My ship was originally scheduled to sail from Jacksonville today, and do donuts in the ocean for a few days before heading up to Charleston on Sunday. All that has been chucked out the window; now we're to leave tomorrow (07 April) in the late afternoon and head straight for Charleston, so there won't be any new wet grid squares along the way.
We'll get to Charleston early Friday morning, and I'll sign off the ship on Sunday. The shipyard we're going to is in grid FM02. That grid isn't super rare, but it's not all that common on the birds either. I should be able to get on from FM02 at various times on Friday and/or Saturday before I jump the rail. Unfortunately, there will still be a lot going on aboard the ship, so I can't in good conscience predict what pass(es) I'll be on. My XYL Cori has fully recovered from her shoulder surgery and will pick me up when I leave the ship on Sunday. We'll drive to south Florida where I will get a physical check up I need for renewing my merchant marine documents that will be expiring this summer. Our driving route will be FM02 - FM03 - EM93 - EM92 - EM91 - EM90 - EL99 - EL98 - EL97 - EL96 - EL95. If you need any of those, send me an e-mail and I'll see if we can work something out. Pse note that my shipboard e-mail address will remain valid while I'm off the ship, but I will not have access to it until I return to the ship in several months. After Saturday (09 April), pse use my "regular" e-mail address, claryco @ aol.com. Now it's back to working on the logs... 73 for now, Jim, ND9M / VQ9JC _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
