Steve FD:  

What ever happened to Me ?? After escaping Villa Park via the U S Navy I worked for 3 years on P- 3 aircraft and moved on to A-6s aboard the US Nimitz for a 3 year stint. I really hated the Navy so after My discharge I moved to Va Beach for a little vacation were I started doing a little surfing and a allot of relaxing but still found time to start a small landscaping company that I hated, so I sold that and moved the the outer banks (Kill Devil Hills) and founded the outer banks surf shop, I was able to keep that going for a few years but hated the winters and cold water so I moved to Florida for a little more surfing and relaxing. I also changed My name around the same time to Forest. After a few years the money started to run out so I responded to and add for a job as crew on a mega yacht departing for a summer in France, It turns out I got a job as deck hand on the Yacht Princess Tina (145 feet) and spent a few years working my way up to first mate. I loved the boat and the entire crew but I really wanted a change of pace so I took a job on the motor yacht Illusion ( the Fed ship 130 something) as engineer and spent another summer working in the Med and down in the islands but I really felt it was time to move on after working my ass off on that boat so I decided to take a year off and get My captains ticket. After a major winter in the Islands I went back to Ft Lauderdale for a few classes and ended up as captain on the motor yacht Octopussy ( 140 feet) what a great job that was all summer in the south of France ( St Tropez) and all winter in Palm Beach. That boat was sold so I took a summer job in the Hamptons running a little 100 foot yacht for two summers and spending winters in Miami. As luc...Expand for more