We had scheduled for two training sessions before the Bart’s Bash, but had to settle for one Practice day only.(September 8th). It was certainly great to see the familiar faces from Summer Camp again. Three girls and four boys sited along with the FOCAL Program founder, Mrs. Barbara Hardemon.

We had planned on using two RS Venture boats, but as it turned out, our practice switched from Saturday to Sunday and we lost some valuable volunteers to help us. Instead, we took our Castoldi Jet-tender and one RS Venture only. Half of the crew boarded the Castoldi and we met up at the Viscaya sandbar. We switched the crew and everyone got some practice. Mission accomplished!