Guns, Money and Drugs

As a yacht agent the requests that come in are quite varied. The requests usually come in via email, some times by phone or in person at which point some basic research is involved and then usually a conversation about how to proceed and how much it will cost, then coordinating the goods or services and then following up.

Vessel names are not included for privacy reasons.

We had two main client yachts for the summer, and some other smaller yachts, one even American flagged, just not familiar with the area that used our services. Yacht 1 was a 250+ft yacht flagged in Europe that was cruising north to meet up with the owner and family arriving via their private jet. This was not without issue along the way. There was a mechanical issue with the yacht when it arrived at our dock and the first concern was repairing that and whether that meant it had to go back south to Vancouver or Seattle for this work. Luckily we have a ferry building and repair facility in town so we were able to find out they could be accommodated and started setting up all the pieces to the puzzle to do that. Well then it was decided that the issue could be fixed while the yacht was still in the water, so crisis averted there. But new issues were then cropping up in that the parts had to be flown in from Europe and then the engineers to do the repairs had to be flown in as well as a dive team assembled to do the in water work. Problems solved at a cost of nearly a week more at our dock at a cost of $3/ft/day. $$$$

The list goes on… The bodyguards on board(this kind of surprised me, but when you are an old rich dude you can have bodyguards!) were concerned about bear protection and wanted to bring their guns, but taking their weapons into American waters and such isn’t allowed, so after much research we found that we could rent them guns for the summer! Who knew! So two brand new shot guns were purchased and their associated ammo in time for the yacht’s arrival. Well of course the owner doesn’t want to have to worry about going to an ATM, I mean what billionaire wants to do that! So we were wired 5 figures of money and had that ready in 100s, 50s, 20s, 10s, 5s and 1s. So we happened to have the money and the guns ready for delivery on the same day and yours truly leading the way with cash in hand “Permission to come on board with the guns and money?” Going on board isn’t just as easy as when I was living on the Conch Pearl or Clementia, this included wearing booties or removing your shoes, signing in to the official register, and wearing a guest id tag around your neck. Oh and of course being escorted the entire time. So I sat and watched the money being counted while the boss man gave the run down on the guns. All in a days work!

On to the drugs! And don’t worry not illegal drugs!! So we get a phone call from the captain of Yacht 2 via satellite phone saying that the owner’s wife has lost(or maybe run out?) of her bottle of Prozac and is having a bit of a melt down, is there any way we can get a bottle from town and have it flown to the yacht which is about three hours flight time round trip away. I reply, “Well, we’ve never done that, but I’ll see what we can do.” So after a phone call with a local pharmacy which included lines like, “yes sir, I said this is going to a 150ft yacht” followed by “no I don’t think we will worry about getting her insurance information, they are having us charter a plane to take the bottle directly to the yacht, just go with full price.” So from initial request to the drugs being onboard was about 4 hours. Not bad for our first time!

Other projects included sourcing kosher fine cuts of meat over the weekend. Our usual source in Seattle is closed on the weekend so we had to come up with plan B. This was a project for a boat that was unhappy with their current agent’s performance and wanted our help. So we were able to place the order and to complicate things further the rich guy in this case owned a motor yacht and a sailing yacht so the order would need to be in two boxes because the boats were docked at different marinas. Oh and those two marinas were in the capital city of Juneau, hours away from us. So the boxes were flown from New York City to Juneau but of course with delays along the way! Luckily the courier service we selected in Juneau is friends with the employees at Alaska Air Cargo and was able to get the meat slipped out the back door at nearly 11pm. Then I get a phone call at about 11:30pm of the boxes aren’t labeled! So I instruct the courier to open one box and tell me the contents and I will look at the original order to figure out which one is which. Crisis averted and kosher meat in hand, only a few hours late.

Yacht 3 is a nearly 300ft long yacht cruising with the owner and family. On their to do list for us was a varied list, the highlights include: track down a Pilates chair that had been leapfrogging up the coast following them, secure permits for the yacht and tenders in the national parks and wildlife viewing areas, hire floatplanes out of Juneau to bring their guests out to the yacht, and since it’s raining the owners didn’t want to go to the airport to meet their private jet by boat, so I drove them in the company minibus, three dogs, one infant and all. That was my first time driving on to the ferry to the airport, as well as my first time ever driving on the tarmac of an airport. Oh and of course with the dogs barking in the excitement of it all.

