
Lots of folks say the best days of a boat owner's life are the day he buys it and the day he sells it. Well, those folks are full of shit. The best days are the ones like this October 2008 afternoon.
Bumbo (n): 1. A drink made from rum, water, sugar and nutmeg, popular in the Caribbean during the era of piracy. 2. A sailboat owned by a couple of drunken louts from Atlanta that somehow manages to stay afloat despite their best efforts.
You can always tell an experienced sailor when you see one. The experienced sailor's rum glass is always tilted to match the horizon, and their is no barf on his shoes.
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