The Hampton Snowbird Rendezvous passed the sea boot around this week and collected $400 for Pat. That's what rendezvous are all about, cruisers helping cruisers. Whether sharing information, matching up buddy boats, leveraging the intelligence and expertise of the group to inspect rigs, repair refrigeration, or shake down SSBs ... it's great to make sure that the innocent aren't punished and the kind taken advantage of and forgotten. Pat Stockwell is everyone on the ICW's buddy and shouldn't feel embarrassed about trying to help out one of the cruising family. We're all in that family also. Folks, please consider sending $5 or $10 to: Pat Stockwell, Inland Waterway Provision Company, 305 Hodges Street, POB 466, Oriental, NC 28571. If you're already not up to speed on what's happening in Oriental, more background is here: http://towndock.net/news/local-man-on-the-hook-for-boat-in-anchorage Stay in the deep water, Mark