an interesting catamaran…
A lot more interesting stuff on their website…
Slow going on the Endeavour front…
I’ve been waiting on a quote for a forty-foot section of mast extrusion for the Endeavour but, as expected the rigging company who happens to be the purveyor of said extrusion… Boy do I hate dealing with some marine businesses. It’s not that I can’t live with slow and inept but do admit to a …
A potential VolksCruiser project…
So, there’s this dismasted Endeavour 32 with a dead engine that’s sorta/kinda for sale here that would make a good candidate to turn into a VolksCruiser… It’s a Ted Irwin design which, before Endeavour bought the molds, was called the Irwin 32. All in all not a bad design. Of course, the problem with any …
Some needful reading…
Phil Bolger once told me when I asked him to design Loose Moose 2 that he was currently swamped with design work and, at best, it would take him at least a couple of years to find a hole in his schedule big enough to design it. He then added that, as I knew what …
a quick observation…
Boat design and boatbuilding are not exactly rocket science… Rocket Crash by sonicbomb And, just maybe, that is no bad thing. That said, it would be a very good thing to do your homework on the subject of boat design and the practicalities of putting a boat together before you embark on any major boatbuilding …
So, a quick note about boat plans…
Here’s something important to keep in mind… Boat plans are not a sacred text and you can change them as much as you like as long as you realize that if your changes/modifications/cunning plans result in a clusterfuck of a boat it’s all your fault. With me so far? Here’s something else you need to …
What’s coming up and something SHINY…
For starters there will be several more posts on the Laura Cove 28 as well as a couple other boats I’ll be comparing it to and, just maybe, something out in left field as far as VolksCruisers go. In the meantime I need to look at and do some research on an idea that seemed …
Stuff…
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. …
More on the Laura Cove thought process…
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 …
What I’m thinking about…
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 …