what I’m currently looking at…
I’ve never been much of a fan of cruising to a schedule and planning long voyages just makes my head hurt. Yeah, I’m looking at you Jimmy Cornell. Trying to make sense of getting to where I want to go from where I happen to be at the moment can be problematic (at best). Throw …
something that gets up my nose…
All too often I keep hearing folks refer to their boats as being “tiny”. Especially when it’s used in a way to impress. I just can’t see any bragging rights if you’re sailing a 32-foot boat with 11,800.00 pounds of displacement you’re not on a “tiny” boat. So, what is a “tiny” boat? Maybe Yann …
what’s currently on my shopping list…
Sometimes you just have to buy something for the boat and at the moment, I really should get a hand-bearing compass. Now my first and usual reaction is to find a cruiser flea flea market and find one for around $10 bucks or so but the problem these days, is you don’t see a lot …
an odd time for sure…
I’m having a lot of trouble keeping my mind on boat jobs I need to be doing. While I should be building a new dodger, sorting out needful spares for Yanmar, chasing down that mystery leak that’s driving me nuts but my mind always seems to be somewhere else… Like wondering how nearly 50% of …
time for another purge…
I’m currently reading a book about a cruise where the writer is constantly complaining about the cost of gear and the fact that his boat just does not have enough room to stow more stuff. of course the next paragraph always seems to be him buying yet another bit of expensive gear and the hassle …
need/want…
I recently had someone point out that (not for the first time) a VolksCruiser t-shirt would go a long way towards supporting the blog and that everyone is doing “merch” these days. As it happens, I was actually considering doing a t-shirt for a cruising oriented film as an ongoing promotion element. Of course, being …
everybody knows…
This is nowhere. Face it, we all have our passions and some lucky people (or so I’ve been told) get to share their passions with with a large group of like-minded folks. Then again, some of have passions that are, due to a general lack of interest, more along the lines of a private passion. …