Now I seek my own volunteer crew or even better... my permanent sailing companion

Believe it or not we are still in Marathon, Florida waiting and waiting for a weather window to head south. As it was Christmas we decided to check out a Christmas pot luck an area restaurant/bar 'Dockside' was hosting.. They were to provide turkey, ham and potatoes and guests were to bring something to share. It was advertised via posters and word of mouth that the pot luck would begin at 3 pm but the bar would open at noon. In addition to what food you would bring, a $5 donation was requested. We chose to arrive at 2:45 only to discover the hordes who had arrived for the bar time attacked the food as soon as anything was set on the table. We found that the turkey was gone and so were the potatoes, though I did manage the final spoonful of them. There were several nice salads and plentiful pies and cookies which seemed to increase as others arriving even later than us added their items. I sought coffee to go with my plate of pie and cookies but no such luck. We brough...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. It's been interesting to hear the discussions of many of the live aboard people here. One issue is boats with the federal coastguard registry from out of state don't feel they need to have an additional Florida registration for their boats? The issue that seems to be the hotter topic is whether or not dingys should be required to have navigational lights.. It seems back in Grand Marais if the dingy has an outboard it should have the stern white light and green and red bow lights.. Down here the live aboards seem to imply the FWC is just making up the rules as they go? It's been said the sheriffs department used to oversee such things but handed it off to the FWC ? FWC would be like Minnesota's DNR which it seems to me oversees both boat registration and navigation lights though the later is also enforced by the coast guard and sheriffs water patrol if there is one? It's a big issue and they're having a special mee...