Still No Captain's Dance....

Well, as you can imagine I have been wrestling with the U. S. Coast Guard over the two issues...a passport photo and sea service forms. As it turns out when you get a TWIC card (which I have in my wallet) the Coast Guard just uploads your photo from the TSA for your Captain's License. For some reason they said my photo was NOT in the system....hummmmmm...and that I should call the TSA and ask them to upload my photo. I faxed a copy of my TWIC card to the Coast Guard AND called the TSA to ask them to upload my photo into the system. Naturally the TSA acted like they had no idea what I was asking them to do (this after being passed along to three different people)! The second issue of the sea service form was they wanted me to fax them the Articles of Incorporation for Pontiac Boat Dock, Inc. since on one of my sea service forms I had listed Pontiac Boat Dock, Inc. as the owner of the vessel there at Pontiac Cove I had been on. Now, keep in mind, they NEVER asked CTM for any of this........hummmmmmm... O.K...so I faxed them the Articles. I got an e-mail from the Coast Guard last night that said the photo issue had been resolved and they could now (miraculously) upload my photo but since Joe Morgan was the original incorporator of Pontiac Boat Dock, Inc. he would need to sign my sea service forms!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now....if the vessel I had been on was owned by the Ford Corporation would they want Henry Ford to sign my form???????? I toyed with the idea of just signing "Joe Morgan" to the form and be done with it rather than try to explain that he has been DECEASED SINCE 1983! Naturally, I took the upper road and am NOW trying to convince them that ALREADY CTM and I ARE the owners of PBD, Inc. and that asking me to send them the Articles of Incorporation wouldn't show them anything about me (I wanted to say, "I told you so" pretty bad). Again, I am trying to cooperate and be as nice as I can (working pretty hard at that) so my application doesn't get shoved to the bottom of the pile. I have been secretly practicing that Captain's Dance behind closed doors and am cocked and primed for the day when I can do it! Stay tuned!!!!