Logic is a funny thing… Especially when it’s connected with boats. For instance, a friend recently wrote about changing a gaff cat rigged boat into a junk schooner. His reasons for such a conversion were listed as the single sail was too big to be easily handled, possibly better balance of the schooner rig, and …
I recently was looking at dinghy designs and this designers blurb caught my eye because he called his boat the anti-RIB. I like this guy! The boat in question is called “OONAGH” and here’s something from the study plans… “In traditional boating circles, it is a long cherished tradition to rail against inflatables, and there …
How, apparently, I’m not alone in my feeling towards RIBs… Read More »
Over at Simply Sailing Online there’s a post that makes a lot of sense… You really should read it if you have not already. I mention it because there are a lot of people who think that having stuff is what makes them safe. As opposed to something, shall we say, as mundane of being …
I take stuff for granted and, I suspect, so do you. Which can be problematic if you happen to live in interesting times… For instance, just a few years back the simple act of hauling your boat for a week or so to do some work and bottom paint was simple. All you had to …
The most asked question to this blog is… What’s the perfect/best VolksCruiser? So, here’s the answer… It doesn’t exist and it never will. Sadly, words like “perfect” and “best” are more a selling point rather than a real thing and if you’re going to be doing the VolksCruiser thing successfully, you’ll have to lose the …
The other day while I was shopping for groceries, a much talked about and often recommended book came to mind… The reason for such an event was my standing in front of the cabbages looking at the $1.19 a pound price. Seriously, $1.19 a pound for cabbage is frelling nuts! Hence my thoughts of “Sailing …
Here’s a couple of designs worth thinking about… When we were living in France, I seriously considered building a Maurice Griffiths Waterwitch but balked at the idea because, at 30 feet, it seemed too big. Obviously, a mistake on my part… But not a bad design for those looking for a VolksCruiserish shoal draft boat. …
So, let’s say the guy selling the skipjack were to lower the price by 33% which would make it a whole lot more attractive… Obviously a cheap boat has issues and needs stuff fixed, replaced, and upgraded and that costs money and that can get seriously nuts. For instance, it’s a given that the sails …
There’s a beat up fixer-upper for sale down here that I’ve had my eye on for a while… a Kenner Skipjack to be precise. As boats go, it is something of an odd duck… Of course, half the reason for my interest is the word “skipjack” which is a hull form that makes all kinds …
The other day I heard that a boat I knew who anchored not far from us in St Martin was in the South Pacific… I mention this because the boat in question was a Belgian canal barge drawing a couple of feet converted into a sailboat/art studio/gallery so hardly what comes to mind when folks …
