With the return of the sun, North Beach of Desoto is explored and the paddle board is inflated for a trip exploring hidden coves. Thank you for watching!
Sailing And Fun
Historic Fort Desoto tour - Fishing pier - Beach designated for the pups and marina views Much more to see on Vimeo! https://vimeo.com/sailingandfun/vod_pages ...
Spending the afternoon at an island only reached by boat! We spend the day at play with the paddle board and pups :) Thank you for watching Join the virtual ...
After over of week of no wind we finally have enough to unfurl the sail! A light, breezy and a bit chilly we spend the day in the Gulf. Much more to see on ...
A stop over at the Tampa Bay area's most popular beach/island for shelling. Accessible only by boat, ferries visit Shell Key daily or of course you can travel ...
We rescued Lola 10 months ago in the Dominican Republic. But we haven't been sailing once in all that time, so this was our first chance to get Lola out on ...
Bums on a Boat
We finally remove the diesel! We'd be wanting to remove it because it's just a hunk of junk. Not only has it not been running for 5-10 years according to the ...
Learning the Lines
Before hauling our sailboat out and putting it on the hard, we decided to try to do some scuba diving in the Gulf of Mexico, but ended up with food poisoning ...
We rented some scuba gear and went out to find our lost anchor. We also painted the bulkheads in preparation for installing new headliner in our sailboat. ...
As any sailor already knows, whatever can go wrong will go wrong. You have to be friends with Murphy, as he always shows up to any trip out on the water. Offer ...
We've been really busy with non-sailing related stuff, but Jordan found some time to do something he's always wanted to do - take the boat out for a solo sail. ...
Our good friend comes out to take some moisture reading on our bulkheads, since we determined that the boat had flooded in the past. We also install a conduit, ...
Things are getting dicey! We found ourselves in 8 foot swells and wind gust up to 35 knots! Left Tampa Bay on the heels of a cold front. We won't be doing that ...
It's not all sunshine and roses when you own a sailboat. This week we do some sanding, fail at trying to remove some adhesive, and that's about it! ...
This week we sew a new bimini cover with sunbrella fabric from Sailrite, then go for a sail down to Pine Key (Beer Can Island) to get some kiteboarding in! ...
Check out our gear and take a look inside our boat! We recently finished outfitting her for our journey to the Caribbean... and beyond. ...
Happy New Year! This week we squeeze four people overnight into a 27 foot boat as we sail out to the mouth of the manatee river during a cold front. We catch ...
Here is our first installment of "Bums Kitchen". In this we make FISH JERKEY! Equipment Used -Yoyo hand reel -1 Fiddler Crab -1 Circle Hook -Billy Club -Filet ...
Meet our neighbors, get their take on living aboard and see the life at Little Harbor Marina through our eyes. Less than 1 week from our departure date... Its ...
We took a break from the standing rigging replacement this week. We started off removing our rudder, but ended up having to replace a busted thru-hull. ...
This is part 2 of a series of episodes where we will be replacing Somnium’s standing rigging. ...
We finally properly name Somnium, just in time for the mast to come down. This is part 1 of a series of episodes where we will be replacing Somnium’s standing ...
Somnium makes it through her second tropical storm in a Florida marina, and we go out to Pine Key (Beer Can Island) the next weekend. ...
The Bums are making moves. We sail our boat to an epic new marina and prepare to get down and dirty with the boat projects! Check out our Patreon page here: ...