I mentioned this book by Keith Carver a couple of years ago but “Sailboat Cowboys Flipping Sail Post-Sandy: The Art of Buying, Repairing and Selling Storm-Damaged Sailboats” is still an excellent read on the subject of buying boats cheap, fixing them up, and selling them for a profit. As it happens I just read it …
I just read this and it has a whole lot of good common sense information that will save you some serious money. Need I say more?
The other day I came across a book that I hadn’t heard about of the cruising persuasion. In point of fact, this one… There’s a story told about what happened when Stanley Kubrick decided to make a horror film and started reading books of the horror genre. Apparently, according to his assistant, Kubrick would read …
A couple of days ago I saw there was a book on Kindle that looked like it might be interesting… This one in fact. At $2.99 it was something of a no-brainer so I downloaded a copy to my Kindle and read it in a couple of hours. It’s an easy enjoyable read and contains …
Fatty Goodlander has a new book out… I’ll let Fatty tell you more about it. Nuff said,
This weekend I bought a copy of “Get Real, Get Gone” and read it. It’s a good read, makes a whole lot of sense, and should be right at the top of anyone’s reading list who wants to sail off into the sunset on a small sustainable budget. Need I really say more?
Enough said…
I bought “Tiny Floating Homes” by Chris Troutner and read it over the weekend. It’s good. You should read it. Need I really say more?
Since we’re ramping up to T-Day and the world continues to continue to do a very good imitation of a rocket propelled turbo-charged wicker basket hurtling towards hell I’d just like to say this… It’s a great time to be a a member of the boatfolk tribe of modest means! Sure, things tend to be …
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 …
