2025 REEF Tournament Journal

boating. Then he got a job at Redstone Arsenal and moved the boat and family to Huntsville, Alabama, and built a boathouse. And I was always in my dad’s lap driving the boat until I could. My dad would feed catfish under our boathouse, so fish was always for dinner. And we were always going to the Bahamas, and still to this day, catching Yellowtails and Strawberry Groupers is my favorite fishing. When I moved to Miami to attend graduate school, I discovered sailing and got a small sailboat and raced it in regattas, and then got a bigger sailboat for cruising the keys, and then got a powerboat for those days when one needs a powerboat and fishing. Now I have a pontoon boat for the flats in The Bahamas. Any favorite students besides Pearce Klevan? Or is he so far and away your favorite that it’s not worth discussing? Since teachers don’t have favorites, that is an unanswerable question. But Pearce Klevan enthusiastically volunteered for two summers at the Bass Museum Summer Camp and brought along other Ransom Everglades students, which made me appreciate RE students all the more. It’s great that he was there to hear the greatest quote of all time ... from

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