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Richard N. Myers
At the US Naval Base at Yokosuka, Japan, I had an O'Day 26 in excellent condition. I worked at the marina as marina supervisor. My immediate supervisor, the aquatics manager, was stealing equipment and materials from the marina. When I discovered what he was doing, I confronted him and told him that if he would return the equipment and material I would say nothing. Instead, he fired me on the spot and banned me from the marina. Of course, I wrote a letter of complaint to the base commander, but he paid no attention. Instead, he decided that I no longer worked on the base, I should be banned from the base and my boat and all of my boat spares in my storage locker should be confiscated. Being banned from the base, of course, means that I cannot talk to witnesses or plead my case to the commander. So far I have talked to several lawyers, and they all said that any case against the US military is impossible to win. I am now on my way back to the US, and would like to buy another O'Day 26 from someone in the Washington-Oregon area. If I can find a suitable boat, I intend to homeport it near Bremerton, Washington.