Summer 2013 in review

I spent the summer in Southeast Alaska working for what I originally thought was just one company but it ended up being three! I was originally hired to work for a float plane company and it turns out that the father and son co-owners also own two other companies, a small marina and yacht agency. So my job changed by the hour and the day. Most of my time was spent on the float plane business as a customer service rep, phone calls, emails, bookings and reservations, driving the company mini-bus to pick up cruise ship customers. But I also did bookings for the marina and helped boats tie up and the most varied and often most fun part was the yacht tasks.

The basis of the job comes from foreign flagged vessels operating in Alaskan waters and a requirement to contract with an agent/agency. A yacht agency does the leg work for a yacht, anything from booking a dock to sourcing food. And beyond Working as a yacht agent meant using a little creativity and lost of resourcefulness. Being new to town I was still learning where all the different stores were and different street names and yet I would have to source different supplies from places I had yet to know existed. More on that in a different post.

Float planes, what strange creatures! I’d never ridden in one before I started working for the company. I’d also only visited Southeast Alaska for a week, so I was really in for a treat! The area averages about 13 feet of rain each year and is a rainforest. Many people ask about snow, thinking that it’s Alaska and it must be some crazy amount, to my surprise as well, under two feet the entire winter. Coming from Vermont where we’ve gotten two feet in one storm I was a bit shocked. I have yet to even see a flake fall there since I left before October 1^st. Maybe another winter.

Southeast Alaska, more specifically the Misty Fjords National Monument is a spectacular place. The beautiful landscape will constantly wow you. The wildlife is breathtaking. I was fortunate enough to see a humpback whale after being in the state for days, eagles soared every day on my drive to work, deer munching on grass, mountain goats grazing on the mountain tops, it was fantastic. I was thoroughly spoiled in that my first summer was probably the driest on record so I saw beautiful blue skies weekly and spectacular sunsets.

My accommodations were in a rental house that I shared. The house is a three bedroom, two bath house with garage and a beautiful beach just steps down the road. We were nearly at the end of a dead end road and well outside of town, so it was a nice place to escape from all the excitement of town and tourists. The beauty did come at a price, an hour of commuting each day, but it was a price we were willing to pay. Jon and I shared his truck and we would often catch rides with our housemates. One of our housemates is Jon’s coworker, also a Forest Service employee.

Jon and I also got the opportunity to be tour guides when family friends, Julianne and Ellen, had a day in port on their Alaskan Cruise. I was able to arrange a flight with my company and the three of us ladies went out in the 6 passenger plane for an adventure piloted by Josh. We had a spectacular time! Jon joined us for lunch in town before we headed out to try and find some bears which was unsuccessful. We walked around to view some of the totem poles that are famous in SE Alaska and finished our day with drinks at the Cape Fox Lodge overlooking town and the cruise ships.

I thoroughly enjoyed working and living in Southeast Alaska and Jon and I plan to be back in the Spring of 2014 for another summer.

Winter 2012-Spring 2013

Key West recap

So I have been slacking on my blog and not keeping up with it. No real excuses, just having too much fun.

Last I wrote I was living in Key West in floating accommodations working hard during the week and enjoying playing tourist on the weekends. Jon and I took advantage of being “locals” and getting discounted or free entry to the attractions in town. I think our favorite was Truman’s Little White House, for me the Florida Keys Discovery Center was a close second.

I worked as a painter. This isn’t as simple as it may sound. The marina where we worked is a floating dock system, so to accommodate the tides there are metal pilings that are strategically placed to hold the dock attached to shore and not drift off. These pilings see a bit of wear and tear from boats coming and going as well as their lines to tie up with. So before I could paint I had to remove the rust and corrosion from the metal, then use a special primer and then 4 coats of paint later voila! To remove the rust is a dirty process. I was usually a sight to behold at the end of the day! I used a device called a needle scaler, which has little metal rods that act like little jackhammers so this created flakes of paint and rust and a hefty amount of rust dust, which usually coated me from head to toe. My job also included a bit of strategic planning so as to not get said dust and flakes on fancy expensive yachts.

