they come boats part 1… Read More »
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 …
James Baldwin (of Atom voyages fame) takes a tour of Dawn Treader an Allied Seawind 30 and finds a lot of good ideas…
“Don’t knock it, it works” department.
You just might want to read.
I have a CAL 34… Admittedly, it’s not really a CAL 34 anymore having done countless changes, modifications, and implemented schemes (which seemed like a good idea at the time) that just may have the late Bill Lapworth spinning like a top. That said, if there is an afterlife I expect that Mr Lapworth is …
… You really need to read.
