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Saturday, April 17, 2004

*Council on Coastal Futures' recommendations could shape its future for decades
-Beaufort Gazette, 4-17-04

*Cannonball jellyfish piling up on Hilton Head beaches after storm
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 4-17-04

*Shipways reflect Brunswick's shipbuilding past
*G-8 may force beach closings: Restrictions on boaters in waterways already in place
-Brunswick News, 4-16-04

*Nassau County Commissioners, backing away from a 50-foot wetland buffering requirement, have sent a year-old battle between area builders and the Sierra Club to a formal administrative hearing
-Fernandina Beaches Leader, 4-16-04

*Island residents and visitors won't be able to use their boats and airplanes and should expect delays on the roadways of up to an hour during the G-8 Summit on Sea Island
*Group wants to deny new permits for pollution-causing activities until Gulf Coast dolphin deaths resolved
-Florida Times Union, 4-17-04

*Destin's beaches no longer 'party central'
*Big changes anticipated in Panama City Beach area
*Beach project a success on Don Pedro Island
-Destin Log, 4-14-04

*Port Vision Coming Into Focus
*Mexico Beach Approves Purchase of New Dredge
-Port St. Joe Star, 4-15-04

Dear Sir,

While casually surfing the 'Net this evening, I came across your interesting article on transfered WWI vintage USN
destroyers into the RN.  Your salient points on the design deficiencies of the class are well taken.  Truly, it took the USN until the early 1930s to design even competent destroyers and even then we borrowed much from
our British mentors!

I am writing though a salute to your memorial to those brave men who died at Savo on- board HMAS Canberra.  As the truth is finally becoming gospel that indeed it was a US torpedo or two that crippled Canberra, perhaps the highly unwarranted slur against her dead and survivors will finally be erased.  Given the chance,  I'm sure she would have been as gallant and effective a combattant as her sister, HMAS Australia.

Cheers from Chicago!
Mike Bjordal

Dear Mike,

My thanks for your kind remarks about my Ahoy site, it is a joint effort with my web master Terry Kearns in Atlanta Georgia who takes care of putting up all my research and writing.

We are delighted when any one takes the time and trouble to comment about some facet on Ahoy.

It has taken many years and much patience to gain agreement that we in Canberra at Savo were the victims not only of the Japanese surface force, but from a torpedo that emanated from our starboard screening destroyer USS
Bagley.

Nice to hear from you, and best wishes from Australia.

Mac. Gregory.

Dear Gregory

I am Keith Kemp Murray Utah.    I served in Wold War two. After the wars end I was assigned to guard Count Felix Von Luckner & Countess Von Luckner for a few weeks. I have pictures with me and the Count & Countess.

It was a good duty. They were great people. They were not nazis, thats why we had to gaurd them. He was such a world war I hero. Hitler dared not harm him.

Sincerly,
Keith

Dear Keith,

My thanks for your message about Count von Luckner, could you send me your photo taken with him and the Countess. We would like to put it up on Ahoy with all the other messages about the Count that have come in to Ahoy from around the world.

Thank you,

Best wishes.
Mac. Gregory.