Santa Claus day. Okay, so we don’t really do Christmas—like, at all—but taking a picture with Santa is one Christmas tradition we can get behind. It’s the only way our kids will know who this St. Nic guy is in a couple of years when they start hearing people talk … Read More
A Ride
Plopped the dinghy in the water for a little ride this afternoon. First time we’ve had to throw a life jacket on Lowe. He didn’t seem to mind. Even if it is Dora.
Super-Duper
Ouest has been asking for a kite forever. I’m not even sure why we haven’t gotten one sooner, but today we noticed these cheapos in some random clothing store in the mall and picked up a couple. To say that Ouest was excited just wouldn’t do the emotion justice. The … Read More
Boat Photography While Underway
Every time I post a picture like the one above I get a bunch of e-mails asking how I did it. Well I’m not a professional photographer, and my equipment is limited to a Canon t3i DSLR camera, a 15mm fisheye, an 18-270mm zoom, and a 50mm, but I do … Read More
Weird Things Happen at Sea
Weird things sometimes happen at sea. They always seem to happen at night too. Far and away our strangest encounter at sea came about three days out from the Canary Islands en route to the Caribbean. We left about two days behind the ARC fleet so didn’t expect to run … Read More
How to Write a Cruising Blog
You can’t throw a coconut in a marina these days without hitting a boat with a blog. Just insert the boat name in between www. and .com and you’ll find the website. Everyone has a blog. World cruisers, every single damn one of them blogs. Unfortunately they do not blog … Read More
Best Stops on the Milk Run
“Where was your favorite place?” Anybody who has sailed to more than three or four countries is sure to get this question over and over and over and over again. And it seems that for most of us cruisers the answer is, “Well, that depends.” And it’s true. It does … Read More
Bumfuzzle’s Cruising Buffoonery
We’ve often been accused of playing up our lack of sailing experience. People say things like, “They can’t really be that dumb.” To which we reply, “Au contraire, we most certainly can be that dumb.” And I think, really, we all can be. The difference is that I don’t mind admitting it. … Read More
Sailing’s Seriously Simple Stupid
After my post titled, Catamarans vs Monohulls, I received a lot of feedback. Most of it positive, because I am the utmost authority, and I have now handed down judgement on the subject. But one commenter to our Facebook page said that he stopped reading the article after he read, “Sailing is … Read More
Cat vs. Mono — The Verdict
Part II of the great Catamaran versus Monohull debate. Part I is posted here, Cat vs. Mono – The Great Debate. So we’ve covered a lot of ground so far. Cost, Maintenance, Engines, Heeling, Deck Space, etc. Now we just need to take a look at a few more variables and … Read More
Cat vs. Mono — The Great Debate
All right, so this subject has never been broached before. Right? Cat versus Mono? No? Good, then I’ll be the first to discuss it. Ali and I sailed around the world on a 35′ Wildcat Catamaran. We returned, sold the boat, drove around for a couple of years in a … Read More
PayPal Button, Is it Begging?
The PayPal topic has come up lots of times regarding my website. On Bumfuzzle, at the bottom of the menu column is a little PayPal button that currently reads, We Sail So You Don’t Have To. In the past it has variously said things such as, Buy the Bums a … Read More