Responding to Darrin's post about the work being done by the volunteers and donors: Problem is at some boats is that unless the management or "owners" as Darrin puts it have a VISION and a CORRECT vision for a submarine, volunteer efforts can go for naught. If the owners are or become short sighted or even, yes, JEALOUS of the volunteers who work harder, do more research and even forge friendships with former crewmembers, the volunteers can be and are driven off. Even in those organizations with volunteers, they still have to put up with short-sighted management. How long have the Torsk volunteers wanted to paint over those silly-looking teeth but can't because of the greek fisherman-cap wearing managers like them?
And while Darrin may believe Torsk "still needs a lot of love," I think that fails to take into account the tremendous amount of love and extremely hard work the Torsk Volunteer Association has done for at least the past 10 years, including more work weekends than I can count.