Bubba Whartz Stories: Stories

Rating:
Summary: Delightful for any sailor
Review: I have heard Morgan reading his stories on Radio Margaritaville for the past few years, and every time, it reminds me of a former life with former friends that lived on our boats in florida.

While the character is fictional, most of the stories are based on events that any sailor has seen or been a part of.

Living in Detroit, it is great to read this boat over and over again, to remind me of warmer days, cold beer, and of course living on the water.

This is a most have for any sailor who spends time on the water!

Rating:
Summary: "...a really fun time."
Review: Just who is Bubba Whartz? Well, according to author and journalist Morgan Stinemetz, he's a transplanted Alabaman given to wearing overalls and a red Peterbilt gimme cap who resides in the waters off Sarasota, Florida, on a sloop he constructed of chickenwire and leftover concrete.

He's also the epitome of the picaresque redneck in pursuit of babes, booze and bucks, a pursuit that inevitably ends up in a disaster for himself, someone else or both of the above.

Mr. Stinemetz created Bubba in 1988 when he was the sailing columnist for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. For reasons anyone lucky enough to acquire a copy of BUBBA WHARTZ STORIES will quickly discover, his creation became immensely popular with the local sailing crowd.

Bubba Whartz is "a sailor who marches to the beat of a different drummer," and the adventures in this slim volume prove that beyond doubt. Whether he's getting even with annoying jet-skiers, trashing the annual Sarasota Christmas Boat Parade or developing yet another product that will make him a millionaire, Bubba's adventures with his unique watercraft, the Right Guard, are delightfully entertaining. His encounters with officialdom, often fueled by large quantities of recreational beverages, and his utter disregard for social conventions not infrequently provide a kind of sneaky satisfaction for those of us less free-living folks.

You don't have to be a sailing enthusiast to appreciate Bubba. Just pop on your Peterbilt cap, hunker down with a cold one and set your course to have a really fun time.