Our floating accommodations came via a Sea Base friend. Bruce owns three sailboats and he had one that was not the right set up or size for the scout program so it was sitting in a marina in Islamorada unused. Part of the deal working at this marina in Key West is that dockage is free except for two weeks when big events were happening in town, so Bruce got free dockage for his boat and we got a free place to live, win-win! As a thank you to Bruce we cleaned the interior, exterior and scraped the bottom of the boat, replaced a missing custom cushion with the creative hands of Capt. Holley, replaced the refrigerator thermostat with the skilled hands of Capt. Denny, as well as replaced the marine head(toilet) to repair a crack and leak. During the two weeks of the events in town we tied the boat up at the Conch Pearl mooring and went back and forth via dinghy. Luckily for us both weeks had poor weather so not all the boats showed up that had reservations so we were able to bring the boat back in earlier than we anticipated. This was a special treat when my parents were visiting so they could see the boat and Jon and I didn’t have to transit back and forth in the dinghy.

Jon and I participated in the locals parade for Fantasy Fest with several friends which was a lot of fun. We also took a few days to camp out at the Dry Tortugas/ Fort Jefferson. The weather wasn’t great so we didn’t get to do much snorkeling but we explored every inch of the fort and took all the tours offered. We even saw one of the float planes that operates in Southeast Alaska in the summer and the Florida Keys in the winter time! Jon was of course wearing a SE Alaska Forest Service t-shirt for a photo op with the plane! My parents flew down for a few days to visit and took the ferry out to the fort. This was Jon’s first face to face introduction to my parents and we were also out of cell phone range so we requested that my parents bring the newspaper because the presidential election was going on and Jon was eager to find out the results.

Holidays

With Christmas on the horizon Jon and I packed up our things and headed north. We made a stop in Tampa to visit some of Jon’s family, then flew to his mom’s in the DC area. We spent about 3 weeks relaxing and touring around DC. Christmas was celebrated with Jon’s family, and New Years was a low key night out to the movies.

We then took the train to Burlington and spent several weeks painting my parent’s condo. We painted the entire first floor, ceiling, walls, doors, trim, baseboards, even radiator covers. We even installed a few new light fixtures. We then took the train back to DC so we could take advantage of a great flight deal to Istanbul, Turkey. We spent about a week in Turkey, mostly Istanbul seeing the sights and walking the city.

After Turkey I flew back to Vermont, and then resumed painting. I finished up a few things at my parents, then moved on to my brother and sister in law’s condo and painted their place as well. I was also researching jobs in Southeast Alaska so that Jon and I could be together for the summer as well as applying to jobs to hopefully return to Antarctica.

I interviewed for and accepted one position to work for a tour company in SE Alaska and then got a phone call while I was out running errands from another company that Jon thought I’d be happier with and quickly accepted the offer and booked my flights to head to the 49^th state!

Life aboard the Clementia II

The most commonly asked question of me in the last two months is “What’s next?”

Sadly I am not headed back to Antarctica as I had previously hoped. I have still heard nothing from PAE, one of the subcontractors, about the roughly 15 positions I applied for. So, I have opted for another adventure that would allow my boyfriend, Jon, and I to live together.

A little history… Jon and I met in Antarctica and started dating around Christmas time. We traveled together for two and half weeks after our contracts were up. Jon then returned to his normal job for the US Forest Service in Alaska and I returned to Sea Base for my usual scuba instructor position. I had some time off between seasons at Sea Base and visited Jon in Ketchikan in early May and then saw my parents in Vermont. I applied for about 20 different positions in Antarctica for two subcontractors. I interviewed for 2 positions with Gana A Yoo, which I was not hired for either. PAE still hasn’t contacted me, which has disappointed me greatly. Jon has been hired two positions and we talked for a long time about what to do. Should Jon go back to the Ice without me, how long should I wait to hear from PAE, should we wait and reapply next year in hopes of going back together. We decided wait to go back together.

So we started looking at options for employment and places to live. I had been working my second summer on the Schooner Conch Pearl with Captains Holley and Denny when they approached me and told me about the crew Denny runs in the fall and early winter repairing the docks at the Galleon Marina in downtown Key West. After several phone calls with Jon we agreed to work, Jon as Dock Maintenance and myself as a painter. Now the issue of where to live! Key West is an expensive little city. Again, Holley and Denny to the rescue! They suggested I contact a friend and Sea Base captain that had a boat, the Clementia II, that was sitting unused. So after checking the boat out and coming up with an agreement for living on the boat we were set up! 

Two weeks ago friends of mine, Laura and her boyfriend Capt Luke, helped me sail the Clementia II from Islamorada down to Key West. It took us about 13 hours of time underway. As part of the agreement to work on the docks we get free dockage, which in this town is huge! We will have to move for two big events, Fantasy Fest and Super Boat International Races that happen here in Key West in the fall, but Holley and Denny have very kindly offered their mooring which is about a mile away. So things are falling into place!

