<div id='ygrps-yiv-1571428720'><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='top'><div>Hello all,</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>First I would like to thank the moderator for letting me join this group.&nbsp; Like many other boatbuilders I have held a long time admiration for the design work of Phil Bolger.&nbsp; It is an honor to be a member of a group bearing his name.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>A little about myself.&nbsp; Although my roots lie in Georgia, I was born in Tampa, Florida and spent the first ten years of my life there.&nbsp; It was there that I developed an early fascination for boats and things that you can do on and in the water.&nbsp; I now live in Jasper, Georgia in the foothills of the Appalachians.&nbsp; I like the beauty of living in the mountains but still miss the beaches and waterways of Florida, and so I get back there whenever I&#39;m able.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Again, thanks for having me here.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Fair winds,</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>K. Steven Monk</div><div>Jasper, GA</div><div><br>&nbsp;</div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><strong>Southern Latitudes</strong></div><div><a rel='nofollow' target='_blank' href='http://SouthernLatitudes.webs.com'>http://SouthernLatitudes.webs.com</a></div><div>&nbsp;</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table><br></div>

Glad to be here