Just found out that my niece's husband Stuart from Milton, Mass. is in the engine room on the Maersk Alabama that was shot at last week off the Somali coast. He will be home at Christmas. He is a graduate of Mass. Maritime a few years ago. Real good guy and a great husband to my niece Kelly and thier daughter Lilly. I have to pay more attention to header spelling. I should have posted this in the scupper's, I hope I didn't intrude on anyones broadband space inadvertantly.

Frank .......cool news

My buddy, also a MMA grad is out there too. Don't remember what ship he's on, but don't think its the Alabama. Kind of scary. Lets hope they stay safe.

Interesting that they fended off the pirates.

Lots of water, very few ships.