Several years ago I encouraged Carl to get his Captain's license. It seemed like a good idea since he is a retired Naval Officer and he taught Sea Scouts. So he went to a License Prep School on Kent Island, took the class and passed with flying colors. Here comes the hard part. You have to be able to prove you've got 360 days on the water, 90 of which have to be within the last year. Well, he certainly had the 90 days as we had been on the water since our marriage in 2006 and had over a thousand miles up the coast but, the 360 could only come from his Navy days as Commander on several ships. Seems easy enough to prove, NOT! He had one year to prove his hours before he would have to take the course over. The request for Navy time was submitted after passing the course and it took almost one year to get the correct information we needed to submit for his license. Moral of this story...don't use your military time!

All the time and trouble has paid off because Carl is now Skipper of a 46 foot Bertram, (picture above.) He will be out on the water two days per week on Tuesdays and Sundays. So if you see someone at the helm with a great big smile on his face...that would be Captain Carl!