Most everyone wants a bigger boat… Well, in a sorta/kinda way. Face it, we all like lots of room to spread out in, gobs of storage space, and the extra speed a longer waterline gives us. That said, when it comes to paying for a night in a marina, a haul out, or the extra …
The fact of the matter is not everyone needs to cross oceans in which case this sort of VolksCruiserish design makes all kinds of sense… Seriously, a boat like this could take you from Nova Scotia all the way down to the Caribbean (or if you’re of the West coast tribe, Alaska to Central America)… …
a great VolksCruiserish design of the coastal variety… Read More »
I’ll go out on a limb here and guess that one of the reasons you’re reading this post is because you want to spend less rather than more… Am I right? While the obvious answer “Just spend less” to the question of “How do I spend less on boat stuff?” is correct, for some reason …
There’s an excellent article in the new Latitude 38 (the best free sailing magazine around) about emergency rudders on the cheap. You should really give it a read… Really.
This is just neat… A Garmin GPS chartplotter and fishfinder for $299. While being told I’m a Luddite all the time I can still see the value of good quality cheap electronic aids to navigation because they make the whole VoksCruising gig easier, safer, and more affordable. Sure you can pay a lot more for …
and in “the best of times the worst of times” department… Read More »
Just what do you actually need? From where I sit, the Jeanneau Tonic pretty much has all of the bases covered… Admittedly the forward berth pictured doesn’t really exist and, I’m sure, that it’s only in the drawings because some clueless guy in a suit decided they couldn’t sell a boat with just one dedicated …
One problem with buying into the out-of-control-consumerism gig is that the first thing to go is anything that passes for critical thinking. Or, in other words, you quit thinking… For instance, here are two anchors… The Bruce (or clone thereof) And what seems to be the current nextgen flavor of the month… They’re actually both …
a tale of two anchors and a bit of critical thinking… Read More »
Two things came across my desk today and they both had an unusual amount of resonance…One was today’s blog post by my favorite Druid on progress and, the other, was an email from Mariah of Comet Camper fame on why a 5/10/15 year plan may not be the smart way to go. This morning,s input …
Since I began writing Boat Bits and VolksCruiser I’ve gotten a lot of mail on the question of whether it’s possible to build or buy a boat and cruise cheaply… The problem is the answer is complicated and has a lot more to do with the person asking the question than it actually does about …
The first thing that came across my desk, so to speak, today was someone selling an elderly Oceanic 30 cat for $45K. It got me thinking… The fact is the Oceanic was never much of a boat and thirty years ago you could pick one up for pennies on the dollar say $10-15K because no …
