Saturday the weather was still relatively good and I’d been wanting to get out on the water. With work and being sick I really didn’t get a chance until Saturday. I’m still sick and I probably shouldn’t have gone but – out here you should take it when you can get it.
I had made arrangements to pickup Levi at the small boat harbor at 4 when he got off of work. I knew the ice was in the bay but I didn’t know that it was solid in the harbor. As I made my way from the ‘Goose Ramp’ (PenAir sometimes takes off and lands the Grumman Goose there) out and around to the Unalaska Small Boat Harbor, I had to break through the ice in order to get to the float.
I was worried that the ice would crack and chip away the gel coating on the boat, so I went about as slow as I could. I left it in forward gear and idled through the ice until finally I made it and picked up Levi.
I took Levi on a two hour tour around the island then headed back. After I had pulled the boat out of the water I was happy to discover that no damage (that I could see) had occurred from the ice.
Hey d-
I lost your email address – sorry. I just wanted to wish you a Happy Happy Birthday! Hope this is simple enough for you to understand, if not perhaps you could get someone to help you with the big words.
Thanks Zander ! dan (at) danslife (dot) net is my address and you can try to catch me as MjrKrash on most of the IM systems.
Did my message make it to u about, your sailing adventre? You must go! U know 40s the new 29 so do it!! Let’s talk.. I have an idea