Florida Sea Base News

The traffic will be easing past the Florida Sea Base enroute to Key West later today for the start of the Labor Day weekend and the end of summer.  Capt. Rich and Capt. Carol have friends visiting and will likewise be west bound tomorrow.

Capt. Rich was a huge help today with the seasonalization of the 2011 budget.  It really is much easier to do with two (or more) people instead of doing it alone.  Lloyd King of the National Office was also a big help in getting me started.  It’s hard to remember how to use this software when you only do it once a year.  Mr. King is the BSA’s Microsoft Forecaster® guru.

It looks like Hurricane Earl is starting to fizzle.  That is great news for the northern US Atlantic coast states.  Hurricane Fiona is going to stay well east of the US.  TD Gaston apparently floundered yesterday but the National Hurricane Center says this the storm may regenerate.  We’re not out of the woods yet.  The wave that I mentioned yesterday should become more notable in about 2 days and another wave will spill off Africa 2 to 3 days after that.  Busy, busy.

Locally the weather is gorgeous.  Except for the tiny but potent cell that hit us at about 02:10.  I poked my up to see if everything was okay topside.  A couple of night fisherman had found temporary refuge at our fuel dock.  As soon as conditions allowed I saw them heading back out, soaked but in good spirits.

Lindsay Kuc sold two sets of scuba gear and one regulator yesterday.  She was born for retail sales.  She also painted in the Thomas Building for much of the day.  Dave Rumbaugh slaved away working on scuba tanks all day.  He is a hard worker.

I’m headed in early today but to the Galley, not the office.  We are without a cook currently so I went to the store yesterday and plan on helping the staff prepare some bacon, eggs and potatoes this morning.  It will be a nice change from bagels and cereal.  I’m hoping for hamburgers for lunch, but we’ll see what happens.

Capt. Steve
Aboard S/V Escape

At 03:38:59 I was in a deep sleep.  At 03:39:00 I was rudely jolted into full awakeness by a noise I recognized in that split second between sleep and consciousness; the swim ladder on Escape was rubbing against the dock.  We are having a crazy high tide right now and the forward spring lines needed to be shortened about 6″.  On the rare occasion that this happens (no, it’s not the first time) it makes a horrible, grinding, metallic sound about 4′ from my sleeping head.  In reality it is a very heavy duty aluminum ladder gently rubbing against a soft pine 2″x4″ wooden board.  Regardless, it is a rude way to be awakened.

The good news is there was no damage and the problem was very easily fixed.  And while I was on deck a dolphin visited with me for a few minutes.  By the time she left I was pretty awake.  So here I am.  Good morning from the Florida Sea Base!!!

Today is “seasonalization” day at the Florida Sea Base.  Spell check does not recognize “seasonalization” as a word.  But it is the next step in our BSA budget process.  The 2011 budget is set.  As with most budgets projected income and expenses are broken down into several accounts.  Seasonalization is the act of taking each account, whether it is income or expense, and forecast how much of the income or expense in each given account will be received or spent in each calendar month.  This means, for example, that we have to foresee during which month in 2011 a boat will break down and how much it will cost to repair it.  Not only are we expected to foresee when this will happen, we have to foresee when a bookkeeper in Dallas will actually pay the invoice.  What are the chances of “The Amazin Kreskin” pulling that off?  We also have to foresee when Troop 666 from Podunk, USA is going to submit their payment for their adventure.  Sure, we have deadlines, but some people don’t always pay their bills on time.  The nice folks in Dallas do not understand when we guess incorrectly.  I have sharpened my darts, hung the board on the office wall and will record the results in an accurate and professional manner.  One of my best days EVER at the Florida Sea Base involved Capt. Rich, Coach Carl G. Boyles (now of Northern Tier fame) and me setting in the office making wild guesses and laughing our tails off while seasonalizing the budget.  The sad thing is that was the most accurate seasonalization I have ever submitted.

Megan BROYLE.  Ha!! I remembered to ask.  Our new Administrative Intern is Megan Broyle.  [I couldn't remember her last name yesterday morning.]  Megan is getting settled in.  She reported to Rob and Nancy for her first day of work yesterday morning.

Capt. Rich celebrated his birthday yesterday by moving furniture into Annex Rooms 9 and 10.  He let me help a little.

