[CaptBones]

Hello again SailorSteve, Aktungbby and others,

Steve; his name was Lew McIntyre (still is, I suppose ) but I might have mixed up his 1st Class Summer Cruise with his initial duty station after graduation...that danged memory issue again! Anyway, he was in "Brinkley Bass" either in '69 or '70. If you need more reason to officially hate me (or even if you don't), during my Midshipman days and early career, I had the pleasure and honor of meeting not only Dick O’Kane, but George Grider, Gene Fluckey, Creed Burlingame (met him during a visit to the "Silversides" when it was still in Chicago), Slade Cutter, Ned Beach, and Jim Calvert, among others. Admirals Calvert and Fluckey were the only ones still on active duty, but the others weren't all that old, yet, and they participated in USNA speaking engagements and visits to Alumni Assoc. events, which were popular even with the dark clouds of Viet Nam hanging over everything "military" in those days. I can recall one or two conversations turning from interesting stories of wartime experiences (though not all of them talked much about that, especially RADM O'Kane) to comments about how nice we “kids” had it, and what luxury liners the new boats were, etc., etc.

Aktungbby...be careful of what you wish for...with or without that half-barrel of Hamm's, I could be tempted to get in the wagon and drive...especially with winter upon us for real. I can see you've got the courses plotted and I'm betting you'll not be "buoy hopping", as practiced by many weekend boaters encountered on the few trips into/out of the Bay that I made way-back-when. If the opportunity arises, I'll be in touch!