Remember the Alaska I?

If you look back to January 23, you will remember the fate of the Alaska I. Well, since then Tony has had it fixed up and repainted. And He and Phil got it in the water on March 29 and on March 30 we four went on a little fishing adventure.
Please notice the wood pole in the boat. It is about 15 feet long

This is Emery. His nick name is Machine. He works for Tony and Angela as their yard guy and maintenance guy. He is a fun guy and works like a machine!!
So off we went... without our paddles.... and it was on the way back, close to shore and in sight of Tony an Angela's that fore some reason the motor decided it had done its part for the day. We were in luck that the waves were bringing us in at a good pace, and the guys were fishing so we were not too concerned. Phil decided to start pushing the boat with the big pole. And it was working great at moving us north to the Tony and Angela's place until the poll got stuck in the ocean floor. It stuck straight up, we laughed so hard. So Phil and Tony jumped in and guided us back to shore. They tied he to a mooring for the night and we could still see the pole.

The next morning, March 31, they guys fixed the motor and set out for another day of fishing. But someone had already take the pole!! Angela and I celebrated my birthday sampling some tropical drinks and swimming.

Now the story continues with the "cold front" we had this past week. Very odd for this time of year to go from 90+ each day to the mid 70- low 80's (I know, I know sounds "sick" to say it was cold). The big waves came in and the boat, she went under... Tony and Phil got it back on land and the next day got her back on the water... then she broke loose and they had to get her onto shore again. Its a big show when this happens as some is done by hand and by truck... They are designing something that they can get the boat in and out of the water per trip. Phil has most of the parts, he just needs 2 tire rims to finish it. He is having a hard time finding them here.