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chris is this you?

Wow does that bring back some memories.The sun was a really cool little ship.I remember we leaving out of miami at 08:00am and would head to freeport bahamas by 12:00 noon.and then leave by 5:00 pm for a slow ride back to miami.

Once we got to freeport the front of the ship would open and we would offload the cars or trucks that went to freeport,since it was originally a ferry .

I remember we would loose one engine and would be out of either ac or water....

That was right before I joined the army Also there is an old episode of miami vice where the show was about a murdering grand prix driver and in te backround there are several shots of the sun when it belonged to sea escape.....

I did a couple of years worth of work which meant 400-500 trips to freeport.

One special trip we left on the stevadores went on strike in miami just after we left wee got word on our return to miami that we would have to divert to the port of palm beach..

Let me tell you there where some really pissed folks from palm beach on the ship..they drove to miami arrived back in palm beach only to take a bus back to miami to get there cars and drive back to palm beach....did not where my sea escape shirt that night ..

All and all the sun was a tough little ship we hit some pretty big seas and keep right on going.

Our crew mess was right on top of the port bow thruster when we would leave the dock our coffee cups plates knives and forks would jump all over the table.

Well enough from this old diver to those of you that sailed on her good luck....William H.