I’ve got a bad case of bowsprit envy! While perusing the Craigslist I saw a fifty foot Bugeye going for $16.5K. Now, I’ll be the first to acknowledge that I can’t really afford to cruise on a fifty-foot vessel no matter how much it’s a work of art and sexy as hell. Adding in the …
Perusing the Hawaii Craigslist I noticed there seemed to be an abundance (four!) of one of my favorite boats the Bill Tripp designed Columbia 26 Mk 2. Which, as it happens, is the little sister of the Columbia 50. Very little sister Now, a lot of people think a 26-foot boat is far too small …
Here’s an interesting design I’ve long admired… The Clipper Marine 32 is a Bill Crealock design that I’ve always liked in spite of the fact that I most detest center cockpit designs. The shoal draft version only draws 3 foot six inches and it has an transom hung rudder that could easily be adapted to …
I saw a Kirie Elite for sale in Edmonds Washington state going for a silly price ($1.2K). I have something of a sweet spot for this particular design as I saw it at a Paris boat show and it just felt like it would be a great boat. It was quite roomy for its size, …
There’s a J-29 up in the frozen north that I’ve been thinking about quite a bit. For those unacquainted with the design it looks something like this… It, like most of it’s J-Boat brethren, is a boat designed and built to be competitive so you may be wondering why the hell am I looking at …
Here’s a boat I’ve always liked. It’s the Chris Craft Pawnee and it is a very cool little cruising boat. Sadly they only built them for a year so did not make a lot of the excellent Sparkman & Stephens design. As it happens there’s one for sale in Hawaii if anyone’s interested. Facebook Twitter …
One of my favorite CAL Lapworth designs is the CAL T2-27 one of the CAL 27 variations. I’ve written about the design before. Anyway, I mention this because there’s a T2 for sale that I’ve been keeping my eye on and the price just went from 1.5K to $1000. Well worth a look if you …
Way back when I was living on a peniche just outside of Paris, I seriously considered building George Buehler’s Hager design. I still think it would have been a great boat to cruise with. With a 28-foot LOD it’s a small boat of the Pardey mindset but shippy as all hell and more than able …
