Living Aboard S/V 'Coyote'
Pictures and Stories
of Barnacle Bill

this is a 41' Formosa Ketch

Everything you could ever want to know about Barnacle Bill
And some you may not want to know!!!!

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I'll start out with just a little about me. Then we will work our back to all my little secrets and some of the silly things I've done all my life. I must warn you now that since I am a sailor, you may find just a bit of "semi crude" to full fledged "blasphemy" language. 
"You gots to swear to get through the day"
"Barnacle Bill" isn't really my given name, but everyone at the marina calls me that.
My maiden name is William (Bill) Edward Piepmeier Esq., which I very seldom use, except for Governmental issues such as getting a pay check each month and paying off a damn IRS penalty and interest thingy. You talk about a bunch of sorry bastards. Who voted for these people???? 
This is not the issue right now. We were talking about "Barnacle Bill" and how I got this name. You asked for it, so here it is.....Click Here
A few years ago I bought a bottle of cheap wine to go with a wonderful spaghetti dinner I had prepared. Well, the wine sucked, so I put it in a cabinet just in case I needed it some day. That day came, from all the turmoil's of everyday life, and that cheap wine had aged into a real classic. If you're not getting my drift here, I'm talking about how I have aged into a classic "connoisseur delight". I'm not exactly young anymore and I'm not cheap. Easy, but not cheap!!!! By the way, what exactly does "easy" mean????
As you read this, I am 58 years old, just about the prime of my life. Getting ready for that wonderful life of leisure and adventure we all have worked so hard to get to. Well....some of it, I'm not waiting.


As you can see in the about picture, I live on a boat. 41 foot Formosa Ketch Sailboat to be exact. All that beautiful wood you see is teak. And that handsome brute you see sitting there is none other than Barnacle Bill himself. I'm still 5' 10" tall and weigh in at a whopping 152 pounds drip dry. If you look really close, you will notice I'm wearing a blue uniform shirt to go with my blue eyes. There are a few grey hairs here and there, but I still have difficulty in finding them. No one else does though!!!
All the junk you see laying around is not junk....it's treasure

Now that we've come this far, maybe we should start another page
some day....lmao!!!

You wanna go to Barnacle Bill's Place???
 This is the place that started it all.... Click Here