Bubba the Pirate

sv Ruth Ann in Beaufort, SC, 12/23 Ruth Ann is the last in a series of boats on which I was attempting to escape. I found her when I found a...

The last few months, I’ve been in limbo and just getting by. I’ve been working three evenings a week and trying to hold myself together. The...

I have a community; the community of sailors. And more specifically, the community of vagabond cruisers, but I can almost miss a neighborhoo...

Squint Close for Egrets It was going to be one of those wonderful Florida winter days; just barely overcast, but with enough sun to make you...

Pendarvis Cove I was bombing my way south to get out from under the cold weather that often reaches into North Florida in January. And I was...

I had bugged out of Green Cove Springs when I realized that fully half of the 10 Day Forecast called for 30’s at night; mostly high 30s but ...

I am a conservative sailor. I like it that way, but I have been leaning into that to rationalize chickening out. My New Year’s Revolution is...

[ Note: It has been an embarassingly long time since I posted to the blog. This post may explain some of why I've been distracted. ] Wel...

Sometimes it is hard to motivate myself. Wednesday morning was a case in point. I had been anchored in Greens Creek, near Oriental, NC for a...

The Bean When we last left our hero, OK just me, I had allowed myself to get talked into a meeting at nine o'clock in the morning on a S...