Saturday, August 31, 2013

It's gotta be love...

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Back when we were sailing around on our Phil Bolger designed Loose Moose 2 , it was not always easy... Having an unusual boat can be somew...
Monday, August 26, 2013

If it ain't broke...

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I keep reading about folks who buy boats in pretty good condition and then spend thousands and thousands of dollars fixing and "improvi...
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

a simple, effective, and versatile rig...

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An excellent article about what just might be the closest thing to a perfect VolksCruiser rig...
Monday, August 12, 2013

if it was simple everybody would be doing it...

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Here's a simple boat . It's a scow and it makes quite a bit of sense... Designed by Reuel Parker it's a lot of bang for the ...
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!