Collected Fat

Dozens of sea stories from the most outrageous marine journalist in the Caribbean "I've always been astounded at the number of requests I get for reprints. 'Send me a copy of that story where you puke on the nuns...' or 'remember the story where you smashed a Baltic 51 into the reef off Antigua?' or 'do you have a copy of the one where the West Indian fisherman screws the charter cook on the foredeck?' Yes, indeed, I do. Somehow, in the sweet innocence of my youth, I always thought that being a professional writer would be, well, sort of refined and dignified. The savage reality, at least for me, has been anything but. These stories are among the best I've ever written. Imagine how that makes me feel.

Cap'n Fatty Goodlander has lived over 50 years (of 58) aboard various sailing craft--forty of them with his wife Carolyn. Their daughter Roma Orion was a third generation live-aboard before she escaped to Brandeis University. (Their dirty little secret: Roma has become {gasp!} a dirt-dweller.)

He's written numerous books, six of which are currently in print. For 17 years, he produced a WVWI radio show aboard his vessel as he sailed the world. In 2008, he had a series of Sunday summer sailing spots on National Public Radio (NPR).

He currently lives aboard his 38 foot cutter-rigged Wild Card in the Mediterranean Sea and is about to complete his second circumnavigation.

He is also currently an editor-at-large for Cruising World magazine. In addition, he's written a Caribbean marine column for 30+ years--which presently appears in All At Sea.

Next up: a novel, a Caribbean refit, and a third circumnavigation.

His motto: "Kiss life full on the lips. Live while you're alive!"

"He refuses to grow up," confirms his wife Carolyn. "I'm always hoping he'll eventually show some small signs of maturing--but I'm beginning to think I hope in vain." She paused in exasperation, blew a wayward strand of her dark Italian hair upwards in frustration, and wearily said, "The reason we don't have much money is because they pay my husband what he's worth!"

Captain Fatty Goodlander is currently editor-at-large for Cruising World magazine. He is also the author of numerous books including:

Seadogs, Clowns, and Gypsies
Cruising World Yarns
All at Sea Yarns
Chasing The Horizon.