As rain dripped off the trees outside, dad phoned Gary in Juneau, the head-honcho on boat repair. Appearantly the cylanoid needed to be lined up with the other two cylanoids. Simple fix, and we humbly limped our way out of Elfin Cove at ten Am. Luckily, most of the harbor was out for the day. Our new Cell Phone plan includes wireless internet. Though it's been patchy depending on where we are located in regards to mountains and tower placement, we had a clear four bars all the way to Juneau. It's gray and rainy out. Earlier I took some pictures [View Full Entry]

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A break in the monotony of commercial fishing--our steering went out suddenly, yanking the boat to the left, before coming to a dead stop. The wheel had frozen, locked in place by who knows what. Mom and I ran out and jumped in the cockpit to pull in the gear before the steel wires wrapped themselves around each other...or worst case scenario, the rudder. The lines hung straight down, weighted by sixty pound leads. Line after line came in, first the deep, then the floats, and I placed each lure in neat lines to be put out again later. They looked [View Full Entry]

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