One of the most destructive hurricanes to ever hit the United States just had an anniversary. It started as a tropical wave that emerged from the west coast of Africa on August 14. The wave spawned a tropical depression on August 16, and then became a tropical storm the next day. It strengthened quickly and the storm reached hurricane strength on [...]
OK, class today’s multiple choice pop quiz question is this: What is odorless, colorless, and tasteless, and can kill you?
A. World Of Boating
B. Scuba Radio
C. Greg the First Mate
D. Ignorance
Trick question!
The correct answer of course isn’t listed but in effect it is “D”
Allow me to explain for those of you uninformed about the dangers [...]
June 10th Governor Crist and the Florida Wildlife Commission issued an order that will expand the recreational scallop season along the Gulf Coast. The Bay Scallop season will now start on Saturday (July 19th) instead of July 1st and last either until oil closes the beds or September 10th, whichever comes first.
Couple To Send Their Fertilized Embryo Sailing Solo Around The World
12:00pm EDT June 21, 2010
Mentira, CA.
UPA Syndicate
In light of the recent attempts by children and teenagers trying to become the youngest to sail solo around the world comes word out of California that Joseph and Melinda Vanerazzo will have their unborn child take [...]
Ok, so this is not what I would consider a normal post by yours truly but due to the content of last Saturday’s broadcast I will let the video speak for itself. Enjoy this brief glimpse into the madness that is the World Of Boating Radio Show. Handi-crafted Fijian Brain Forks…..doesn’t get too much better [...]
A truly momentous day on the World Of Boating yesterday for how rare is it that a new word is created? You could say that it is the perfect word, a word that can be used anywhere, anytime and mean anything. It is the all purpose word and I, along with Greg the First Mate [...]
Do you want to know what the hardest part is when it comes to writing a new post? I have to struggle with the following dilemma. Do I go “serious” or “humorous”? You see, I work with the serious issues involving boats, yachts, and their owners(!) Monday through Friday and sometimes those issues will ooze [...]
It looks like I dodged a bullet today and I will not have to be posting anything remotely connected to the “Whale Poo” story that I brought to Greg for today’s show ( World of Boating 4-24-10 HOUR1 World of Boating 4-24-10 HOUR2). How did I accomplish this amazing feat? Well, usually I can distract Greg [...]
I am in a bit of a rush to post this latest entry because tomorrow is Saturday and we will of course be doing the show live and as has been the case recently Greg the First Mate has “asked” me to post some of the stories that we have been talking about on the World Of [...]
Capt. Patrick’s Disclaimer:
Here we go again and I feel that I may be running out of people to apologize to but in order to keep my World Of Boating Captain’s Log privileges I am at times required by Greg the First Mate to post things like “Dolphin Sex” or “Exploding Boobs” before I can write [...]
