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 …
The first thing that came across my desk, so to speak, today was someone selling an elderly Oceanic 30 cat for $45K. It got me thinking… The fact is the Oceanic was never much of a boat and thirty years ago you could pick one up for pennies on the dollar say $10-15K because no …
Time’s a funny thing… Way back when, I woke up one morning knowing I wanted to move on to a boat…Funny how shit like that happens. The thing is, at the time, living on a boat and cruising was in no way a popular or hip thing to do. In fact, if you were doing …
The big problem on my boat is guitar stowage… I mention this because everybody I know has a stowage problem with some non-marine stuff whether it be guitars, books, art supplies, stuffed animals, or other non-boat specific stuff that you really need around to make your boat… Home Of course, a lot of folks …
OK, I think I’ve made my point that you cannot build a boat with a VolksCruiser budget if you play the game the way everybody tells you it has to be played. So, you have a choice, you can either play by the rules or go rogue, step outside the accepted norms of sailboat fashion, …
but, then again, with a cunning plan and a thick skin… Read More »
