The hardest part of the whole VolksCruising gig is not about storms at sea, pirates, dealing with bureaucrats in exotic locales, or the problems presented by living on a minuscule budget… Nope, those things you can deal with. Problematic maybe, but the really big problem we all have to deal with is the stuff thang. …
So, we we’re still talking about the Laura Cove 28… What’s to like? It’s got a very roomy interior and a lot of storage area for its size. It would be both simple and quick to build. It would not cost an arm and a leg in the process. The lug rig is simple, powerful …
One problem with sailboats used for cruising is they’re all pretty much designed for weekend and vacation use rather than serious cruising. Which, when you think of it, makes all kinds of sense because that’s how 95% of people who buy boats will use them. Of course, for the 5% that are going to use …
Geared towards tiny house folk the post “Building Your Nest Egg” makes all kinds of sense for VolksCruiser and wannabe VolksCruisers. Dave Z, over on Triloboats, covers the same ground on the boat side. You’re still here?
I’ll repeat that. There is no one right boat. I mention this because, on a pretty regular basis, people tend to ask me which boat is the right one for them and they always seemed a bit disgruntled when I tell them that pretty much anything that floats right side up that they can afford …
Yesterday, Dmitri Orlov (whose blog and books you really should be reading) asked for some help in replacing the engine in his boat. It got me thinking… There are many ways to raise the needful cash to get a boat and go cruising other than the standard one of being born to a well-off family …
Tad Roberts has a new design in the works which, I expect, I’ll be telling you a lot more about in the next week or so, but for the moment, I’d just like to point out something important about it and boats in general… Speed: 6.5 knots with 15HP outboard, 9 knots with 40HP A …
Here’s a point that seems to have escaped a few readers comprehension… the VolksCruiser thing is not really about cheap. The idea is not about getting a “cheap” boat and go sailing off into the sunset/sunrise but to point out that it is possible to sail a good boat anywhere you care to go in …
Here’s a great description of the VolksCruiser ethos in a nutshell. Sure, it’s talking about riding across the country on a bicycle but, for all practical purposes, sailing/cruising and cycling/touring are the same sort of thing…
A very long time ago, a good friend had an Iroquois catamaran and used to rave about what a great boat it was…Yesterday, looking at current Iroquois cats for sale, I have to admit he was right with an additional insight that they’ve also held up extremely well. Not a big cat at 30 feet …
