February 2007 Cruise News

 

 

 

Not much to report this month and no photos.  I started back to work at Windsong Designs late this month.  It is strange making Christmas ornaments in February but that is when the orders start coming in from our retail stores.  I continue to make beaded jewelry and have designed a new line called Aurora Borealis.  I was pleasantly surprised to sell all the jewelry I've made this winter to the gift shops at the Sitka airport and the Raptor Center.  It will be interesting to see if the tourists think as much of the jewelry as the gift shop owner/managers.

 

Chuck is still picking away at his winter "to do" list.  He fabricated, fiberglassed and gelcoated a new shelf in the engine room which will allow him to get more organized down there.  He is midway in building a small table for the pilothouse and reworked the wiring from the engine room up to the boat deck to operate the winches for the dinghy lift.  We have 12 batteries ordered for the boat and they will be delivered in about a week.  Chuck has about two weeks work installing and rewiring the new battery banks.  And.... there are the unscheduled "to dos" that come up more often than we would like.  The Ports and Harbor Commission meetings have kept him busy also.

 

Seiners from the lower states are starting to show up for the herring roe fishery which will take place in two or three weeks.  Activities around the commercial boats has started to pick up with people starting to prepare their boats for a busy season of fishing.  A few hardy souls are getting out looking for  winter kings with a few being taken.  At $10 a pound, it is a worthwhile endeavor although a dangerous one with the temperatures in the low teens.  The boats come back into port covered with ice from the freezing spray.

 

We hope all is well with everyone and that you are looking forward to summer as much as we are.

 

Chris and Chuck