“You see that boat with the sails up? Don’t anchor near him; he’s crazy”. As some eagle-eyed forumites have spotted, a bizarre report entitled ‘ The Crazy Frenchman of Portobelo’, relates the true story of a sailor who has recently been ramming other boats in an anchorage at night and setting fire to them.

Joshua Coxwell and Cheyenne Weil’s fascinating cruising blog recounts one of the most bizarre stories of mental unravelling I’ve heard. This guy is madder than a junkyard dog!