Happy Easter! Wishing your families a very happy and holy Easter morning. Easter is favorite holiday, bringing arrival of spring and the hope for new growth in the coming year.

We've made good progress on the boats this week, Jeanette and I clucked along on the office work, Frank painted the white work in Indi's cabin house and I prepared the topsides on both India and Gath for the new season's paint job. Captain Whit has chosen a relatively new shade of green.. Stealth green, hopefully Whit and I we'll be applying the first coat later this afternoon.We've sure been blessed with the best outside painting weather in many years. Folk's are chopping at the bit to go fishing, and I'm starting to feel the pressure trying to get everything ready for launch. There's always so much to do with federal and state permits, CG inspections, harbor problems including new concerns of shifting sand bars, etc. It's so relaxing to spend a nice New England spring day just preparing and painting the boats, something I really enjoy, look forward to and another reason I love this business so much.

On a personal note..McCarey wound up his 2010 youth wrestling season yesterday at the Portland Civic center. He was the runner-up, in the New England Championship match taking 2nd place overall. Sixty eight teams came from throughout New England. He gave it his all, competing in the 70 pound, 5th and 6th grade class and did very well. He fought a boy from Connecticut in overtime rounds for the 2nd week in a row to make it to the championship match. Last week, he and Leo Abadee (Me), wrestled four addition overtimes..7 rounds..to establish the 3rd and 4th placement in the Maine State championships. It was a super match which went a long way to help promote the sport of wrestling. McCarey is really exciting to watch, I don't think it's just because I'm his grandpa that so many fans , move in to watch and cheer him on. McCarey has fine coaching staff, Shane Richard and his assistant Jared, inspire discipline, hard work, leadership and promote real sportsmanship. He's really grown the most in these aspects of sport and will take these traits with him for a lifetime.We'll now it's on to baseball, he was chosen by coach Ed Ballou to be on the No. Berwick Red's squad our towns longest running little league team. Ed's the "ol man" around the league, has been coaching for over thirty years. I believe one of our town fields has been named in his honor. Anyway practice starts this Wedsday evening, lets hope McCarey can help him steal enough bases to win to make the championship game! Best Satch