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In the 1840s this pre-Civil War fort protected the Gulf of Mexico from foreign invasion. How is that working out for you? If we rely on the government for answers to our problems we get government answers. Pray for our families and neighbors. Care for one another, 1 John 3:23 is the one we have the most trouble with, the rest is religion. Semper Fi! Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas 70 miles West of Key West http://www.nps.gov/drto/index.htm Sailing Vessel Kanza  Two of my friends agreed to go for a sail with me to the Dry Tortugas in June of 2005. I had made six trips to the Keys (See  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conch_Republic  )  and the Dry Tortugas during the summers before with my sailing friend Dale Fasenmyer and one trip with my wife, Jean and sons. This year looked about the same weather wise. Yes, I know that is hurricane season, but we all were teachers and summer was our only time off work. Dale, Michael Smith, another teacher friend and...

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...