Tropical Storm Gaston is of concern for the Florida Sea Base.  Paul Beal, General Manager, has called a meeting for tomorrow morning to discuss battle plans.  Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.  I spent a little time last night making a list for preparing S/V Escape and my other personal interests.

And at the 02:00 update the National Hurricane Center identified another tropical wave of concern near the Cape Verde Islands.

SSTs (Sea Surface Temperatures) play a big role in hurricane development and intensity.  Here’s a great image from Weather Underground showing the current SSTs off the US east coast.  When you’re hot, you’re hot!

Water surface temperatures from AVHRR satellite data for the 6-day period ending August 31, 2010. Ocean temperatures of 26.5°C, capable of supporting a hurricane, stretched almost to Long Island, New York. Image credit: Ocean Remote Sensing Group, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.

Interest in the Divemaster Academy continues to grow.  I have received 8 applications and received three phone calls yesterday from interested persons.  The maximum capacity for the DMA is 16.  Acceptance is competitive based.  Eagle Scouts, Gold Award recipients, Rangers and Quartermasters earn extra points.  The number of dives and QUALITY of dives is another major factor.  For example, 35 dives of 20 minutes each to a maximum depth of 60′ is not very impressive.  Hour long dives to 50′, 90 minute dives to 40′ , 15 minutes dives to 90′ are better quality.  Not just deeper dives, but dives showing significant bottom time.  These longer dives show good air consumption, comfort in the water, and simply more dive time.  A lot of time at 30′ generally beats a little time at 100′.  But some deep experience is needed as well.  Once you complete the Florida Sea Base Divemaster Academy you are a certified PADI Divemaster.  You could leave here and go to work anywhere in the world.  We can’t just train you for our needs.  We have to teach how to be a Divemaster.  There is more information about the DMA on my LINKS page.

Speaking of anywhere in the world, former FSB DMA graduate, Divemaster and Scuba Instructor Megan Ware is in Germany.  She wrote:

Hi Capt Steve-
I hope you’re feeling better. I found your blog a few months ago and have enjoyed keeping
up with the life and times of Sea Base. I’ve been living in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, a small
Bavarian town in southern Germany. I’ve been working for the Department of Defense Morale
Welfare and Recreation property Edelweiss Lodge and Resort as a civilian contractor.
Justin Wernecke is here working as well. I am planning a trip to Egypt next month and plan
to do atleast one dive in the Red Sea while I’m there.
I’m working to find a job for when I leave here so there is the chance that you might see my
name on an application again. Glad to hear that you had such a great summer season! I miss
Sea Base and the Keys!
Hope all is well for you.
Talk to you later,
Megan

Happy fahrvergnügen Megan.  (That’s one of the very few German words I know.)  I’ll be watching for your application.

Okay.  I’m headed back to bed for a couple of hours.

Capt. Steve
Aboard S/V Escape

The Florida Sea Base is celebrating the birthday of Capt. Rich Beliveau today.  Capt. Rich is the Program Director for all of the Florida based sailing adventures.  If you go back to some of my earliest posts you can read the accolades that I have afforded Capt. Rich.  I think there’s even a post where I argue that Capt. Rich is actually the Archangel Michael.  Needless to say, Capt. Rich is an incredible person.  He has excelled in every venture he has undertaken.  He even proved – in just one year – that the Facilities Department can be organized, efficient and effective. Capt. Rich would say that what he does is “no big deal”.  But he has succeeded where so many others have failed making it obvious that he is gifted.  Thanks for EVERYTHING Rich.

Capt. Alex, Maya and Lenka departed at 05:00 this morning.  Capt. Alex has been my right hand man for the past several seasons.  It’s going to make my job much more challenging without him by my side.  He put up with everything I could dish out.  Alex is a friend and I’ll miss him.  He is taking a huge step in moving to Europe and starting a life with Maya.  Thanks for your contributions to the Florida Sea Base, for helping me with so many personal projects and for letting me pick on you.  You’re the best fake crier I’ve ever met.  Come back and see us if Maya will let you!!!

Dave Ball, world famous Scuba Instructor for the spring seasons aboard Schooner Conch Pearl, Divemaster Academy and National Jamboree, is an active Scouter in New Jersey.  Keep you eye on Hurricane Earl buddy.  If he forgets to turn right at Charleston, SC he could end up in your back yard.  All of these storms are wearing me out.  It’s the anticipation.  It’s like waiting in your room for your dad to come home and spank you.  You know it’s going to happen.  You know it’s going to hurt.  But you don’t know exactly WHEN it’s going to happen.

