Ten minutes to five in the AM...just pulled into the dock for a shower. Of all things to drink at this hour, I was just offered a Busch Light after having had a stiff cup of coffee on the boat on the way in. So, cheers to you and the Alaska dawn.
This thing has gone off with a bang more or less. We're running around the clock now and hitting it hard. Had a fresh water line break in the engine room but that's the most serious problem we've got. It will be repaired and we're taking off here in a few.
The weather has calmed down but the last 48 we've seen a bit of everything. In the middle of the night last night it was super...SUPER cold. Felt like it could snow. Fog, mist, wind. Radar. The stove had gone out for awhile and we had to climb into a cold cabin after working on a really cold deck, which sucked. It's back up and running, though - just had to literally beat the carburetor with a wrench!
Otherwise, so far so good. The peak of the run definitely is not here yet. But we're going steady and life is good.
A sweet tidbit - we delivered to the Bellingham-based Debra D a couple days ago out at the Y (a deepwater anchorage in the middle of the Bay). We'd never been introduced to them before, and in the midst of heaving, hissing swells, whining hydraulics, and slamming up against the tender as we were delivering, one of the crew emerged from the bow room with two ice cream cones for Dad and I. Hell yes.
"We would've had hot dogs for you, but the 7-11-style cooker we had took a flight across the room when we hit some weather coming across the Gulf on the way up," the skipper yelled across a stiff wind. We chuckled. I thought fondly of the 15 plates that weighted themselves through the latched cupboard on the Kari Marie, flew across the galley, and shattered when we hit weather on my trip down last summer.
"We wish we were in Southeast halibut fishing. We're not used to this pace up here. But this is the least we can do!"
In the middle of nasty weather and a fast-paced fishery, we get ice cream cones. That's what I'm talking about. I'm glad they're here and not in SE.
Okay, enough for now. A shower, re-stock, and go. Hope everyone is well!
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stay safe! miss you!
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