What's new

12/13/02	Added pictures to most of the "Pets" page
	Rachel's 2nd favorite pastime
12-08-02	Misty again makes the Welcome page on MSN's Golden Retriever Web site http://groups.msn.com/GoldenRetriever/welcome1.msnw or this saved paged Misty is famous again
	Edison Fire Fighters were recognized for the efforts during the 2002 & 2001 MDA Drive Fire Fighters nationwide were once again the leaders in the drive to support the annual MDA Drive
11/16/02	Moved and renamed some files to the archives, your previous bookmarks may not work now
11/15/02	Added more Bridge pictures, including a panoramic image.
11/12/02	updated the NJROTC page & photos Added the page for Puddy & and updated the Gungy page Posted more salvage pictures Added info on Monmouth County's Medal of Honor recipient and the recent awards to of our soldiers for actions in Somalia AKA "Blackhawk Down" Take the time to read about our American Heroes!
11/06/02	Split Misty's page up
11/06/02	Haul out tomorrow around 9am, if interested in watching, be there at 8:30, and then after the haul we'll head to the Diner for breakfast.
10/28/02	Brian & superman
10/26/02	Rachel leads the way as Commanding Officer for the NJROTC Unit's participation in the Townships annual Homecoming Parade. more parade pictures
10/26/02	Car fire pictures
10/25/02	Added Edison's 3 alarm Apartment fire Newspaper report
10/19/02	Cagney gets a buddy
10/18/02	Rachel donates her hair for "Locks of Love"
	Jersey Tiger escapes from compound!

10/16/02	Added Pictures for the Bridge project, Inlet and Misty
10/13/02	Added appointment and promotion info to the Edison page Streamlined the links on the side banner, the balance of the links are on the site map
10/06/02	While "surfing" I found a really neat computer animation depicting the excavation and lifting of the Hunley http://www.hunley.org/multimedia/hunley_raising_large.mov
10/02/02	Links for the NJROTC Booster Club added
	The Bridge construction has been moving right along without any further mishaps. In fact, there hasn't even been any coverage of the work in the local papers! 3 girders are in place in this picture
09/11/02	Added 343 Firefighters names to the site Updated the August dive to the Tolten, about the remaining Anchor Changed the Index around a bit
09/09/02	Added 2 bridge pictures Added more salvage pictures Added an ocean surface temp link from Rutgers
09/02/02	Misty made the newspaper
08/28/02	Posted pictures of Budget's latest salvage Lot of pictures throughout site Cagney gets his own page and Misty gets more picture posted

	You get what you pay for! The "low bid" bridge builders building the span over the Shark River dropped the concrete and crane into the water!. River is closed right now. See the story here
08/02/02	Posted pictures of Budget's latest salvage
07/29/02	We added a bunch of pictures to Lacey's page for our golden friends to see.
07/25/02	Boarding Pass and Assumption of Risk form is back on the site. Added a copy of our Diver log in log out sheet. Since we added a broadband connection to our system and because I have almost always used a minimum screen resolution of 1024 - 768, I have begun increasing the resolution - size of any new pictures I add. Added pictures from around Montauk Added pictures of Misty
	I found the new "Porthole" while in Montauk (not). Unfortunately it will probably be some time and several more "Portholes" before we could afford this one. Look for it with "Porthole IX" Henriques 50
07/23/02	Oh boy, I finally started to update the site. Being on vacation for 3 1/2 weeks didn't give me any time to work on the web page J Most of the dives are up and I started adding pictures. There will be more to follow.
07/13/02	We installed a pair of S&S Katapault Series four bladed propellers today. The test ride proved good. The boat is notably smoother (in fact very smooth) and a little bit faster. Cruising at 2000 rpm saw an increase of about 2 knots, lightly loaded. While on the way back, the Porthole II assumed a Budget Boat Towing identity and responded to an overturned vessel. We stayed on scene until the appropriate tow boat arrived.
06/12/02	Updated the Edison Fire page to include a picture and link of our newest engine, Engine 4. Added a picture of the "Porthole II" print on the party page. Fixed the recent dive links, thanks John
05/28/02	Added pictures of our most recent fire Added pictures form the life raft annual service (hopefully this is the only way you will ever see the raft inflated) Added pictures of hull repairs Added machinery space pictures to the boat page

05/23/02	At the annual "Change of Command" ceremony Rachel is appointed Commanding Officer of her High School's NJROTC* program for the balance of this school year and next school year! She is now in charge of 120 cadets, freshman to seniors. BRAVO ZULU Rachel, way to go!!!!! * NJROTC = Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps
05/24/02	It's in and floating (at least it still was when I left tonight). Still plenty of work to be done if anyone is so inclined to work as slaves with typical slave wages.
05/24/02	Ready or not the boat splashes tonight at 7:30 pm. Delamination repairs finished Last years launch damage was also finished today Exhaust elbow repair finished. These pics of the elbow show the condition after two years of use. Exhaust gas temperatures exceed 750 degrees on a normal basis. After two years the elbows look almost new! It is tight on the outboard side of the engines.
05/23/02
05/22/02
05/21/02	Brian graduates college!
	Engines were running last night, rudders and related parts are finished. After waiting over 3 weeks for dripless rudder seals we find out they are not adaptable to our boat................. Hull repairs 3/4's done.
05/20/02	Bottom is almost finished being painted. Only the transom has had polish and wax so far, really far behind this year.
05/19/02	New Misty pictures
05/17/02	Working with Budget Towing today. We removed 8 sunken vessels from the old "Anchor Reef Marina".
Blister!	Actually not blisters or delamination This section of the hull was never bonded together.
05/16/02	What a joy, I found a small crack in the gel coat on the stern and guess what? (pictures tomorrow)
05/15/02	Added pictures of Misty
05/15/02	Added Route 35 Bridge pictures

