Back in September 1990 Serenity was dismasted about 140 miles from Ketchikan off Dixon Entrance in a sudden equinoctal storm with 80 knots of wind and 40 foot seas. Several fishing boats were lost in the same storm so in some ways we were lucky.
After 2 days of trying to get everything organized and operating on board we gave up and called for help. However we had no antennas but after several tries we reached a fishing vessel about 80 miles away and he relayed our distress message.
The USCG sent a helicopter from Sitka and the Cutter Naushon from Ketchikan.
Captain Tom Dickey commanded the boat then and he was so wonderful to us. He even invited us to lunch aboard the Naushon after towing us 140 nautical miles to Ketchikan.
So, understandably, when we saw her sitting at the Coast Guard base here in Ketchikan we decided to try to visit her.
We drove on to the base and then obtained permission to go aboard. We were given a tour of the ship and the crew listened to our saga.
The experience brought back a LOT of memories.
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What a neat oppertunity, to revisit and see the boat that rescued you. Were any of the men still onboard, that were part of the team prior?
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