The sale of used scuba gear is going well.  We had a slight glitch in getting some of the orders in the mail, but Lindsay Kuc and Dave Rumbaugh got all orders received to date sent out via UPS today.  If your order was sent previously, it is on its way now.  And for what it’s worth, there should be no more shipping glitches.  Please remember we don’t ship items out very often.  It took a few days to work out the process.

A new Administrative Intern arrived yesterday.  Her name is Megan B.  No, B is not her last name, but I’m old, only heard it once and forgot it overnight.  I’ll try to remember to ask her again and post it tomorrow.  Sorry Megan.

Time to go to work.  It’s going to be wierd without Capt. Alex to pick on.

Capt. Steve
Aboard  S/V Escape

I mentioned several times that it is very rare to get an all-day, soaking rain at the Florida Sea Base.  Well, yesterday was one of those days.  It started raining around 09:00 and was still raining when I went to bed.

The radar is clear this morning but the wind is brisk at 22 knots from the east.  In the meantime, Hurricane Earl has turned into a Cat 4 beast.  I am relieved he is not visiting here.  Tropical Storm Fiona is on his heals and catching up.  Two scenarios are being suggested by the pros.  (1) Fiona will catch up with Earl and be torn apart.  (2) Fiona will slow down so as to not over take Earl and has a 25% chance of making landfall somewhere on the US east coast.  It is too early to tell.  And a new tropical wave, Invest 98, is following Fiona.

If there are any staff members reading this who have a Face Book account, would you please spread the word that Wednesday (tomorrow) is Capt. Rich’s birthday?  I am sure he would enjoy hearing from as many face book buddies as possible.  Or you can email him at Rich.Beliveau@scouting.org.

I received a VERY short email message from former Florida Sea Base staff member Seth Little yesterday.  Those of you who worked spring 2010 may remember that Seth was on his way to Alaska to be a bush pilot.  Seth did not say where he is or what he’s doing, but apparently he is still alive.  Teri Wells has taken possession of her Pearson 35 sailboat and is docked at Smuggler’s Cove Marina adjacent to the Snake Creek Drawbridge in Islamorada.  She is in the market for a used marine head (toilet) if anyone has a spare.  (I actually gave my spare to S/V Conchy back in the spring.)  Brittany Haury is easing through the PADI Instructor Development Course at the Florida Keys Dive Center in Tavernier.  Her Instructor Exams (the scary part) is this weekend.  Best of luck Brittany!!!

The number one medical complaint at the Florida Sea Base is ear discomfort.  Scuba divers, sailors, staff, all complain of ear pain.  I was given permission today to purchase a real-live, wall mounted otoscope.  I am working with our medical advisor to find the right unit at the best cost.  While we do not employ a nurse or MD on premises, we frequently have medical professionals among our participants.  Being able to make a quick assessment of whether a sore ear is just a troublesome outer ear infection or a serious internal barotrauma will help reduce the number of people needlessly sent to the ER.  This piece of equipment will be of great benefit to our participants and staff.

Capt. Steve
Aboard S/V Escape

I’m still not feeling great but it’s time to get back to work.  The Florida Sea Base was visited yesterday by the Islamorada Fire Department.  One of the pull-down alarms in the Galley went haywire and activated repeatedly.  There was no activity in the Galley yesterday and no signs of deliberate activation.  I am sure Capt. Keith will have someone from our alarm company out today to fix the problem.

I had a fairly productive day yesterday.  I was successful in replacing the idle pulley and belt tensioner pulley on my truck.  That took care of the grinding noise being generated by failed bushings.  I also replaced the throttle position sensor but that did not fix the issue I was having with the engine.  The problem almost has to be with the distributor.  Not the rotor or cap – I have already replaced them.  I will have to call Divemaster Kevin Wilson so he can remind me of what he thought needed to be done next.

Earl is now a hurricane.  If the forecast holds, we should get some rain and wind but not much more.  Hope for the best….