05/13/02	"Dripless" seals installed on the new shafts. But after waiting two weeks and spending the bucks, there is not enough room to install dripless seals on the new rudders and rudder posts.
05/05/02	The Lectrasan has been completed eliminated now. Of course, now I find out there is a bill before Congress and the Senate to allow this type of system in "No Discharge" zones!

05/03/02	New surprise, the generator Hour meter wire was touching a ground, so the meters have been running for the past 2 months. Now I have hour meters with an extra 600 hours on them. How do you fix that? You can't. You buy new ones and hook them up to a battery and let them run to you get the right hours, in this case approximately 2300 hours.
05/02/02	A/C discharge lines re-routed and new through hulls added. 1 bad 8D (168 pounds) battery replaced, from an almost impossible mounting location. Found the water leak that was flooding the master stateroom cabinets, now I have to do the starboard side window upgrade.
04/25/02	Added some pictures to the electronics page. 1 new picture of Misty
04/24/02	Well, so far many of the parts are still wrong, or have not been cast yet. Prop Shafts, rudders, rudder ports are all being cast or machined. In the meantime though we have totally rebuilt the steering shelf and rudder supports. All of the wood that had been in the lazerette (compartment in the rear under the deck) has been removed. The wiring and bilge pumps have also been updated.
The pictures (thumbnails)
	New steering shelf which is now solid fiberglass, the normal aft bilge pump (under the steering gear) and emergency pump can be seen here.
	Shelf and new fiberglass deck supports. The normal bilge pump is a Rule 2000 GPH pump. This is the pump that will come on while we are underway up on plane (amber indicator light that comes on occasionally at the helm). Water leaks into the bilge through the shafts, rudder ports, deck hatches etc. This is how the water is removed. The emergency pump is a Rule 8000 GPH dual pump (2 - 4000 GPH pumps plumbed in series). This pump has its own safety feature, the twin pumps. Should one pump burn out there is still a 4000 GPH pump to work. If you have ever seen the big 2.5" discharge under the swim platform, this is what is connected to it. This pump has never come on except for testing, which is a good thing! If this pumps activates while at sea, we are in trouble! Note, that there are 3 additional bilge pumps in the bow, one Rule automatic 500 GPH pump, one Rule 2000 GPH and one Lovett 1500 GPH. These pumps only come on while the boat is at rest, or not under plane. Water will still leak in through the shafts, rudders, etc. The 500 GPH pump is plumbed to keep the absolute minimum of water in the bilge, keeping it almost dry. The 2000 GPH is the "normal" forward bilge pump. This would come on if the 500 can't keep up. This only happens when we come down off of plane. Any water that the aft pump doesn't remove runs forward and floods (I know, bad choice of words) the forward bilge compartment. On a Post (Porthole II) water travels throughout the boat through the stringers, so it does build up at times. The 1500 GPH is a backup, emergency pump.
	Starboard side view of shelf, supports and emergency pump. Also seen in this picture is a transducer for the cockpit mounted video depth sounder.
	The is the new rudder shelf, without the rudder or rudder port!
04/18/02	We removed the "Lectrasan" system and re-plumbed the "head" system to comply with local "no-discharge" laws. Although the discharge of a properly working* "Lectrasan" is much lower then any municipality, new "no-discharge" laws mean just that. So there will be new "toilet" procedures this year (minimal). The new "no-discharge" laws have been around for several years, the Porthole II has always been in compliance, When the Shark River, Manasquan River and Barnegat Bay law was passed we installed a 20 gallon holding tank to meet requirements. *Over the years I have seen very few Lectrasans' that were properly maintained or even serviceable. It is one of those nasty "out of site, out of mind" situations.
04/17/02	Very slow going, about half the parts we have ordered so far have come in wrong!
	Were off to a late start working on the boat, so far mostly just ordering parts.
03/11/02	Christopher was sworn in as a Princeton Township Police Officer today
02/05/02	Added some changes to the Edison Fire page
02/05/02	Today we did something a little different. With Budget Towing, we went over to the Aquarium on the Beach and helped move 4 sharks and 1 manta ray from the big shark tank upstairs to the basement holding tanks. "Shark wrestling" can be wet and fun, not to mention a little wild when 250 pounds plus of sand tiger gets upset and starts thrashing around!
01/31/02	We have a new addition to our family! For now Misty is sharing the page with our Lacey girl. As she grows though she will get her own page.
01/08/02	Minor changes through out the site.
	Too Cold!