Yeah Ive been thinking quite a lot about this boat

This really fired up my imagination, a little bit of good Orca news, and YOWZA...

Chimaera is obviously NOT a VolksCruiser but a lot of good ideas that could be adapted in that direction and so deserves some study.



You can find more about it here but youll need to get the current issue (#246) of WoodenBoat for the whole story.

Listening to Ronnie Fauss

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Yeah its that day again

5000 kids with not a turkey in sight, a CEOs Thanksgiving wet dream, a little needful reading, and easily the best description/rundown of the current clown car posse Ive yet come across...

Considering the day, I cant think of a better way to get started by saying thank you for reading Boat Bits, thank you for coming back, and thank all of you who drop me lines with your thoughts, links to neat stuff, and friendly banter. Its appreciated and I know Im lucky to have such a great audience.

Thanks...

Listening to Arlo



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well yeah but Im a happy idiot

Some bad news on the snow/water front in California, Yowza, and maybe its all just too fucked up to fix...

Someone wrote to me the other day to point out that boats were complicated/expensive affairs and that my suggesting that they could be any other way was simply idiotic.

Over the course of this blog experiment I have come to the conclusion that, at best, selling or promoting simplicity and sustainability as an alternative to the consumerist led status quo was something of an idiotic pasttime... So yeah, Ill admit to being something of an idiot.

For those like minded idiots who read this blog on a regular basis I highly recommend picking up the current excellent issue of WoodenBoat as there is a great article entitled "A Sound Boat and Simple Living" youll want to read.

Oh yeah, there is also a neat cruising design concept from the dynamic duo of  McGowan & Schacht that is well worth perusing...

Listening to the Idiot Bastard Band (because its what we happy idots do)

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