Capt. Alex Bergstedt has today and tomorrow to wrap up all things scuba.  He and Maya are heading for Valparaiso, Indiana to spend some time with Alex’s parents and then they are on to Slovakia.  Capt. Alex has done a great job for me for the last four or five years.  (I’m not very good with dates.  That explains my history grades.)  Alex plans to find a job in Slovakia so he can be with Maya.  Maya is working on her Master’s Degree in Business.  She does not seem to be enthused with returning to class.  I sincerely wish them the best of everything.

One of my chores for today is to spend more money.  I need to order air testing kits for the scuba liveaboard boats.  It was decided that the Florida Sea Base would continue to pay for quarterly testing of the compressed air on the boats, but we are going to have the vessel owners submit their own samples to the lab.  I also need to work on winter staff hiring and reviewing applications for the 2010 Divemaster Academy.

Capt. Dave Muenzel on S/V New Horizon was really stoked yesterday.  He is going camping for a week or so with his grandson.  You could see the excitement and pride in his face.  I have never seen him this happy about anything.  I hope you have as good of a day as Capt. Dave is having.

Capt. Steve
Aboard S/V Escape

Good early morning from the Florida Sea Base.  It’s about 04:00 and I decided to get up and drain some of the congestion from my head.  I hate being sick and I am NOT a good patient.

I have nothing to talk about except the weather.  The local weather is still typical for summer; high of 90, low of 85, east wind at 15 and some chance of rain.  Hurricane Danielle is no threat.  The winds from Tropical Storm Earl are 9 mph short of hurricane status.  Earl will clip the northern most Lesser Antilles and will hope fully stay east of the Bahamas and only be a rain event for us.  Invest 97 is forecasted to follow the same course as Earl.  There is wave after wave easing across Africa and this chain of invest to tropical depression to tropical storm to hurricane to where will the hurricane hit is going to be a daily event for a while.  The African storms are the ones that have the most time to build into major hurricanes (category 3 or higher).  In a few more weeks, we will see hurricanes being born in the Caribbean.  They like to visit Florida.

A day rarely goes as planned at the Florida Sea Base but here are my plans for today.  First, go back to bed for a while.  Then see how I’m feeling.  If I feel up to it and it doesn’t rain, I have some mechanic work to do on my truck.  Plan B is to work on winter staff hiring and Divemaster Academy applications in the office.

Divemaster Joe Schreiner forwarded this link to me (from one of his participants I believe).  It’s an interesting article about water temperatures affecting fish behavior. http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/60940/title/Ocean_acidification_may_make_fish_foolhardy_

Make it a good day.

Capt. Steve
Aboard S/V Escape

It’s very quiet at the Florida Sea Base.  The staff are sleeping in.  I’m still struggling with a major head cold.  The weather is typical for this time of year.  Danielle is no threat to us.  Earl will come quite a bit closer but should miss us too.  The computer models on Invest 97 still show it turning north before getting to the Bahamas.  I hope they’re right, but I have an uneasy feeling about 97.  Maybe it’s just the NyQuil® and Alka Seltzer Plus® cocktails.

Capt. Dennis saw yesterday’s blog and sent this reply:

Peep. Stop. No jail. Stop. Trip home ok. Stop. Working on Ghetto House. Stop. Slow and steady wins the race. Stop. Haste makes waste. Stop. We hope to have a home/house in November. Stop. 2011? 2012?
Dennis and Ellen

That was definitely authored by Capt. Dennis.  It cracks me up, even at 06:30 with a head cold.  But it also makes me wonder what Ellen’s version is.  I have some thoughts that I tried to put into words, but I deleted them.  [When I went to school we "erased" our mistakes or "corrected" them on a typewriter.  Now we "delete" them.  Which brings up another sign of old age.  The other day I had to refer a staff member to Wikipedia to look up "typewriter".  They were unfamiliar with the device.]

That’s it for now.  I may post a follow-up if I start feeling better or hear anything of interest.  Have a great weekend.

Capt. Steve
Aboard S/V Escape

We made it through the night at the Florida Sea Base without a thunderstorm.  I apologize for posting this late, but I have caught a cold and I slept in a bit this morning.  Please excuse any typos.  I am jacked up on NyQuil® and Alka Seltzer Plus®; plus the gallon of diluted hydrochloric acid (brand name Afrin®) I have squirted into my left nasal over night.

