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Offline Daveinthebush

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Back from camping!
« on: December 29, 2002, 04:33:33 PM »
Sorry but I have been away.  I left last Tuesday for one last deer hunting trip on Prince William Sound. I got caught in a snow squall on the way down the sound, belayed in my schedule and had to pull into Galena Bay for the night. As fate usually is, the weather changed and I spent 5 days sleeping/camping in the boat as I could not leave the bay because of the weather. I tried several times, took one wave over the bow compartment and up over the top of the boat!!!! All I could see was ocean!!!

My savior was a military artic goose down sleeping bag.  I spent five nights in that bag at 15-20 degrees each night. Note: I have an open boat in the rear, no cabin and only a canvas top.  Yea it was a bit cool at times but the dog and I made it.  I had to bite the bullet today and hire a 45 foot boat to come out and tow me back to port. Ouch! But the weather was not going to improve, the dog was not going to get less irratated and I was not going to get warmer.  

So I am back, a lot of posts I could not access because of the time limits.
But, I learn every trip and am going to pursue the placement of layover cabins on the sound for stranded saliors like myself.:idea3:
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daveinthebush some info
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2003, 06:43:33 AM »
dave check out Plainsman site, he has some neet stuff and a small cabin with plans.  http://www.stormloader.com/plainsman/PlainsmansCabin.html