A few quick things.

1) I appreciate those who have expressed an eagerness to give me money. Actually, the begging will begin in March, and I'll send out an e-mail at that time.

Meanwhile, invest your $5.00 in something solid, maybe Enron and K-mart, like I did 3 months ago. As a result of my investment acumen, I'd like to request a little more for the web site this year, about $900 each. ;)

2) To earn my money, I have created a new database called the MSOG Book List. Please add your favorite books, the ones that have been discussed on the listserver, so we can start our own little reading list about sailing and the sea. I think it's a good idea to confine the list to those general topics. You can find the link under "Other Resources" on the MSOG site.

The book entry screen is simple and should be self-explanatory, and I've already added Hiscock's "Cruising Under Sail" to get us started. I'll refine the program as more get added.

There's still a lot of winter left for reading.

3)I have marked a lot of e-mails from the past several months to follow up on. Now that things are lightening up at work, I hope to get to those very soon and add a whole bunch of new stuff.

4) I think I've made all of the database corrections, additions and deletions that some of you have sent to me. Please e-mail me again if I missed making your change.

5) Someone on the listserver was asking after the article about the M-15 trip to Hawaii, that story is on the MSOG web site under "See the M-boats", then "M-15".

More later,

Doug