"Larry" wrote in message
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Got a call from Skip on my cell asking for a boatyard in Charleston.

Steering problems this time. The wheel turns...the rudder
doesn't....hydraulics.

They're at Ross Marine on the ICW south of Charleston, tonight. No
reports
yet on what the yard has found as they got their late after a long tow
in
the harbor and down the ICW.

I've never met a man so patient with anything. His fuse is WAY longer
than
mine! I'd have jumped overboard by now.

Ross'll fix it. They fix our boat just fine. Then, they'll put back
to
sea, again. Just thought you'd like to know.....

I'll go see them on Saturday if they're still in the yard. I have two
sick
church organs needing my expert attention tomorrow. When he called,
today,
I was eating lunch in a little diner in Greeleyville, SC, with a
couple of
local farmers struggling to make a living after handing their profits
over
to the oil barons to run the tractors. Lots of farms are just sitting
unused now. Poor little town is all but closed down, people moving
away
looking for work like in the 30's. Rosey economy isn't reality in the
countryside at these fuel prices.


That Flying Pig is run by the biggest bunch of stupid losers I ever
heard about. They give sailors a bad name. I wish they'd just realize
they can't handle it and quit before they end up dead.

Greg Hall