We’re Off Again
Wild Rumpus Sailing Blog
by Scott
5M ago
Quick update about the current passage. I am woefully behind on Wild Rumpus’s travel blog. I’ll keep chugging away and eventually catch up . . . someday. I also have several questions/requests from blog readers that I have yet to catch up on. Keep the questions/requests coming, and I’ll get to them . . . someday. For now, follow this link to track our current 1300 (ish) mile passage. We are departing from Beaufort, NC and heading to St. Thomas. The post We’re Off Again appeared first on Wild Rumpus Sailing ..read more
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Vids and Pics Are Better Than Words
Wild Rumpus Sailing Blog
by Scott
6M ago
Several readers requested via comments and direct messages that I post some video from the Atlantic passage. I am here to serve. This post is just videos and pics from the Atlantic crossing. They are posted in chronological order and unedited –so apologies for the occasional finger in the video. The Videos I didn’t actually take many videos. Those I have are pretty mediocre, but here they are. Our first departure from the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. Our first ever sail at Cape Town. More from the first sail. This on our way out of Cape Town toward St Helena. No sea-life really visible in ..read more
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Honey Badger’s New Home
Wild Rumpus Sailing Blog
by Scott
7M ago
Re-homing one of nature’s most ferocious beasts is no easy task. Add to that the effort to do so while cruising up the east coast of the U.S. with a compressed timeline, and the task becomes akin to dropping your kid off at school by slowing the car to 10 mph in the carpool lane and throwing him/her out the window. Luckily, Honey Badger landed on her feet and is ready to contribute to society. Honey Badger History Those who followed this blog will recall that we were stuck in South Africa for an extended period. Instead of wallowing in despair like the animal I more closely resemble, I channe ..read more
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And We’re Off!
Wild Rumpus Sailing Blog
by Scott
7M ago
Finally, Wild Rumpus is out of the Bahamas and working its way up the east coast of the U.S. on its way to New York City. In honor of Wild Rumpus heading to the city that spawned me, taught me how to parallel park, fight, and evade the police on foot all in one incident, that smells of a mix of aging pee and sumptuous hot dogs cooked in water older than its purveyor, where America’s pizza craze kicked off, and the last bastion of big fat eggrolls that smell of burnt oil and taste like the best parts of my childhood, the title picture for this post is the kids’ table at my Bar Mitzvah from 1981 ..read more
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Shocking News
Wild Rumpus Sailing
by Scott
8M ago
For much of my life, I’ve been told that close is only good enough when playing horseshoes or throwing hand grenades. Why, oh why, didn’t anybody mention that it also applies to lightning!!! (That title pic is just a random lighting pic, not one of mine, and not the actual lightning at the heart of this post.) An Eddy in the Flow of Time Not being The Flash, Bill, Ted, Marty McFly, and lacking access to a time portal, this blog tries to stick to chronological order. And at that, I am woefully behind in that I’ve yet to provide my witticisms about time in Grenada, the trip from Grenada to the ..read more
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Love It When A Plan Comes Together
Wild Rumpus Sailing Blog
by Scott
10M ago
Like the A-Team of 1980s fame, we, a rag-tag group of middle-aged oddballs (superpowers include mushroom foraging, spotting flowers from a distance, coding, snoring, and making lists), put together a somewhat hair-brained scheme, engaged in some prep (well, maybe a lot) boarded the ocean-going equivalent of a tricked-out van and managed to pull off a seemingly impossible task. We are indeed heroes in our own minds, and if this were the real A-Team, I’d be a middle-aged Mr. T (except for the white, fat, soft, and ain’t nobody anywhere afraid of me part). When last you ventured into the dark rec ..read more
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Sweat, Diesel Fumes, and Space Pirates
Wild Rumpus Sailing Blog
by Scott
1y ago
The definition of “doldrums” is “a spell of listlessness or despondency.” Yup, listlessness captures it nicely, except it missed the constant rumble of the diesel, the distinctly un-rhythmic weee/waaaw of the auto-pilot, and those damned space pirates!!! The Doldrums are, Well, Dull Unsurprisingly, the Doldrums are pretty dull. Starting at about 4 degrees north, we gave up on using two foresails in a wing-on-wing configuration because one was always flapping around uselessly, and whichever was on the snatch blocks (a temporary setup used only for wing-on-wing) was a pain to douse. We started u ..read more
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Equator Crossing
Wild Rumpus Sailing Blog
by Scott
1y ago
No biggie – ho hum, just another 2000 miles of sailing in the open ocean. We did evolve from pollywogs to shellbacks and observed all ceremonies and honors to Neptune. Along the way, we saw some wildlife and ate some wildlife. We departed Fernando de Noronha, saying goodbye to Jay. He had his own crazy journey ahead, having to make his way from the island paradise of Fernando de Noronha to mainland Brazil and then inland to Recife for the nearest airport. From there, he had a few flights before he would finally be home in Sausalito and back to his day job at the Spaulding Marine Center. Spauld ..read more
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Fernando De Noronha — Where Sea Life Actually Rules the Sea
Wild Rumpus Sailing
by Scott
1y ago
Not much renders me speechless. In fact, until Fernando do Noronha’s wildlife had me staring like a toddler at an aquarium, the only other time I was genuinely unable to speak was when an old friend, who apparently lost her mind, introduced me to the 250-pound pig she keeps in her house in New York City with her family. Sorry, I digress . . ., the sheer beauty of Fernando De Noronha, together with its most abundant and well-protected sea life I’ve ever seen, was truly mesmerizing. Unfortunately, this also reveals a significant bit of blogging malpractice. The Approach As we approached Fernando ..read more
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Learn Advanced Coastal Cruising on Wild Rumpus!
Wild Rumpus Sailing
by Scott
1y ago
The best way to learn advanced coastal cruising skills is to sail the coasts of the lovely Caribbean Islands. And, if you are going to sail the Caribbean, then Wild Rumpus is the boat to do it on under the gentle tutelage of yours truly! We are proud to announce a partnership between Wild Rumpus and Modern Sailing School and Club, enabling us to offer the American Sailing Association’s 106 — Advanced Coastal Cruising course in the Caribbean. Please join us for an awesome adventure of a sailing class from April 1 through April 8, 2023!!! And stay tuned – Wild Rumpus and its crews’ adventures o ..read more
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