 

 

Clementia II

Clementia II is a 32 foot West Sail built in 1974. And yes it is for sale! It has sleeping space for 4(a large bed in the v-berth and two single beds in the salon), a head(toilet!) and a galley with refrigeration and a propane stove.

V-berth. Wooden insert connects the two sides to make one big sleeping space

The Head

The Head

Storage- Little closet and lots of drawers

Main Salon looking aft

Main Salon looking forward

Galley Port side

Galley Starboard side

Storage in the main salon

Fridge!

 The only real issue with the boat was the fridge wasn’t working but Denny came over and got it running and we are in the process of getting a new thermostat.

Clementia II at the dock in Key West

More pictures from the Islamorada to Key West trip and of the boat can be found at… https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.828450836169.2164256.44801562&type=1&l=069850d1ac

Lobster Mini Season

Well, its that time of year again! We are out at Pelican Shoal for the night. We did a little recon this afternoon and just got back from a night dive. The lobsters are in place now a quick nights sleep and into the water we go.
Wish us luck tomorrow!

Long Distance- I forgot to click post!

I wrote this post a while ago and must've forgotten to click "post!" Oops! Oh well! I hope you enjoy even if it is a little late! 

After the Spring season at Sea Base was officially over I went on a trip to the other side of the country. Almost as far away from Florida as I could get, and for a very good reason! Jon and I hadn’t seen each other in over two months since parting ways after our travels on the way home from Antarctica, but I was able to get a ticket to Ketchikan, AK for a visit. For 6 days we enjoyed relaxing, hiking, and staying in a cabin while it rained and rained. Ketchikan is a very rainy place, so this wasn’t totally unexpected. The last day and a half I was there it cleared up nicely and the sun warmed us up and dried things out.

Jon has been in Ketchikan for a few summers now working for the U.S. Forest Service on trails in the area. When we were planning my visit Jon came up with the idea of taking a ferry to the neighboring island of Prince of Wales and go camping. Jon had never been there and was keen to check it out. We booked a cabin on the water that was run by the Forest Service group for the island called Twelve Mile Arm Cabin. Jon met several members of that group a few weeks before I arrived during some joint training. They alerted him to the fact that many of the roads are closed due to snow! So we changed our schedule to shorten our trip by one night based on their information.

The cabin was in great shape, built in 2007, and had four or five skylights, which Jon expected to leak, based on the cabins in his district, but they didn’t! There was enough room to sleep 6, a wood stove, table and benches and a nice covered porch. The outhouse was just steps beyond the wood shed. The view was beautiful and we enjoyed watching the tides change (about 20 feet!) and looking for wildlife. We read and went for walks around the cabin. Jon chopped wood for the fire and taught me about the different types of trees. We saw lots of Sitka Black Tail Deer (they need to learn to run away from cars!) and a couple eagles and a tree with an eagle’s nest in it, but luckily no bear.

We came back from Prince of Wales on Saturday and had some of Jon’s friends and co-workers over for dinner. Jon made his beet salad that I love and his friends brought all kinds of stuff! We enjoyed several kinds of salmon, pickled sea asparagus, devil’s club tea, elk meat, sausages, and lots more. The rest of my time in Ketchikan was spent going on short hikes, hanging out at the beach just down the road from the place Jon is renting, and going to the local dive shop to look at snorkel gear for Jon’s upcoming PADI Open Water Class.

Also Capt Dennis Wyatt(Author of Bald Man in the sea and the Balder Man in the Sea) recommended I go to Knudson Cove. I had written down the name so I wouldn’t forget it and then I misplaced the paper! So Jon was taking me to a local diner/food cart just up the road from where he lived and it just so happened to be in the very cove! I recognized the name on the signs when we were driving there. We walked around and I took some pictures while our food was being made. Beautiful spot! I hope if I get to go back to Ketchikan to go kayaking in the cove. Thanks for the tip Dennis!

Jon was a great host and I thoroughly enjoyed my time in Ketchikan and on Prince of Wales Island. He made breakfast for me every day and cooked when we didn’t go out to eat. What a guy!

After my time in Ketchikan I flew to Vermont to visit my parents for a few days before heading back to Florida for work. I got to visit some friends and family as well as help on some projects around my parents place. As always I wish I had more time to spend with them.

