Bill and Carol Rollins joined Skookumchuck (along with "Clyde") in late July for a ten day sailing, kayaking adventure. They had several goals in mind when they came on board. Besides exploring some new country (this was their 10th trip to Alaska), they wanted to learn about Skookum 53's and navigating a full keel boat through the rocks, etc.. We saw lots of country, did some sailing, explored an old hard rock gold mine and talked and talked about Skookum 53's. Oh yes, "Clyde" filmed over 10 hours of their adventure--most of it from the kayak we hauled along. |
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That's "Clyde" riding up on the bow. Notice whose doing the paddling. Well, you can't expect the guy operating the camera to miss anything can you?
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| Bill preparing "Clyde" for another outing. That's his prototype of a waterproof camera case. |
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Sailing wing on wing. Not easy to do by the way. |
| Digging clams! Rated higher than fish, shrimp or crabs on this trip. They were part of the every evening meal regardless! And very tasty, I might add. |
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Carol getting a feel for steering a course and Bill and "Clyde" getting it on film. |
| Heading over to film the two bears on the beach. |
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Using the Hydro Halo and skiff as the kayak launch. |
| The kayak safely loaded with the Fairweather Range in the background. |
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Carol's one main goal was to get close to a sea otter. Well, wouldn't you know it? This one decided to have breakfast right behind Skookumchuck before she or Bill had gotten up one morning. |
| While the Rollins' were kayaking, the Captain did some exploring on his own. This is near Dry Pass at low tide. |
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"Off to see the wizard" once more. Bill and Carol have something like 2500 miles of paddling under their belts. After they left Skookumchuck, they traveled to Canada and paddled in Lake LaBarge (of Jack London fame) and Spirit Lake. And, shortly after they got back home to Arizona, started looking into owning a Skookum 53 of their own. I think they were what you would call satisfied customers. Who knows? We might end up being neighbors. |
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