I have acousin who's an ER nurse at the Mayo clinic & they've got some setup that allows him to run off to volunteer with recovery work. He went down to Baton Rouge after Katrina & out here after the '03 fires. It's a cool setup & such a great way to use the skills you guys have. I admire you & your efforts.

Hey Erika, the link I was going to post wouldn't. In this messaging format pasting link to other sites doesn't work for some reason but the drift of my thought was:
As I've been working towards a seagoing job the MSC is one of the places I've looked and they've got 2 hospital ships (Comfort -East Coast, Mercy - West Coast) that alternate (yearly I believe) deployments of four months to 3rd world countries. The Mercy was in Banda Aceh-sp? after the tsunami.
Anyway the MSC doesn't need ships crew but my guess is they would love to recruit good hospital staff. Not sure how to apply for hospital staff positions if you found it appealing. But I did think you'd find this work being done under USA auspices interesting.
Cheers
Randy

I think it's like riding a bicycle. I sold my boat in '95 but when I get on one now it's pretty much their still, not the fine points & certainly not the unity? if that's the right term to take on a blue water passage.
I'd been in the Navy and with construction being in the toilet I've been working on updating my CG papers to go merchant mariner thing - getting paid to be on the water isn't a bad thing at all. Any way even with that testing it seems like it all comes back.

I don't think you give yourself enough credit. I don't know if I've ever met anyone who's sailed on thevariety of boats you have, it's funny how posters will ask 'what about this boat?' & every time it's one you're familiar with. It's great.