I came across this rig a while back and it seems to make all kinds of sense… Better yet, it’s an affordable and home-buildable rig. What’s more, I’d really, really like to build and try it out. Reuel Parker has more to say about the rig and the boat over at WoodenBoat (it’s well …
OK, I’ll admit it. I’ve been reading that toxic cesspool of a forum regarding the aftermath of the loss of Rebel Heart. It’s depressing reading but has the attraction of a slow motion train wreck combined with a witch hunt and OMO forgive me but it is entertaining in a sick and twisted way… A …
Here’s something of a conundrum… You live on a rock with a finite number of resources and there’s plenty of proof that a lot of important resources are either running out or will become too expensive to use in the not too distant future. What do you do? A. Bugger all and continue as normal. …
I see a lot of boats for sale… Hardly surprising because in a bad economy/faux recovery world there are simply a lot of folks who can’t afford to have a boat. So, as a result, a lot of them are selling them for pennies on the dollar. For us, dear reader, this is no bad …
I’ve just been catching up on Tad Robert’s blog and he had something really important to say about speed…
OK, I’ll admit stuff costs too much… Just the other day someone mentioned to me he was going to forego a self-steering gear because he’d have to pay in excess of $5000 to get a good one and if he could not have “the best” he’d simply make do with a used underpowered, prone to …
Once, a long time ago, I was a poor starving college student and found myself living on a CAL 20… Fact is, living on a CAL 20 was not such a bad thing and with a little creativity/zen was actually quite comfortable. Made better because the CAL 20 is a very capable boat and could …
There are two non-boaty books I think everyone engaged in sailing/cruising should read… Especially for those considering jumping into the craziness that is VolksCruising. One “How To Keep Your Volkswagen Alive” you already know about. The other one is “Just Ride”… It’s sorta/kinda about bikes and bike riding but to be truthful it’s more about …
Another book that’s not about sailing but all about sailing… Read More »
Have you noticed that Sail Magazine is now doing a rally so folks coming down the ICW won’t be so lonely? I suspect, that most folks of a VolksCruising bent, are not the sort who sign up and pay big bucks to do rallies. Well… Maybe if we had a stealth/flash-mob rally? Nah, there’s no …
We seem to live in a world of absolutes these days and, just between you and me, it drives me batshit crazy. Take two words that come up a lot where sailing and cruising are concerned… Easy Hard Now, in the world I grew up in those were just two words on a scale but …
