See Course Change I and Course Change II if you haven’t already——-> Flying to Puerto Vallarta from Aruba at the tail end of the tourist season is not great. Let’s put it that way. From Aruba I flew to Atlanta, where my plane landed close to midnight. Because my next … Read More
Course Change Part I
I’m going to give you some insight into how our brains work. On Sunday, March 27th, Ali sent me the listing for a catamaran a friend of ours is selling. It’s a nice boat, but I was still gobsmacked by their asking price. I often am—this isn’t a unique reaction … Read More
Trawler vs. Sail
Trawler vs. Sail Trawler versus sail—a comparison that is often dismissed as an old-person versus young-person, apples-to-oranges argument. It’s assumed that a sailor will sail until his hands are too crippled to manage a line any longer, then buy a trawler that will sit dockside, until one day a dockmaster … 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
Bumfuzzle Catamaran Repair Costs
2002 Wildcat Catamaran Delamination Repair Costs (repairs made in New Zealand November 2004) To read the builders, Charter Cats S.A., response to our boats delamination click here.
2002 Wildcat Catamaran Blistering and Delamination
In May of 2004, Ali and I had the boat hauled out while in Panama to have the bottom painted in preparation for crossing the Pacific. While hauled out we first discovered that we had delamination issues with our boat. The gelcoat blistering had been showing up in different areas … Read More