Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Keeping an eye out for derelict project boats...

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I just noticed that over the last couple of days someone seems to sorting out an Endeavour 32 of a semi-derelict nature that was for sale a...
Monday, July 15, 2013

A boat design worth studying...

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Here's a design worth taking a long serious look at... It's Tad Robert's 28-foot Future Cruiser . It also has everything ...
Sunday, July 14, 2013

The needful stuff for a single guy...

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The other day someone asked me about what sort of boat he should be looking for in the VolksCruiser mold for a single guy to cruise on for h...
Monday, July 1, 2013

What $15 a day gets you...

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The other day I was looking at a very nice CAL 28 for sale... Sure, it needed a bit of work but nothing $1000 and a few weeks of part-time...
Sunday, June 30, 2013

About the "B" word...

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I've noticed that, where boats are concerned, folks can be somewhat, shall we say, coy about their chosen budget... It's problemat...
Sunday, May 26, 2013

SCOW just may be the new black...

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Speaking of scows... Dave Z has some thoughts on the subject and a friend in France seems to have a cunning plan!
Friday, May 10, 2013

Two scows to keep an eye on...

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For those who don't think a boat can be built quickly, you might want to check out the small cruising scow currently being built by Yann...
Monday, April 15, 2013

A quick need/want refresher...

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Having a couple of boat related blogs that tend to fixate on the less expensive side of things, I get quite a lot of mail of the "how-c...
Sunday, April 7, 2013

Solving the cost per pound equation one step at a time...

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Most people don't realize it but it is really rather easy to make building or rehabbing a sailboat a whole lot more affordable... For ...
Monday, April 1, 2013

but, then again, with a cunning plan and a thick skin...

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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 ...