My latest book (Dec 08) is Cruising World Yarns. It has 36 of my favorite stories written over the last decade. Chasing the Horizon was written in 1990 (with a new illustrated edition in spring of '08) and is one of the wildest life stories and cruising yarns ever written. Click on either image to go to Amazon.com and learn more.

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New: Cap'n Fatty's October Cruising World video

Here's the FAT story...

We need money. But we like to sail. And we know that working can interfere with sailing if you're not careful.

...so we're very careful.

This means a job-job is out.  (Frankly, I've never had a job that didn't look good in my rear view mirror.)

Plus, we prefer to shun the shore... too many dirt-dwellers, shore-huggers and dock-queens for our tastes.

So instead we live by our wits. At sea. On landless atolls. Anchored off primitive islands. Far up uncharted rivers. In deserted safe harbors.

...just beyond the jagged rim of civilization.

...aboard the 52-foot schooner Elizabeth (built 1924), the 22-foot double-ender (1932) Corina, the 36-foot Endurance ketch Carlotta (1974) and our current $3,000 hurricane-salvaged S&S-designed 38-foot sloop Wild Card.

...we chase the horizon.

Eternally.

The question is, can this web site help us continue to do so in grand style? If so, it will grow. If not...

Here's the scam...

We need you to buy one of our books, or if you really don't have any literary criteria, all of 'em! Don't send us the money. We'd just spent it like, well, like drunken sailors. Instead, buy a book HERE.

Eventually, the money will trickle down to us, and we'll be able to buy some food or some more duct tape to repair Wild Card's mainsail. (After 50,000+ ocean miles, that rag is... well, exactly that.)

Oh, yeah. Most of the photographs are for sail...er, sale. Send me an email here for more info.

Eventually, our little devious minds will probably come up with more clever ways of shaking you down for spare change. But for now, this will have to do.

I know. I know.This web site may strike you as kinda casual and laid back. That's fine. We like being silly and irreverent. In reality, that's sort-of our message. Carolyn and I sail around the world and never get too serious. Not even about money. Instead, we just have fun and allow the rest of it to take care of itself.

Remember: The trick is to live while you're alive!