The crew cut the check so let him come and see how much more trouble he can create at thier address.The state will send him up the river and the kids will live the rest of their lives at a bunny farm because of the near death experiance. Thanks to the demand by the sail community carbon fibre/graphite rods have sky-rocket in cost add to that a No.3 Dale Earnhardt signature series open spool titanium geared reel and your talking mortgage. I think he threw the rod out of the boat. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />