Booboo the Bad Monkey

Booboo was a monkey, a very bad monkey, the bottle of bourbon was his downfall. This story is one of hundreds of Grandpa’s true tales told to me many times before bed on land or on the family sailboat, ZOO. Throughout my life I’ve been inspired by his adventures on a French Navy petrol boat in the late 1930s and early 40s. He was just 17 when he enlisted, and each fantastic tale fueled my dreams of a life at sea, with a monkey and a dog as shipmates, visiting far away lands, facing danger and doldrums in equal parts. Cheers to Booboo, he was part of the crew!