Bump's World - March 2025
March 21, 2025
In the 1980's I worked for Sailboats Northeast and we sold mostly new boats. In the late 1980's going into the 1900's the new boat market collapsed due to the banking crisis and a federal luxury tax on yachts.
Bump's World - January 2023
January 18, 2024
ovid eliminated this show in 2021. In 2022 and 2023 the show came back but smaller than it had been. The venue was also reduced from a 9 day show to a 5 day show. ( Thank God) I did not do the show during those years. In general I'm not a big boat show guy and I look at it as a necessary evil. 2024 I returned to the show.
Bump's World - July 2022
July 27, 2022
Is yacht racing declining? What would be a good gauge? Most people I know would say yes because regatta numbers are down. If you are used to doing a regatta where 30 boats used to show up and now there are 15 or less that would be a good gauge. Take the Boston yacht Club Wednesday night racing for example. In the mid 1980s it was not unusual to get 50 to 60 boats. Now it's more like 20 to 25.
Bump's World - June 2022
June 2, 2022
If you have ever tried having sex standing up in a canoe, you noticed it was very tippy. You probably did not notice that the hull tipped uniformly? Hull forms and boat designs go back hundreds of thousands of years. If you look at many very old designs, like canoes and Egyptian galleons, you will notice how symmetrical they were. This is because they did not want the boats to have a bow down tendency; the symmetrical shape created more buoyancy in the stern than in the bow.
Bump's World - January 2022
January 26, 2022
I sail on a lot of different boats in many different regattas. The one thing that all boat crews have in common is they all think they have an unfavorable rating. I believe the owners of the boats are less vocal about this, but I do think they believe in a lot of what the crew is talking about.
March 21, 2025
In the 1980's I worked for Sailboats Northeast and we sold mostly new boats. In the late 1980's going into the 1900's the new boat market collapsed due to the banking crisis and a federal luxury tax on yachts.
Bump's World - January 2023
January 18, 2024
ovid eliminated this show in 2021. In 2022 and 2023 the show came back but smaller than it had been. The venue was also reduced from a 9 day show to a 5 day show. ( Thank God) I did not do the show during those years. In general I'm not a big boat show guy and I look at it as a necessary evil. 2024 I returned to the show.
Bump's World - July 2022
July 27, 2022
Is yacht racing declining? What would be a good gauge? Most people I know would say yes because regatta numbers are down. If you are used to doing a regatta where 30 boats used to show up and now there are 15 or less that would be a good gauge. Take the Boston yacht Club Wednesday night racing for example. In the mid 1980s it was not unusual to get 50 to 60 boats. Now it's more like 20 to 25.
Bump's World - June 2022
June 2, 2022
If you have ever tried having sex standing up in a canoe, you noticed it was very tippy. You probably did not notice that the hull tipped uniformly? Hull forms and boat designs go back hundreds of thousands of years. If you look at many very old designs, like canoes and Egyptian galleons, you will notice how symmetrical they were. This is because they did not want the boats to have a bow down tendency; the symmetrical shape created more buoyancy in the stern than in the bow.
Bump's World - January 2022
January 26, 2022
I sail on a lot of different boats in many different regattas. The one thing that all boat crews have in common is they all think they have an unfavorable rating. I believe the owners of the boats are less vocal about this, but I do think they believe in a lot of what the crew is talking about.
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