SEA WOLF ADVENTURES
ACTIVE SMALL SHIP ADVENTURE CRUISING IN ALASKA & BRITISH COLUMBIA
ADVENTURES
INFORMATION
Haul Out Crew
Each spring the Sea Wolf is hauled out in Port Townsend, WA for scheduled upgrades, repair & maintenance. These historic old boats will last another 100 years given proper shipwright attention. Planking, painting, varnishing and engine room readiness are all part of her annual haul out.She is lucky to have a dedicated crew whom loves old wooden boats and knows how to care for them. It is an art!
Boat Haven Harbor
300 Ton travel lift brings her free of the sea.
Pressure washing while hanging in the straps.
Neil Taping off the waterline
Mike orchestrating setting the new stack.
Joshua Sanding.
Peter working his woodworking magic.
Joanie removing the name boards for varnishing.
Shipwright setting a new plank.
Jeff scraping the prop.
Shiny & smooth Prop!
Back into the Water :)
On the Dock.
Click here to go to our blog for more pictures of winter work on the Sea Wolf.
M/V SEA WOLF CREW
Kimber Owen
Owner, Captain 200 Ton Master, Naturalist and Conservationist
Kimber has a variety of life experiences with people, horses and wildlife. She grew up in a hotel restaurant family learning fine restaurant skills from being a cook to handling marketing. Before moving to Alaska she owned/operated an equine facility and worked with individuals with disabilities in therapeutic riding. She has participated in many equine and wildlife studies nurturing her love for nature and the conservation of wildlife habitat. Alaska has always been in her heart. A romantic historical ship plying the coasts of Alaska & British Columbia - showing people the wonders of nature - what better life could there be!
BOO "THE BOAT DOG". Boo is a Portuguese Water Dog/Lab Cross: very friendly somewhat hypo-allergenic as she has hair akin to human hair. Boo is on board most of the season but can stay on land if there is an allergy issue with a guest. She loves to kayak and when home in Gustavus- romp on the beach playing with her fellow Alaskan Buddies.
Captain Steve Morrell
Captain 200 Ton Master, Biologist and Naturalist
Steve grew up playing in the sand dunes of San Francisco's Sunset district, exploring Golden Gate Park, fishing at Lake Merced, and looking west to the Farallon Islands. After completing his Master's degree in Zoology at UC Santa Barbara, he spent the next 10 years studying seabirds and marine mammals on those same Farallon Islands as well as on St. Matthew Island, Alaska and Ross Island, Antarctica. Enroute to New Zealand to live, Steve was sidetracked by an offer to work on a fishing boat in Southeast Alaska for a summer. Captivated by the wilderness he experienced that first summer, Steve moved instead to Alaska. After 18 summers of salmon fishing (mostly in Southeast) interspersed with occasional work as a biologist, Steve realized that his favorite parts of his "fishing experience" were not fishing but rather exploring the waters and forests of Southeast and watching the wildlife and fish therein. In discussing his passion for the wilderness of Southeast Alaska and his desire to spend more time exploring it by boat, friends in the fishing industry steered him to small boat passenger charters. Says Steve, "I enjoy sharing the beauty and the powerful wildness of Southeast with our guests, and I love just WATCHING salmon. Every trip is a new adventure."Steve now lives in Mt. Shasta, California with his sweetheart, Judy, and their cat. He migrates north for the summer
Captain Hope Fiene
500 Ton Master
Hope Fiene began her boating career in St. Thomas, USVI in 1980 as a guide on bareboats and now has her 500T USCG OCEANS Masters License. For the past 10 years she has been Master on a private 86’ motor yacht. Besides the Charter and private yachts, she has also run cargo from Miami to the Bahamas through the Bermuda Triangle. Having thoroughly explored the Atlantic Seaboard, Bahamas and Caribbean she is now looking forward to exploring the the wilderness of Glacier Bay with you .Always an explorer and at the head of the pack, she enjoys seeing the wonder on clients faces when sharing new experiences. So let’s go and see what we can find!
Engineer Keith Weyrick
Keith, a native of Miami, Florida, grew up boating and fishing in Biscayne Bay. His father, a Horticulturist, instilled in him a love and respect for nature at an early age.. Keith holds his USCG 100 ton captain’s license and a MCA/RYA Yachtmaster Ocean captain’s license. He recently served as Engineer/Mate on Summer Wind a 100’ Alden schooner built in 1929. This past summer (2009) while serving on Summer Wind they competed in and placed first in class in the Newport Bucket race. Keith loves to travel and has lived in Spain, Japan & England. He spent the summer and fall of 2008 at the United Kingdom Sailing Academy in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Cruising the south coast of England, back and forth to France multiple times and as far south as the Madeira Islands. During his off time he sails his current boat Zen Moments, a 29’ Island Packet.
CHEF Linda "Cheffi" Fitzgerald
A native of New York State’s Hudson Valley area, Linda moved to Northern California in her early twenties. It was there, in the San Francisco Bay Area, her interest for creating great tasting foods was ignited. Since that time, she has owned two restaurant/catering services and presently operates a ‘Personal Chef’ business, in Northern Colorado. Linda’s passion for creating healthy, eclectic, palate pleasing meals, has given her the opportunity to cook for private and public clients in settings ranging from the ‘remote wilderness’ to the ‘fine dining’, experience. Linda is starting her 3rd year with the Sea Wolf :).
Marilyn Hailbronner: Deckhand, Naturalist & Resident Artist
Marilyn was born in England and then moved to the United States. She worked as a Paramedic for 15 years before becoming an emergency medical instructor. Over the years she has traveled extensively, enjoying the natural world and illustrating much of the wildlife she has seen. Recently she started her own art business “Wild Inkwell” www.wildinkwell.com. This year she created a children’s naturalist program in central New York called “The Art of Nature”, the program is designed to introduce children to nature by teaching them how to create a Naturalist journal. This will be Marilyn’s third year working on the Sea Wolf. Marilyn currently lives with her husband in Rome NY.
Anna Lindquist: Deckhand & Steward
Born and raised in Texas, Anna started her freshman year of college in 2009 at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. She is still undecided as to what her major will be, and anything is possible! A few of her interests and hobbies are international affairs, environmental studies, playing the clarinet, reading, biking, walking, traveling, cooking, and watching movies. At the University of Puget Sound she participates in the University Wind Ensemble and the Honors Program. Anna’s future plans include traveling the world and finding time to read all the books on her shelves. Paraphrasing Anna "I can't wait to start working with you! Thanks again for giving me this incredible opportunity." We look forward to working with Anna this year as part of Sea Wolf Adventures college intern program.
Ida Peters: High School Intern
Ida was born in Alaska and has lived here her whole life. She currently attends Gustavus school and is part of Sea Wolf's High School Intern program. She is a talented writer and will be writing a journal about her month in Glacier Bay. Ida will earn school credit and we hope a better understanding of the natural world in which we all live.
MAIN HAUL OUT WINTER CREW
Joanie, Neil, Joshua & Jeff plus others who lend their love and knowledge of wooden boats.
