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  • By: Patrick Schulte
  • Narrated by: Nick O'Kelly
  • Length: 10 hrs
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (32 ratings)
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Bumfuzzle

By: Patrick Schulte
Narrated by: Nick O'Kelly
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Summary

The story of a young couple who, without any prior sailing experience, decide one night over too many drinks that they are going to sail around the world. One year later they are bobbing around in the Bahamas on a 35 foot catamaran teaching themselves how to cross oceans in a small boat.

Along their way they meet amazing people, visit locations only accessible by those on their own yachts, become television actors in Australia, minor celebrities in Puerto Rico, and generally have a great time of it all.

They aren't your average cruisers by any stretch of the imagination, and run afoul of what most cruisers perceive to be "real" cruisers. But for four years they sailed around the world on their own terms.

This is their story, and is essential reading for anybody who has ever had the dream to sail around the world. This book just might push you over the edge, and the horizon.

©2008 Patrick Schulte (P)2013 David N. Olberding

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The Ego Has Landed....

Although I am not a sailor myself, I am fascinated by travel books and do enjoy listening to 'escapism' of these travelogue journals. I was a bit disappointed with this one however.

I found the author quite a frustrating character. His sheer arrogance and condescending nature to anybody and anything was annoying and wore a little the quite early on in the book.

In terms of the story itself - I really wanted to hear more stories about some of the fabulous places they visited, but instead we seemed to rush from place to place and heard more about their boredom and contempt for other sailors, again and again.

If you are looking for a sailing travelogue about circumnavigation I would recommend Islands, Oceans, and Dreams: The True Story of a Sailor's Seven Year Solo Voyage Around the World by Michael Salvaneschi, not this one.

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American Stereotype.

Seems almost too much of an American stereotype, a different outlook could have made a very good story.

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Accurate but not a gripper

I enjoyed it but at times this felt like an endurance race rather than a nicely put together story. Often reads like extracts from the ships log, rather than a book.

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Cruisers who don't like cruisers!

I really enjoyed this audiobook. The narrator was very good and conveyed the good sense of humour of the author.

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A good listen

Would you consider the audio edition of Bumfuzzle to be better than the print version?

Probably not personally as I am no fan of the his accent but it may help to realise the story to most listeners as I suppose the author sounds very similar.

What did you like best about this story?

Initially I found the authors total lack of preparation for a round the world voyage irritating but by book 2 I began to like their can-do attitude, their distain for the other 'cruisers' and the way that they tried to allow themselves to trust people they met.

What does Nick O'Kelly bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

The narrator possibly makes the story more personable as I suspect that he narrates as the author speaks.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

'Bumfuzzle' - obviously.

Any additional comments?

A good listen that I stuck with after initially dismissing the author as an annoying, naive, typically ignorant American. I grew to like him and his attitude to life and challenges. The website that the couple set up to show people their journey is a great reference for phptos and videos too.

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