I will dearly miss one of my best friends and one with whom i shared many of my life's best moments, in and on the waters off Maui. In the early years of HWRF with Jill, David, and Jeff and many others I worked and sweated alongside Dan to help develop his research and the foundation. Dan was painfully honest and devoted to his life's work and the research foundation he created, the Hawaii Whale Research Foundation. It has taken me a long time to accept his sudden passing. Following what i know to be his wish, I sincerely hope that his life's major work, and his legacy, will continue strongly in the future of his foundation, HWRF. love ya Dan, skip