Floyd McLaughlin:  

Life after wilson middle school in seattle 1974 I went to lincolin high in seattle for about 3 months then I moved to honolulu Hawaii with my dad living in pauoa valey where I went to kwanna Nakoa intermedieate school for a year , I then went to roosevelt high school for two years I graduated a year early in 1977. I worked for windjammer cruses in hawaii lived on a 26ft sail boat near the airport then at the alawai yacht harbor, I joined the coast guard reservs, and worked on tug boats in hawaii. I moved back to seattle in 1981 where I started working on fish processors in the summer while I went to seattle central community colage in the winters, taking marine engineering classes. it was on the processors I met my future wife Dacia in 1985. I worked my way into the engine room with my education. In 1990 I started working for National Oceanographic and atmospheric administration on various ships home ported on both the east and west coasts and I continued sailing with them for 8 years I saw a lot of the world and went whare ever a interesting voyage would take me frome t...Expand for more