Monday, June 22, 2015

What I'm thinking about...

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One problem with sailboats used for cruising is they're all pretty much designed for weekend and vacation use rather than serious cruisi...
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

A couple of links you'll want to check out...

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Geared towards tiny house folk the post "Building Your Nest Egg" makes all kinds of sense for VolksCruiser and wannabe VolksCruis...
Saturday, June 13, 2015

There is no one right boat...

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I'll repeat that. There is no one right boat. I mention this because, on a pretty regular basis, people tend to ask me which boat is...
Saturday, June 6, 2015

Creative finance...

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Yesterday, Dmitri Orlov (whose blog and books you really should be reading) asked for some help in replacing the engine in his boat. It go...
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

A quick thought about a couple of extra knots...

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Tad Roberts has a new design in the works which, I expect, I'll be telling you a lot more about in the next week or so, but for the m...
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Saturday, May 30, 2015

About the cheap thang...

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Here's a point that seems to have escaped a few readers comprehension...   the VolksCruiser thing is not really about cheap. The ...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Something you should read...

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Here's a great description of the VolksCruiser ethos in a nutshell . Sure, it's talking about riding across the country on a bicyc...
Sunday, May 24, 2015

A cat that would make a great VolksCruiser...

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A very long time ago, a good friend had an Iroquois catamaran and used to rave about what a great boat it was...Yesterday, looking at curren...
Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Keeping it simple/cheap...

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Face it, the hardest part of doing the VolksCruiser thing is really about focus. It's easy to get distracted. Pick up any sailing maga...
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Saturday, May 16, 2015

A VolkCruiserish dinghy...

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Some folks suggest that you have to have a dinghy like this with a 15hp motor... Sam Devlin tells you how to build a VolksCruiserish alt...