Just An FYI.....

While ACTM is doing the light maintenance on the boat I am going to explain the "Almost Captain Morgan" thing. Around the first of the year we decided that we would pursue getting a Captain's license. In March we started the process by going to Seaschool in Key Largo where we had to attend 52 hours of classroom instruction. We then drove to Fort Lauderdale and sat for the four hour written exam. Am pleased to report that we both passed with flying colors (I know I am saying this a lot but.....phew again.....) When we returned back to Missouri we continued with other requirements.....drug test, physicals, CPR/First aid class, obtaining a TWIC card (requiring TWO trips to KC!) and as you can imagine mounds of paperwork for the application. We had to prove we had 360 hours of boating experience since the age of 15 (no problem since we have lived on Bull Shoals Lake all of our lives) with 90 of them in the last 3 years. Fortunately ACTM has been keeping a log of our boating offshore and we easily had the 90 offshore hours and then some. Our applications have now been in the hands of the U. S. Coast Guard since April 16th. We can check the status of the process and they appear to be about 1/3 of the way through the evaluation. You know how the government works......could be well into the summer before it becomes official (barring any snags). So....there you have it.

Off for a bike ride and to celebrate Cinco de Mayo!

ACJM