Moonstruck
Animal House
The Right Stuff
Whalerider
Smoke signals
Into the wild

Old 97's
Lucinda Williams
Donna the Buffalo
Steve Earl
Fred Eaglesmith
James McMurtry
Neil Young
Cowboy Junkies
Marshal Tucker, Allman Bros, Derrick Trucks
Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, the old Reggae!!
J Buffet

One watch at a time - Skip Novak
River of Doubt - Candice Millard
Voyage of Spray - Joshua Slocum
Letters from the lost soul - Bob Bitchin
In the heart of the sea(Whaleship Essex)-Nathaniel Philbrick
various-Randy Wayne White
various-Carl Hiassen

Began Sailing in Cocoa Beach in early 70's. Did some east coast racing late 70's and early 80's.
two Bermuda runs back then from Ponce Inlet. One on Hull #1 - Hunter 33(The Dealer) with Warren Luhrs and another on the Morgan 41 classic (Obsession). Fast forward to Bradenton in 96'when Denise and I moved back to FL. Began fixing up and sailing our Catalina 22 (Natural Mystic).Then wanting a bigger keel boat in 2000, bought the Soverel 28 (Yellow Moon)we have had alot of casual sailing fun and I thought all was well. Then my 89 year old nieghbor from high school days (who taught me to sail and race). Asked me to buy his retirement project. He custom designed and then built the Swamp Rabbit in his back yard in Cocoa Beach. She is a 33' centerboard sloop that he began drawing in 1979 and built from 1985 to 1989.Its all wood stringers, plywood skin and completely glassed over. It is 33'LOA x 12'Bm x 29.75'WLL displacement is about 8500. He raced her around Cocoa in the 90's. I brought the Rabbit from Cocoa Beach to Bradenton in Feb 2008. Back then,we came thru Okeechobee(yes, when it held at 4.02ft navigable water)and we made it.After a summer full of day sailing in 2008. We hauled the Swamp Rabbit, Denise and I worked on her together, did thru hull replacements, installed a depthsounder and spent two months performing an exterior re-paint using Interlux epoxy products.We splashed her in Dec 08 and she is back in business, sporting a "Fighting Rabbit Yellow" color scheme and some modest graphics. The 09-10 winter project has been drop the mast, refurbish & re-paint it,add 100% new running and standing rigging and just to drive home the ($$)pain, I sprung for a new set of sails and installed a Harken Unit one furler and a Garhauer Rigid vang. All reassembly went well and Easter sunday was a great 1st sail under new canvas(ok dacron).
When Denise and I aren't working or out on the boats, we might be riding motorcycles. We both have electraglides. In the pet department, we have two cats,Coquina and Bandit. also have Chloe a Boston Terrier-Pug mix that needed rescuing from the pound. She's really sweet when she's asleep. Thanks for reading.
Mark