VolksCruiser

Truth be told, there's not a lot of difference between most of the classic plastic designs and when you look at a CAL 34, Columbia 34, o...

It's come to my attention that there are several CAL 34s going cheap (as in less than $3K). This got me thinking about how I'd go ab...

So there's this guy who wants to buy a (new to him) boat to sail off into the sunset. As it happens, he also has a YouTube channel that ...

 As always, Atom Voyager takes an outboard conversion to what I can only term as 'High Art'. Seriously, this is the way to do it.

I'm sure if you're considering getting a boat and going cruising on a budget you'll be getting a shit load of push-back from jus...

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 s...

For about a year or so I've been rowing by this Maria vintage hurricane catamaran and wondering how I'd go about sorting out it'...

There's an interesting forum thread on the current asking price of a Pearson 367 on the Junk Rig association forum you might want to ch...

A Cape Dory 27 gets the AtomVoyager treatment. Like all of his refits I'll be taking notes...

Refitting an old boat on a budget, while possible, is no easy task. It's also a lot of work and in our current world real work is not so...

There's a really good post over on Sailing Anarchy dealing with sorting out an Alajuela 38 for voyaging that makes all kinds of sense w...

PBO (AKA Practical Boat Owner) has been a great resource for me since I first started reading the magazine in 1980. While, these days, I fee...

I’m obsessive in monitoring the used boat market, especially where inexpensive VolksCruiserish candidates are concerned. I find the used mar...

I'm pretty sure that all of us have a quick list of things desired in a VolksCruiser and mine runs something like this... Somewhere betw...

I get a lot of email pointing out that, as far as some are concerned, a good cheap boat is nearly impossible to find. So, let's look at ...

 

When I lived in Paris the Super Arlequin was a sailboat that caught my interest so this web series looks like it might be interesting. For t...

 An Albin Ballad project worth checking out...

Tool Guyd had a post on a very interesting tool chest the other day... Now, I'll admit to admiring the art involved in the design and b...

Yesterday’s post generated quite a few questions, with the largest number being why was I limiting my search to boats selling for $5000 doll...