Right now there is a boat "race" going on called the Skiff Challenge. It is open to boat manufacturers who make a small skiff-type boat. It is a circumnavigation of the entire coast of Florida, including around Key West. Rules include that the boat must be a production boat that you sell, less than 18' in length, 70HP outboard, no more than a 22 gallon fuel tank.

Two people on the boat, 2 people in a chase car. You can't swap people from boat to chase car. The boat can never leave the water or be trailered, so repairs have to be made in the water.

https://captainsforcleanwater.org/skiff-challenge/

Key West Boats (based in SC, interestingly), entered their 1720 center console. This is the same boat I have, though theirs is a more modern version. The SC plant manager's two sons are the captains of the boat. This is their first year participating because it was formerly open only to manufacturers based in FL. Also participating is Sea Pro, Yellowfin, and Hells Bay. Yellowfin currently has a massive lead, but the real victory is just manage to finish.

They set off Thursday evening in the dark from the panhandle in nasty weather with a line of severe storms ahead of them. Here was an update from the Key West guys after their night rounding the bend up in the panhandle through nasty weather:

Status update

I have not read any posts

We are leaving Steinhatchee

Broken items
~Silly sound bar
~VHF antenna
~Garmin monitors (fixed)
~FLIR
~Rigid lightbar (fuse)
~USB charger
~Yamaha gauge backlights
~Mast light

That all shook loose in Port Washington , hence our lengthy stop

We thought we'd try to make up time hitting open water. The waves and wind were so fierce, I feared for my life, so we backtracked. Whoops

I've been driving nonstop since 6pm. The crossing from Apalachicola to Steinhatchee was 3-4 footers, and took 5 hours. Despite this, I almost fell asleep at the wheel. Turns out, the Skiff Challenge is challenging

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For some reason, I  always pictured you as a blonde.

What kind of headset was that?  Clarity aloft?   Other?

Not sure how to take the blonde comment.    I did finally get rid of the bowl cut of 35 years, though.

It's the Quiet Technologies Halo - https://www.quiettechnologies.com/

No it wasn't.

Sure it was. A one-sided shot against a poster deserves the same. And here we are.

Well you and a few other left leaning members screamed to high heaven when I deleted one SPAM post, so you made your own bed.

Made what own bed? I don't see any problem with this post. Doesn't bother me, and the translation is interesting.

We haven't had a draft for decades, actually over forty years, and I doubt we will have one again, so it is a moot point.  The only reason Democrats want children to vote is that they are largely liberal/progressive.  It is another scam, like Open Borders, oh wait, they lie and call it "Amnesty".

Then abolish the draft. And 18 year olds aren't children. Literally. They are legally adults.

I have never agreed with that philosophy.  Even when I was 18.  Some of the attributes that make 18 yr olds good warriors are the same attributes that would make them poor voters. 

Now drinking on the other hand; if you can send them to war, then should allow them to drink.

The point isn't their decision-making prowess. The point is that when you send someone to war, you damn well better give them the the ability to vote for or against those sending them to war. In my opinion that should be a fundamental requirement for a republic that has mandated selective Service.

I can't find any news story that says WHY the charges were dropped.