So, less than a week till we see whether the current ball of airborne excrement hits the rotating blades or not, Which, when you think about it, is not all that different than what we do every day during “H” season which is, mostly, just wait and hope. Just for the record the whole wait …
Dave Z with a lesson of note.
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 …
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 …
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 …
More on the film here.
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 …
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 …
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 …