I am sitting on Escape, sipping on hot, black coffee and hoping my left sinus passages will drain soon.  Currently there is no rain within 100 miles of the Florida Sea Base.  At 08:00 it was 85º and we will get in the low 90s this afternoon.  The wind is 10 to 15 from the east and the skies are mostly clear.  In short, it is a gorgeous summer day.

The tropical weather is very busy.  Hurricane Danielle has made it to Category 4 status but is turning east and will only affect shipping interests.

Tropical Storm Earl is forecast to be a Cat 1 hurricane on Saturday night, Cat 2 on Tuesday and Cat 3 on Wednesday.  It is forecasted to turn north but will come closer than Danielle.

Then there is Invest 97L.  It’s too early for the computers and experts to make even an educated guess about the path of 97.  There is a high pressure system in place that has turned Danielle and should turn Earl to the north and then east.  97 may follow the same trajectory.  But there is a chance of Earl slipping south of the high pressure system and becoming an issue at the Florida Sea Base.

Stay tuned!!!

The first round of my budget did well.  We had a meeting on 04 August and used a crystal ball to predict the 2011 attendance figures.  Those are in turn used to set our projected income.  So we pitch our best guess and reasoning to the GM who ultimately decides the magic number.  He reduced my magic number yesterday which reduced my income projection by $175,000.  That stings a little but is not a huge obstacle.  The good news was that my preliminary spending figures were unscathed.

Since I haven’t gotten off the boat yet I’m not sure what the seasonal staff are doing but I have a good general idea.  Capt. Alex and Dave are probably working on scuba tank maintenance, Lindsay probably helping them or filling orders for used scuba gear, and Capt. Aaron is probably helping Capt. Carol with boat maintenance or working on sailing program equipment.  The facilities staff is working on the Thomas Building conversion from staff housing to conference housing.   The galley staff is working on lunch and dinner.

My understanding is we are scheduled to take two Newtons and maybe the Corinthian dive boat from the Brinton Center to the boat yard on Monday.  (I had an English teacher tell me a long time ago that you can’t have a one sentence paragraph.  So here are two more sentences.)

I haven’t heard a peep from the Wyatts.  I hope they aren’t in jail for killing the contract who was working on their house while they were working here this summer.  He seems to be VERY slow but does good work and charges by the job, not by the hour.

Again, I apologize for this being late.  I’m going to fix something to eat and then I will consider going into the office.

Capt. Steve
Aboard S/V Escape

Good morning.  All is fine at the Florida Sea Base this morning.  Despite weather and electricity outage issues yesterday morning, I still managed to submit the first draft of my 2011 budget – a day ahead of schedule.  There will likely be revisions required.  MAYBE I can get those knocked out Friday, depending on when Paul Beal tells me which specific accounts need to be reduced.  I think I have submitted two annual budgets that were accepted without revisions.  Sometimes all it takes is better justification for the increases.

Hurricane Danielle was joined by Tropical Depression 7 at 11:00 yesterday.  TD 7 became Tropical Storm Earl yesterday afternoon and should be Hurricane Earl by Saturday.  Earl may curve north, but if it doesn’t, the Florida Sea Base could be in the “cone of death” projection by the weekend.  And we have a new wave that emerged off Africa yesterday.  This NASA image was posted yesterday before TD7 was upgraded to TS Earl.

I woke up around midnight night, used the head, checked the radar on my iPhone, all was clear, and went back to sleep.  At 03:08 I was awakened by the sounds of wind and waves.  We were on the edge (thank goodness) of a small but strong thunderstorm cell similar to Tuesday night.  The heart of this cell was just to our west but we still received an uncomfortable amount of wind.  The storm lasted for 30 minutes and was gone.

Some of you may know former all-star staff member Mariah Hall.  She and Capt. Tom Faralli (who drove BSA Adventure this summer) departed the Keys yesterday.  They are moving on with their lives.  It’s tough to earn a living down here.  I wish them success and happiness.

I think our on-payroll staff now consists of Maya and Lenka in the Galley, Noah in the Ship’s Store, Joe and Capt. Martin on the Facilities staff, and Capt. Alex, Lindsay, Dave and Aaron on the Program staff.  07:30 staff meetings have been suspended.  Capt. Rich or I will make staff assignments during breakfast (which now consists of cold cereal and bagels).

