Bumbo! The recipe ...

Our namesake drink begins with a semi-sweet simple syrup, made by heating 12 oz water, two teaspoons of sugar and 1 teaspoon of ground nutmeg -- the fresher the better. In a shaker, combine the syrup with 6 oz dark rum. Strain and pour over ice. Serves four.

Ship's Log 13 June 2009

Wow, what a day! Got to the marina a little after one and the wind was stiff and ideal for a sail out of the slip. The sail out of the slip was less than ideal, however. Rigged genny and main, but soon put up working jib. Bumbo is very sensitive to trim and responded well to the right set of sails. We were soon tracking down boats to windward. We made it most of the way to the dam by 3:30. Winds were shifty, but remained stout through out the day. Encounters with S/Vs Tardis and Wraith -- beautiful boats both. Returned to slip under sail and made up for launch with a gentle, step off of boat landing.

Excursion 6 June 2009

We made it on up to Bumbo just before noon. Winds were light and variable from the north east. Bilge pumped dry in very quickly and we were underway after a light lunch of fried dinosaur and chopped vegetables. We got in a couple of hours of pretty good sailing, smoked a Hunter 235 (not that's saying a whole lot) and were smoked by a mylar sailed racing boat of undetermined heritage, but I'm guessing of two-digit PHRF rating (not that that's an excuse). Ran the jib halyard around to the starboard side, but we still need to flip the main and jib halyards. Dobbshead flag suffered damage needing repair. No cameras aboard.