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 …
Face it, the hardest part of doing the VolksCruiser thing is really about focus. It’s easy to get distracted. Pick up any sailing magazine, visit a cruising forum, or dock walk just about any marina and you’ll be inundated with a staggering amount of pressure to conform and purchase shiny things you don’t really need …
Some folks suggest that you have to have a dinghy like this with a 15hp motor… Sam Devlin tells you how to build a VolksCruiserish alternative with a couple of sheets of plywood and some epoxy.
Have you ever had one of those days? Maybe I should back up a little… For a while now I’ve felt that Boat Bits, VolksCruiser, Island Gourmand, and Fishing Under Sail could use a little work and a few tweaks in direction. The problem is it’s really hard to do a makeover while trying to …
