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To the Airboard:

My name is Don Franklin and I own the charterboat SoleMan in San
Francisco. The proposed rules changes if implemented will end my
business plain and simple. The tier 4 engine will not fit in my
boat and would seriously affect the stability of it. Also as a sole
owner of my boat, the financial impact is tremendous. 
Currently it is almost 96 thousand dollars to repower to a tier 3
motor. I am a small time operation with 2 employees and this is
stretching my dollars. 
 Also I use my boat as a floating class room to take out
disadvantaged youth from the San Francisco Recreation and Park
dept. I have taught fishing camps, eco camps and done fundraising
with it. It is important to me that today's inner city youth be
exposed to the water like I was. It is from this exposure that I
helped create a fishing camp thru the dept the Bite Me 101. I have
taught kids fishing the last 12 years exposing them to San
Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. Without  the use of my boat
this camp would cease to exist and these kids wouldn't have the
experience. 

Sincerely,

Don Franklin
Capt F/V Soleman