On Jun 20, 9:29*am, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:
* *http://www.one-in-a-million-rescued.org/

Reach into your pocket, Joe, and donate generously to help defray the great
cost the Coast Guard incurred because of the hasty and most likely
unnecessary air lift from 'Red Cloud'. *Anybody else reading this who has
also suffered the indignity of a rescue at sea should also consider
supporting the brave rescuers. . .

Wilbur Hubbard

Neal I pay taxes, I've been funding them all my life.
Plus I did not charge the USCG to use my vessel as a command post
during hurricane Alicia at the city docks in Houston.
Nor did I charge PHI when I rescued a down chopper with 6 passangers
in the Gulf that had only one pontoon inflate and capsized.
I also did not charge the USCG when they requested I tow a capsized
Sport fisher out of the Matagorda Jetties.
Did not charge Mobil when they had a poison gas leak and asked us to
shuttle them out to a production rig. Was working for Anadarko.
Never charge the many many mariners who I've towed to the docks,,off
the mud, or oyster reefs..ect..
One of my crew member served 4 years in the USCG and I served 4 in the
Navy


Every New Years day I bring enough coffee for every USCG member
stationed at Ellington Field to get his fill and more.
We also provide free coffee every day of the year at the Galveston
Seafarers Center for any working mariner who wants it.
Donated coffee for the Gala ball saluting the USCG this year. They
even had a special table named after the USCG Cutter Heron
that tried to assist us but had to turn back due to seas to big for
the 110 ft cutter, they only made it ten miles offshore before they
had to turn back.

I'd rather chance getting rescued then spending my life on a chain
having to crap in a bucket. Sheeze you live on a dime store boat made
for day sailing at best.
The 13 years I sailed RedCloud I put more miles on her then you ever
have dreamed of sailing, including many offshore Regetta's.

Would you like to touch on the subject of making money as a master
mariner? You did have a joke of a ticket once..right?
I made 100's and 100's of thousands of dollars over the years I worked
as Captain. How about you?

So go **** yourself Nellie, you do not have the right to advise me on
donating anything.

Joe




Also donated coffee for auctions that help keep the Elissa floating,
and funding for the Seafarers center.