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A new friend on the docks told me of a gun store that has to be seen if I was down that way. I have a fondness for quality fire arms that goes way back, maybe to Roy Rogers or the Lone Ranger or Have Gun Will Travel or Well you know if you were around during those times. Before President Kennedy was killed you could go to the big Army-Navy Surplus stores in Atlanta and they had left over WW2 and Korean war relics in piles. I recall a pile of rifles and my dad saying pick one when I was about 12 or so. He did not want me roaming the woods with out a fire arm. We came home with a WW2 rifle and a big box of ammo for $12.00. Later when I was 14 he gave me his Colt Woodsman 22 made in 1934. I still have it. I carried that Colt Woodsman every where except school, and then it was in my car when I was old enough to drive. I shot hundreds of squirrels and rabbits with it.  As most of us at that time we were very sad and shocked when JFK was slain. I felt something should be done and joined ...

Sunset @ Jekyll Island Harbor Marina where The Office is based. Chart location   http://cruisersnet.net/cruisersnet-marine-map/?ll=31.53251493906769,-81.20084224700928&z=15 We left our slip at Jekyll Island Marina  http://www.jekyllharbor.com/  on Sunday morning with the tide at mid way to high. We decided to try 1400 rpms on the twin Volvo diesels to see what our fuel consumption will be. We had cruised the boat down from Savannah when we bought it on fuel that was reported to be over 5 years old. Capt. Frank Barron, of  http://www.bluewatermarinesurveys.com/   advised us to add Cetane booster and we had no problems. A change of Racor filters reveled no bad deposits so we wanted to burn up the old fuel before adding more. Some one hit the bridge guard? Passing ICW Marker Green 19 about 100 ft off the marker we saw 8-9 ft of water. Jekyll Wharf  near Green 19 has boats on the mud at low tide. The ma...