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A Simply Complicated Introduction

Hi. For those of you who may be wondering who I am and what I am doing on the WOB….haven’t you been listening for the past year? I mean c’mon..it’s been a friggin’ year already! I know, I know “we miss Capt. Steve, you suck! waah, waah, waah” Well, get over it already!
So with the pleasantries now out of the way it is my hope that the following information will clear up any lingering questions, create even more questions or just flat out confuse you.
Let’s start with a quick bio. I am a USCG licensed Captain with a Master 100 Gross Tonnage endorsement and I have been working in the marine industry since I was 18. I have been working for the same family owned luxury performance boat and yacht manufacturer for the past 24 years in Orlando, Fl. For the past three and a half years I have been, and still am, co-hosting a Saturday morning radio show that broadcasts out of Central Florida that centers on boat maintenance. My involvement on that show led to an opportunity to sit in on a radio show about the boating lifestyle, with the main difference being that people actually seem to listen to this show, which is lovingly known to its worldwide listeners as the WOB.
As I entered the cavernous state of the art Star Trek like (J.J.Abrams version) WOB studio I was introduced to Greg Holt, Bill Keevan, and Capt. Marlin Scott (what are the odds that he would be named Marlin and become a USCG licensed Captain? That would be like being named Mars Machship and becoming an astronaut). A side note about Capt. Scott: My initial introduction to him was via the “Matrix” and at this particular point he was nothing more than a disembodied voice coming through my headphones. If medical science ever progresses to the point where they are doing voice transplants I call dibbs on Capt. Scott’s. I have no doubt that with his voice I would have lost my virginity well before the age of 25.
I am pretty sure to this day they regret in some form or fashion that fateful first meeting. Little did they know that with this “one time” appearance I would attach myself to their show like a Remora. I accomplished this by inviting myself (I hate rejection) back onto the show by sitting outside the studio collecting spare change and making a nuisance of myself by begging to come back on the show. If you’ve ever seen the movie Airheads I would be the blond headed character Carter, as played by the great American actor David Arquette, banging on the doors of the radio station begging to be let back in. Greg and Bill took pity on me and allowed me back in the studio once I promised to bathe regularly….and wash their cars.
I would say that I struggled a bit to find my groove with these three seemingly talented individuals. I was used to working as a two man radio team and now I was part of an ensemble cast. I had to learn the “art” of raising my hand and it was then that I understood why Greg and Bill insisted on the bathing clause. The show is an improvisational ad-libbed ballet and in some amazing way the unscripted chaos comes off sounding quite sane, professional, and most of all, entertaining.
This brings me to the part about my blog and what I am going to do with it. I suppose I will be posting some news, some show updates, or audio clip of the week/month/decade. I may write utter nonsense or something serious. Just keep in mind that in the end it’s supposed to be entertaining…I hope.
So, now for the part where I thank the one man who has made my career thus far, the man, the myth, the legend himself, Mike Stiglitz. Thanks Mike!
So, in the past year and a half I have learned many radio secrets from Greg, Bill, and Capt. Scott including the WOB handshake and fight song:

“World of Boating, World of Boating”
“You better tune in and listen (The following has been deleted due to a Violation of the Terms Of Service)
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Yep…that pretty well sums it up.

Capt. Patrick