This page put here for Rinn Boats, Inc. by Robert Laird Welcome!

History of this page Please read this -- if you haven't already. This page is only a small part of my personal Web site. When I put this particular page about Rinn Boats up (sometime around November 1995), the Rinns did not have a Web presence. I put the information here as a friendly gesture. I receive no remuneration or payment from them, in any way. I also believe that the Flower Gardens is a natural wonder, and I felt I was helping get the word out by way of this page and some of its links. Sometime mid-year 1996, Rinn put up their own Web site ( http://www.rinnboats.com ), so this page was technically redundant. However, in my significantly-less-than-infinite wisdom, I decided to keep this page up and running. A lot of infrequent Web surfers may have set a bookmark to it, and I'd hate to have them think the Flower Gardens had gone away! But I've suffered a bit of fall-out from keeping the page up and running. Many people send me e-mail AS IF *I* am Rinn Boats, rather than simply the messenger. Sigh! So, now I'm compelled to spend all this time (yours and mine) explaining this in detail. It's all my fault, of course! Well, anyway, please consider the informaiton below as that posted by someone only being helpful. If you have any questions or comments that should go DIRECTLY to the Rinn's, please review their Web site first (they detail their policies on their site, for example). If you still need to contact them, I strongly suggest you call or fax them or e-mail THEM rather than using me as a middle-man. Now, if you have questions or comments and would like to hear from an objective observer (that's ME!), then come ahead with your questions! I'll be happy to answer whatever I can. -- Robert Laird NEW ANNOUNCEMENT! Rinn Boats New E-Mail Address! as of 2/4/97 Rinn Boats now has an e-mail address that you should take note of: rinn@republic.net Be sure to tell them I sent you!!!

The M/V Fling is a 100 foot, 34 passenger dive vessel operating out of Freeport, Texas. She runs regularly scheduled multi-day trips to the Flower Gardens and Stetson Banks National Marine Sanctuary. NEWS! On October 11, 1996, President Clinton signed HR 543 which designated Stetson Bank as part of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. The new boundaries became effective 45 days after enactment. The M/V Fling (above) has an almost identical sister ship, the M/V Spree. For the current schedule, see the Rinn web page. I strongly suggest you visit the Rinn Boats Web site ||http://www.rinnboats.com|| and review their policies and other information. If you still need to contact them, please call them or fax them (see the numbers below) or e-mail them. If you would like to ask me (an objective observer) any questions, then please feel free. But I have no power or influence over the Rinns, nor can I solve any problems or situations you may have. You can e-mail me at rlaird@concentric.net or e-mail the Rinn's at: rinn@republic.net Rinn Boats, Inc. 1203 N. Avenue J Freeport, Texas 77541 Voice:409-233-4445 Fax:409-233-0040 To check on the current conditions at the Flower Gardens, click here. This is a buoy that is monitored once an hour via satellite, which will provide you with several pieces of information about waves and temperature. It also provides a little history so that maybe you can see a trend. Here is some GREAT! information on the Flower Gardens...Click here The NOAA page on the Flower Gardens National Marine Sanctuary, in case you missed it above. Jump to the Home Page of Robert Laird's Web site. There have been [an error occurred while processing this directive] hits on this page as of 11/17/95. Last modified on Sunday, 12-Aug-2007 01:30:17 MDT If your Web browser caches the pages and photos, you may want to reload this page and my other pages since I update them fairly regularly. This page was designed to look best using Netscape v1.1 or higher. Current date/time: Monday, 06-Feb-2012 04:23:39 MST

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