
The travel lift at Marina Fonatur–our usual haul-out-for-the-summer spot was broken when we arrived so Plan B: Marina San Carlos. They use a trailer and haul boats down the highway to a storage yard. We’ve always been chicken about trying it because of our funny “shark fin” keel. Not a stable surface for resting on the trailer with that curved bottom. But everything worked out.

Team Angry Beavers coasts into the finish of the R2AK to win the $10,000 prize. The superfast canting keel Shock 40 hit speeds in the 20s all night with 15 ft seas and a 40 knot tail wind. Team Sail Like A Girl who finished 4th said they broached over 20 times and had to cut the spinnaker sheet to free them selves 4 times. Wow. Glad we were in port.

Evan Walker and crew Jake have Evan’s Melges 24 all packaged up for shipping back to Seattle after a very successfully completing the R2AK Evan along with Max grew up sailing on Bainbridge Island. They finished 5th in the race and had the little 24 footer doing 20 plus knots in 15 foot seas and 40 knot winds. Yikes.
Hey John, Thanks for the pictures. We loved the Misty Fjords National Monument east of Ketchikan when we were up there. Highly recommended. Scott
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Awesome photos! Some of my best memories of Alaska are the photos I have
of me, my Dad and his two brothers on a fishing boat out of Seward into Resurrection
Bay—-me and 3 old men having a helluva good time. Stay adventurous, you three!
Dixie
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