To answer an oft asked question about why I don’t do more detailed critiques of boats. I try not to be a critical kind of guy… Given the opportunity I’m much happier to point out something interesting in a boat rather than nitpick its design flaws, issues, or failings. That said, I have been known …
WoodenBoat has an excellent article online by Reuel Parker (of The New Cold-Molding Boatbuilding fame) about an interesting way to build a mast… Really a must read.
There has been something of a spike in dinghy and outboard thefts in the BVI of late… The thing is, there always seems to be a spike of dinghy and outboard theft at any given moment somewhere in the Caribbean so it deserves a certain amount of thought. Outboards are expensive these days, times are …
Mongo dismasted in Hawaii… Sailing Anarchy has the story.
I often wonder what sort of sound a vampire makes when you drive that wooden stake through his or her heart… I expect it is not too unlike the shrill screams of consumerist junkie rage I’ve been hearing lately when I suggest that you don’t have to spend more than $100K for a boat to …
A while back we were talking about the cost of boats and boat building and how it could be best expressed in terms of cost per pound/displacement… So, the other day I came across a Pearson 303 selling for $5000. The boat is not in bad shape, has new sails, and like all boats it …
Mongo averaged something like 125 miles a day on it’s 20-day engineless passage from California to Hilo Hawaii… More about it here.
“The more you know, the less you need.” -Yvon Chouinard Is it just me or does that quote pretty much give away the secret of successful VolksCruising?
I’m pretty sure what appeals to a lot of people in the whole sailing off into the sunset scenario has a lot to do with, depending on your social perspective, either freedom or escape. What was it Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster had to say on the subject of freedom? “Freedom’s just another word for …
I find it interesting that in the sailing world so much emphasis is devoted to having the best of the best and how little emphasis there is the the process of learning how to use it… So, just why is sailing education so unpopular here in the states? People take classes to learn to ski …
