The other day a friend wrote me complaining that the boat project he was thinking of building was getting scary expensive and he used winches as an example. The winches spec’d out for his design, even with a deep discount added up to somewhere just shy of $7K. Quite an “ouch” factor for a small …
I’ve been working on a better mast raising/lowering system for “So It Goes” and rereading all my various go to boatish books for whisps of cunning plans for ideas. Have I mentioned of late what a great book Bruce Bingham’s “The Sailors Sketchbook” is? One thing I like about it is there are no “Buy …
A book that should be part of every VolksCruisers library… Read More »
“In these days of depleted bankrolls,’cheap’ yachts are a matter of importance to most of us”. – Howard Chapelle
A blog that you really should be following.
Charles Doane tells us something we already know (but it’s a good read)…
A reader of VolksCruiser just wrote to mention he picked up a CAL 27 for $300 and that it floats right side up… Lots and lots of deals out there. So, what are you waiting for?
While all boats need a good selection of tools, it’s a given that folks of the VolksCruiserish persuasion tend to be a bit more serious about their tools because they’ll be using them on a regular basis. You might say a good set of tools and half a clue about how to use them is …
A very cool outboard that has VolksCruiser written all over it.
I just started rereading “Cruising in Seraffyn” and I’m finding the rather stark contrasts with what passes for cruising today somewhat entertaining… Of course, times were different then and cruising had an element of a no-safety net enterprise. Just something to keep in mind next time someone you know throws a hissy-fit because their air …
Folks around boats tend to become obsessed with costly materials which they give near-magical properties to whether or not they deserve it. So yeah, let’s talk teak… Or to be more precise, why you don’t want to use teak. Truth be told, teak in my opinion, is a far cry from what I’d consider a …
