Morning Bell late Jan 29th

Good afternoon everyone,

I missed the Bell yesterday and am very late today. No excuse. Just a lot happening on the site.

It's a fabulous day here in South Florida with a light 6Kts breeze out of the South bringing war sunshine and calm seas.

Good news! Bob Barys who has been with us off and on for 4 years has now decided to join the team permenantly. Bob is a great guy with a terrific work ethic and wonderful to work with. Bob will fill the new position of launch Crew Supervisor with overall responsibility for the launching and storing of boats.

Well, they're on their way. Neville and Catherine on Dreamtime departed at 8AM this morning and will not make another landfall until the reach the Dry Tortugas. After a little time there snorkeling and touring the Fort they will press on for Cuba and points South. They promise to keep us up to date and they're website is zeroxte.com. Sponsored by Panasonic and ourselves, they are on a round the world cruise.

We're all envious here.

Lots going on today on the site. The floating dock for the temporary launch well was put in place today and grading ot the area in front of the Ship Store is complete so we will be launching from the new pad by Friday. The Precast slabs for the restaurant are due tomorrow and work continues on the second floor of the main building.

We had a good result at the Naples Boat Show with several Premier boats sold. Thanks to Peter and Kathy Grandanico for the loan of their brand new premier Intrigue which was a big hit at the show.

Time to go. More tomorrow.

Joe