Half way there!

The middle of last week was the half way point in the summer for us aboard the Conch Pearl. So far we have had great crews! I am very much looking forward to lobstering! The last Wednesday and Thursday of July is lobster mini season. We will probably lobster for part of one of the two days. I enjoy the hunt! The sad part is that because so many other people enjoy the hunt and become possessed that several people are killed over the week that includes mini season. A sad but true reality.
Last year we had some great catches! 

We were chased off the reef again this afternoon due to thunder and lightning. I hope this isn't going to be a trend for the rest of the summer. It's getting old very quickly.
For those of you who may be wondering I haven't heard anything back from my applications with PAE to go back to Antarctica. I am still holding out hope that I will get a call or email from them. Jon and I want to go back again. In the mean time I'm enjoying every beautiful sunset I can!

Over night shark line hit!

Just got a bonnet head shark! Angler: Colin Keele on his 16th birthday

Back on board the Schooner Conch Pearl

Feels great to be back on the boat. With Troop 626 from Spring, Texas.
Youth Crew Leader Jeremy relaxing while we fish. Heading towards Sombrero Lighthouse.

It's that time of year again!

So I'm back at the Florida Sea Base again and I will be headed out on the Schooner Conch Pearl later this week. As with last year, I am trying to give the scouts and adults that will be on the boat with me as much information to make sure they can "Be Prepared." I am sending out my letter and packing list to all the adult leaders today and will be posting more information and updates as the summer goes on.

To my usual readers- I promise I will post something soon about what I've been up to and my trip to Alaska to see Jon and to Vermont to see my family. 

Hello Adult Leaders-

My name is Megan Ware. I will likely be one of your Sea Base Staff members for when you and your crew will be here on your scuba liveaboard trip.

Your crew number should be SLS####12A. Those numbers should be the two digit month and day of your arrival. This indicates you arrive for the Scuba Liveaboard program on a Saturday. If you received this email and are scheduled to arrive on a Friday or Tuesday(SLF####12A or SLT####12A), the information contained here is for a different boat.

Please read this closely and pass along info to the youth and parents.

There are some things that I feel you need to be aware of to help orient your scouts before they arrive here.

First, if you can arrange to arrive at Sea Base closer to 1pm that would be ideal as we have several hours of prep to do Saturday afternoon/evening so we can leave Sunday morning. I know for many of you your flights or transportation can't be changed at this point but if at all possible please work toward an earlier arrival time. Please let me know when you expect to arrive at Sea Base. Keep in mind it takes about 2 hours to drive from Fort Lauderdale Airport, and 1½ hours from Miami Airport. If you are delayed please call the Program Office at 305-664-5627.

You and your crew are expected to be able to tie some basic knots. These are: cleat hitch, clove hitch, bowline, and how to coil a line/rope. Please practice with your scouts and other adults! Everyone will work as deck crew and need to be able to tie these. This is also how we secure our dive gear so you will need to be able to tie a clove hitch over and over again. I will have lengths of rope and cleats to practice with because Capt Denny WILL be testing everyone!

Also, everyone will be working in the galley preparing and cleaning up from our meals. Capt Holley tries to ensure that we are sanitary because we are in a small space and germs travel quickly. So, please show your scouts (or ask your wife or mother) how to wash dishes in a sink with a dish drying rack and kitchen towel. They will be expected to wash dishes at every meal and if it isn't done well enough it will fall to the adult leaders. A scout in clean, thus this should be a vital skill to have in life.

Every buddy pair is expected to have a dive watch. To elaborate this is a waterproof watch that has some sort of timer (either stopwatch or bezel style) that is a vital piece of dive equipment whether at Sea Base or any other dive operation. This does not need to be a $100 item, a basic model from a Wal-Mart style store for about $20 that is rated to 60 ft+ will suit the needs of this adventure.

Finally we will need a youth crew leader and assistant youth crew leader. Please speak to the scouts about this and have 2 people designated for these by your arrival. It works better if these are experienced leaders.

The packing list provided for you by Sea Base likely has many things on it you don’t need as it is an umbrella list for many programs. Based on recommendations from previous crews I have put together this list…

First if you can pack in a soft sided bag because the locker(no lock provided, bring your own) to leave your suitcases in while on the boat isn't huge.
Sea Base provides everyone with a zippered bag to use for the week of their adventure.

