Cap'n Jim

Dad loves the water. It seems we couldn't pass a boat yard, marina or boat sales office without getting out to see just what was going on. While the family lived in New Jersey we were bracketed by water - the Delaware River to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. While Dad never owned a boat while we lived in New Jersey, he took every opportunity that came along to get out on the water. Or fish in it. Or swim in it.

When we moved to Ohio and, I'm sure, some of the financial burden of raising four kids started to lift, he was finally able to indulge his dream. And indulge it he did - by buying a sailboat and joining a local yacht club (the Jolly Roger Sailing Club in Point Place, Ohio), and eventually becoming Commodore!

Dad, receiving his Old Man of the River award from the Ohio DNR

Out on the water with Dad & Elizabeth and Aileen. I'm guessing Roberta was
the photographer. There's enough floatation strapped to the kids that if
they went overboard they'd become a hazard to navigation!

Dad - out after whatever happened to be swimming in
Lake Erie at the time