Late but newbie

[delmarrey]

Hello to all,
I've been monitoring and contributing to this form for a couple of weeks now. I must say it is very well set up, the best I've seen yet! I would like to be able to download pictures right to the site BUT I realize that takes a lot of space and the cost would need to be compensated. A spell check would be nice too, for us guys/gals who over see a proof read. But on to myself and not to be arrogant or conceited, just informative.

I'm in my early 50's, married to a native born Filipino who's been on this continent since the 80's. We would like to cruise the Visayas Is. some time soon.
We have two s/v's, one 23' on a trailer and a 40' that we keep on the hard when not in use. I will post more info on them in another section with a link to pictures.
Myself, I'm the Sr. Maintenance Machinist for the City of Seattle in Wa. working on all the equipment for the Fleets and Facilities Dept., a Jack of Trades.
I've been working on boats, power and sail, since 1969. It all started while in the Navy over in Viet Nam repairing vessels from Tugs to PBR's. My father was a Merchant Marine most of his life and I guess the salt runs in the blood.
I'm also an Open Water Diver but haven't been active for a couple years.
There seems to be a fairly experianced crew onboard here, and there's a lot I can learn. I hope that I can contribute also for the benifit of all.
Del................_/)