INTRODUCTION
Before joining Ken’s, Lew’s, and Freyja’s journey from Edmonds to Desolation Sound, two points need to be made. The first is well known: A boat is the nearest thing to a living being that people can make with their hands. The second is: When you are at sea for more than three days, the boat and the sea become your world.
Ken’s life wasn’t going all that well when he became a partner in Freyja in 1985. Freyja wasn’t doing all that well either after I returned to commercial fishing in the 1980’s. And so, for a brief few years, Ken together with his friends George and Lew formed a partnership with Freyja and prepped her for Ken and Lew to sail to Desolation Sound.
I am quite certain that when Ken and Lew hoisted the sails in Admiralty Inlet, the breeze filled the sails, Freyja’s hull lifted and took flight with the birds. Perhaps it took less than three days for Freyja’s world to become their world.
Enjoy the journey!
Tim
*All photos come from Lew’s album commemorating the journey.
UNDERWAY TO THE SAN JUANS
STRAITS OF GEORGIA
Not looking good. Do I press on and reach harbor before the squall arrives or do I hunker down and reduce sail? Hmmmm
DESOLATION SOUND
TENADOS
RESTED. REFRESHED, READY
SMUGGLERS COVE
Fish caught off Sara Point! Time for a dock picnic this evening!
SAILING HOME
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What a nice trip down memory lane…just my memory of seeing the pictures and hearing the story first hand from Ken all those years ago..I have those same pictures in an album here , I think. I surely resonate with the three days or less becoming your world. Thanks for sharing..Love, Nancy O