As far as what to pack in that Sea Base bag...
2 pair of swim trunks
Towel
Sunscreen (not the spray kind) Atleast 8oz per person
Sea sickness pills (Sea Base recommends Bonine brand)
Hat, sunglasses with a strap to keep them on your head, maybe a buff or bandanna
Shorts and t shirt to sleep in and another set or to wear on land
A couple t shirts(or fishing shirts with built in UV protection) to wear on deck to keep the sun off or wear during the dive
Toiletries including shampoo/camp soap(we have fresh water on board), toothpaste, tooth brush, deodorant, Gold Bond, any medications you may take, etc
A headlamp/small flash light is nice for anchor/night watch
A book to read- we have some cards and board games on board.
A dive watch or dive computer with a time keeping function-atleast one per buddy pair
Log Book, Certification card, and some spending money for an ice cream or soda



All of the above items will go in a bag provided by Sea Base. The items below can be separate:
 
Sleeping stuff- I personally recommend bringing a pillow, sleeping mat/pad, light weight sleeping bag(or blanket) and a flat sheet. This will be enough to give you flexibility between sleeping on deck and below deck on the bunks. This can be separate from the bag of clothing.
Any dive or snorkel gear you may have is welcome and will be packed separate from the personal gear. I recommend purchasing a mask fin snorkel set on your own that fits well. Sea Base provides all of the equipment but it is the most basic model and some times it isn't the most comfortable or best fit. Any personal gear is used at your own risk, if it breaks we are not authorized to repair it. As well, if it is unsafe for you to use we will provide you with Sea Base equipment. Bring mask defog and any replacement clips or straps for your own personal gear incase something breaks. If you are going to use Sea Base fins, bring a spare pair of socks to wear with the fins to avoid blisters. We will issue you a mesh equipment bag for storing your dive gear on deck. Please don’t plan on using your own bag on the boat unless it is exactly like ours. There is limited space on deck.
Uniforms: According to tour permits you and the entire crew should be traveling in their Class A uniform. When you arrive we will have a crew photo taken in those uniforms. For the rest of the week the crew can attend flags in a matching Class B shirt, or on the Luau night a tropical shirt. The Class A shirts can be left at Sea Base while we are on the boat.
Spending money: This is up to you and the parents to decide on. The Sea Base Ship Store has many souvenir items as well as if a toiletry item is forgotten. One evening we will go back to the dock where we boarded the boat. We have provisions for that night to be able to eat on the boat BUT there is the option if the WHOLE crew wants to go out for dinner on their own dollar they can. Also we usually go on a walk to a nearby convenience store for ice creams and sodas again on the scouts’ dollar. Please communicate this to all the parents.
Electronics: The official Sea Base policy is no personal electronic devices. I agree with this policy while at Sea Base except in the case of adult leaders that need to get in touch with work or the emergency contacts(bring a list of these phone numbers). We have had several scouts onboard accidentally do entire dives with ipods, cell phones, and wallets in their swim shorts! There is a single outlet always on for all of us to share. I recommend once you arrive at Sea Base that the scouts power down everything and pack it away.
Cameras, both underwater and regular, are encouraged, just remember to recharge batteries we have to share the outlets.

If anyone has any dietary variations such as Kosher, vegan, peanut allergy, etc. please let us know ASAP!

For more info and pictures about the boat check out the website for the boat at schoonerconchpearl.com. There is a dedicated scouting page Captains Denny and Holley put together that is for Sea Base Participants. That website is: http://schoonerconchpearl.com/?page_id=48.

Last year I put together some information videos and links on my personal blog. That can be found at gonediving99.blogspot.com, search for: Adult Leader Info, Conch Pearl, Florida, and/or Sea Base. I may add more as the summer goes on.

Please reply by email to confirm receipt of this message. Please include the time you expect to arrive at Sea Base as well as your arrival date.

I look forward to meeting you all!

Megan Ware

The purpose of this email is to provide a little pre-trip information that is not in the ‘Official Florida Sea Base Participant’s Guide’ or information that may need clarification or correction. It is not a replacement for the official ‘Florida Sea Base Participant’s Guide’. It is a supplement. Please read the ‘Florida Sea Base Participant’s Guide’ thoroughly. The information contained here has been put together from input provided by crews that have been here before and is continually edited and updated. Additionally, there will be a detailed orientation on the evening of your arrival and another when you arrive at the boat.