While seven of the full time staff are focused on 2011 budgeting and program, Nancy Wells, our Registrar, is already working on 2012 scheduling for council contingents.  Sometimes a single Troop or Venturing Crew cannot sign up enough participants to meet the minimum crew size for a Florida Sea Base adventure.  So Scouts from multiple Troops/Crews within a council come together.  That is referred to as a council contingent.

If Capt. Carl Olshenske or Capt. Alex Holoman are reading this, your checks are in.  Swing by the office at your convenience.

Back to the salt mine.

Capt. Steve
Aboard S/V Escape

It is sad seeing all of the staff departing the Florida Sea Base.  Capt. Dennis and Ellen Wyatt are departing this morning.  They have kept me sane for the past several years and it is difficult to see them go.  They are headed to Lady Lake, Florida to see all of the wonderful improvements their contractor, Hylan, has completed while they were gone for the summer.  I feel certain Capt. Dennis and/or Ellen will send me a full report as soon as they can.

We got smacked by a thunderstorm cell last night.  I woke up around 23:00.  I glanced at the radar on my iPhone while in the head.  I saw the cell approaching but it didn’t look as fierce as it was.  At 23:40 the wind speed was 2 knots.  Ten minutes later the wind was 16 knots.  Ten minutes after that, at midnight, the wind was 38 knots gusting to 41 knots – which is tropical storm strength.  Just as the system was hitting, I decided that I wasn’t going to be able to sleep through it so I would go to the office and work on the budget for an hour.  By the time I actually got onto the dock the wind was screaming.  I was surprised to see Capt. Rich on the dock and then I realized that Capt. Luke was trying to back S/V Lady Nell into a slip.  Capt. Luke was backing into the wind and it was requiring full throttle to make progress.  A gust hit so hard that it almost knocked Capt. Rich and me off the dock.  I asked Capt. Rich what was going on.  He said Capt. Harman (S/V Dutch Love) had called about an hour earlier from Key West saying the storm was headed our way.  Capt. Rich was aware that Capt. Luke and Capt. Michele (S/V Excalibur) were at anchor not far from the base.  Capt. Rich called them and they decided to head to the dock.  Of course they got here just as the most severe part of the storm arrived.  Suddenly the dock was a beehive.  It was dark and raining hard but I’m sure I saw Dominic Alesandrini, Capt. Martin Ivy, Capt. Carol, Richie Chapman, Capt. Dave (S/V New Horizon) and maybe some others (plus Capt. Rich and me) all on the dock assisting Captains Luke and Michele.

Once the two boats were secured, everyone scattered for shelter.  I decided to go to the office, change clothes and work on the budget.  I secured some dry clothes from my office and was headed to the bathroom to change when some palm fronds blew into the transformers next to our building and knocked out the power.  Joe Schreiner showed up to see if all was well.  Brittany Haury also showed up.  I called the Facilities Director, Capt. Keith Douglass, and he called the electric company.  An hour later there was still no electricity in the office  (therefore no access to the server and no working on the budget).  The wind let up a lot and the rain let up a little so I returned to S/V Escape.  There was power on the dock so I knocked out this much of today’s post and now I am going to go lay down for a while………

I’m back…..

The weather at the Florida Sea Base this morning is very characteristic of late summer.  NOAA’s forecast for today is “A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a high near 93. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.”  Danielle dropped from hurricane status to a tropical storm yesterday but should re-intensify.  Invest 96L is also intensifying.

I went to bed early last night so I could get up early and finish my first draft of the 2011 budget.  Obviously that storm was nixed by the weather.  I am considering putting my spear gun on the desk and shooting the first person to interrupt me today.  Even closing the office door has been ineffective.  But today is the day.  I WILL finish my preliminary budget today.

Used scuba equipment sales are steady.  We have a guy scheduled to drive down from Miami today to buy five BC/regulator sets. At only $325 for a BC, regulator, alternate air source, pressure gauge and depth gauge how can you go wrong?

I received two applications for the Divemaster Academy yesterday.  If you haven’t sent yours in yet, there’s no huge rush but I would suggest trying to have those in around 15 September.  Go to my LINKS page for DMA information.

It’s time to see the Wyatt’s off and get to work on the budget (assuming the electricity and server conection have been restored).

Capt. Steve
Aboard S/V Escape