BOATS
'ol classic 1974 Ericson 35-2 sloop, cutter rigged, refit done 2005 (I still like pointy bows!)

Zodiac dingy w/ 10hp merc

20' 225hp merc boston whaler for fishing Lake Mich.

Raced/crewed Lightning, Morgan 28, Islander 37, Ericson 32, Ericson 35, Ericson 39, and finally spoiled by SV "Sliv" Nautor Swan 43 during my race years back when.
HOBBIES
Sailing, scuba diving (Divemaster cert. for NAUI, PADI, YMCA), hunting, fishing, videography, 3D animation, and video editing which is my main employment now... after 18 1/2 years in a Nuclear Power Plant I learned you have to enjoy what you do for a living, so I left, and now video production is my hobby/business & love my work... and love to wake each morning again.
Updates
captaincheri
captaincheri wrote...
Happy B'day, From fellow Vikings, Cheri and Mike
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Comments
Jeff wrote at July 27, 2010
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Happy B-Day Jim!
Jeff
BlueNana wrote at January 15, 2009
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Hi Jim,

I see that you are from the South Haven area.  Our family has a house in Fennville which we enjoy although we are near Lake Hutchins and not on Lake Michigan.  I hope you're in Florida right now since we're enjoying (not) a midwest winter here in Chicago. 

BlueNana
Mikemonster wrote at January 14, 2009
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Hey Jim,
 Impressed with your experience, I'm glad to be among your friends on Sailmonster! Here in Sarasota, Jason & Cassandra are doing a great job with our site. My wife, Cheri & I have spent the last 2 years tweaking our '78 Ericson E-27. We've become terribly fond of Desiderata and are ardent Ericson fans. We're trying to put together an Ericson raftup/event for the Tampa bay area. You are cordually invited!
                                                                             Mike
Mikemonster
mamakay wrote at December 29, 2008
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Hi Jim, I grew up on lake michigan on the Wi side, saw  beautiful sailboats all the time, but never sailed until I moved to Fl. Let us know when the next raft up is!!!
mamakay
txseawater wrote at December 12, 2008
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Jim, I think you love people like I do! Thanks for being such a good friend!

~ Sea 

txseawater
sunraze02 wrote at December 11, 2008
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Jim,
How's that cold weather going? We are fixin' to get some here tomorrow and today we had 30k winds, so no sailing for this lone sail girl. My boat is still on the hard getting repairs and paint, but I couldn't even sail my friend's boat today. 30k winds, what the heck is that? 7ft waves. I'm starting to Jones for sailing. How do you do it all winter?
Amy---stay warm
sunraze02