Tag: Boating Fails

The time I hailed a bridge and reailzed (again) that I'm frequently an idiot...

Sometimes you get a little rinse thrown in...

After our first Atlanta How Not To Sail meetup (a month after losing the vessel), I get a voicemail that changes everything.

In which I finally do the right thing. But…

Wherein I engage in a pre-Milton Diesel Scavenger Hunt, suffer an unpleasant evening, and finally run out of a critical item.

Wherein I have another senior moment about how long it takes to get somewhere in a sailboat; learn a How Not To Sail 101 lesson about using my eyes; and I may or may not have bumped into the dock in Bradenton. With good reason. With me are “The Admiral” and Jay Elmore, who provides the color commentary.

In this episode, we finally get the boat out of the marina, have a bizarre interaction at a drawbridge, worry about a loose alternator belt, wonder if there's any oil in the engine...and maybe go aground in the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW).

You won't want to miss this awesome interview with Captain Boomies (and a surprise guest)! Plenty of drinkin', cussin', and boating horror stories.

I have always loved the water. Even as a kid growing up outside of Detroit, Michigan. When my grandparents retired and bought a condo in...