On spending a lot of money on something simple or getting creative...

Inspired timing, some interesting numbers, and something interesting about coral...

Here's a question you might want to ponder while you go about your daily business...

Why does this...

Cost so much more than this...

Now, it may just be me looking for a new project to waste time on but, if I were considering an electric outboard motor for a dinghy, I'd get one of these lawn mowers on sale, tear it apart and reconfigure the bits into a dinghy propulsion device.

Just saying...

Listening to Banta

So it goes...

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Danger, danger Will Robinson someone has a cunning plan...

A whole lot of sense being made, about that 2013 word of the year, and today in the "bought and paid for" department...

Oh, oh... a new cunning plan!

I just mentioned over on VolksCruiser that one of my favorite designs is Harle's Tonic design and, in doing so, I realized that the only real way to improve on it is adding more stowage to the mix... I don't need more berths.

So, what if you put the accommodation from say Harle's Tonic or Fantasia and installed it (without making it any bigger) in a 30 to 35 foot hull keeping the excess space as a dedicated cargo hold?

The advantages are many with few downsides...

Maybe I should be looking for an older fixer upper with a trashed interior to try out the concept with?

Listening to Kind of Like Spitting cover Elvis Costello

So it goes

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