Author: Vinnie Mendes

Searching for Lanier’s ‘Square Groupers’ during Shore Sweep

Posted by Vinnie Mendes | Aug 29, 2023 | On the Water

When I took the exam for my captain’s license, it was a grueling ordeal administered at …

From shore to pasture, a relocation to remember

Posted by Vinnie Mendes | Jul 29, 2023 | On the Water

People ask, “How did you wind up in Georgia?” and it’s quite a story. I was …

Posted by Vinnie Mendes | Jul 3, 2023 | On the Water

A few years ago, my brother-in-law Paul, a Washington, D.C. attorney, …

Posted by Vinnie Mendes | May 26, 2023 | On the Water

Back in the 1920s, women were considered inferior to men in anything physical, especially sporting …

Posted by Vinnie Mendes | May 1, 2023 | On the Water

My brother-in-law Toby was truly a Renaissance man. Listening to him, you’d think he’d been everywhere and …