78puget-trawler
Guru
Wanted to pass along about a book I am reading about a harrowing rescue in Alaska back in '98 I guess. Not yet done with the book but man it gives me the willies just reading it. About an old wood boat I knew back then that I had seen in the shipyard I worked in in Seattle, called the La Conte. She got caught out in a horrible blow off the Fairweather Grounds north of Cape Spencer, an area I have transited several times on tugs years ago. Book is called 'Coming Back Alive', by Spike Walker. CG out of Sitka where I lived for a time in the 60's was base to the rescue choppers and crews. If you like scary true sea stories this is a must read.