Mariner, Friend, Fool and Filmmaker

Dan Brazelton

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Archive for October 20th, 2007

Skiff trouble

We are still circling in Prince William Sound. We did a refer check yesterday which was a nice change of pace. The trailing barge was listing and a little low, so a couple of the guys went over to pump out the ballast.

I got to go out in the skiff and pick them up - I haven’t been in a really small boat in a while and I have never taken off from a moving boat (the tug can’t stop with the 2 barges behind) - so I over gassed it and took off kind of wild. It was one of those 4 seconds of out of control, although I wasn’t really out of control totally. Really embarrassing. Hopefully I’ll be able to drive today, so I can prove that I can handle a boat.

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