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Why Bumbré?
When we bought Bumbré, the name given her was Santiago. I have nothing against the capitol of Chile, but for our boat name it didn't seem to fit my tastes. Since the dream of sailing around the world first entered my mind, I wanted a name that would express the sort of adventure this trip would be. I came up with the name Outward; I had never heard of a boat with this name and I thought it sounded adventurous and interesting.
Bumbré showing her old handle
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However, my wife didn't see it that way--she thought the name Outward was stuffy and boring. So we set out on a different kind of quest to find the right name for our boat. After polling many friends and family members, nothing seemed to fit. So how did we come up with Bumbré? The truth is, we didn't.
It happened on a charter in the British Virgin Islands over New Year's 2002/2003. My friend Dave (a.k.a. "Gallery Slave Extraordinaire"--he makes a great cheese plate) had just seen the movie The Importance of Being Earnest. The protagonist of this movie is a swinging bachelor in London who has a fictitious disabled cousin named Bunbury. The protagonist uses this fictious relative as an excuse to leave the city and his life there to "care for" his "cousin." Then he uses this free time to enjoy all the fruits of his bachelorhood.
I am, of course, no longer a bachelor, but in my working days, before I got laid off, I would use any excuse to get out of work early to get away from the city. My wife, knowing this, took to the name quickly, and before we knew it we had a name for our boat that nobody understood but was perfect for me, who uses any excuse to escape.
Bumbré showing her new handle, as Jen inspects
our handy work after installation
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You may be asking, "How did the name Bunbury become Bumbré?" This is because, when we first heard the name, we believed it was pronouced B·um·br·Y. It was not until we saw the movie that we realized the real spelling. In the end, neither of us liked the correct spelling, so we decided to change it. We decided on Bumbré after various different spellings including Bumbury, Bumbry, Bumbrie, Bumbree, Bumbré.
We now had the perfect name for our boat that represented everything the trip was to be about: getting away from it all by any means necessary. Being that no one will ever understand what this name means, it also seems to beg the question "Why Bumbre?" Whenever somebody asks we'll be ready to step up and say, "That's an interesting story. Let me tell you..."
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