Re: [Paddlewise] Israeli kayakers rescued in Alaska (USCG video)

I didn't see the entire video due to download problems until today and
didn't notice the "Westport, WA" homeport. In reading the blurb where the
kayakers were enroute from Seward to Homer I just assumed that "Vigilant"
would be a boat out of Seward or Homer or Kodiak. Dave Kruger's hat link is
pretty clearly the same boat as the "good samaritan" (which, I believer, has
no legal significance but is just a general description of one mariner
coming to the rescue of another) but the database of documented vessels
(which this "Vigilant" clearly is) shows nothing out of Westport by that
name. But it does show a 50-footer out of Seward.

I bet Vigilant works for Glacier Seafoods in Seward. Interesting set of
circumstances. I would have never thought of the hat link. :P

Craig


On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com> wrote:

> Pamvetdr_at_aol.com wrote:
>
>> So, another question. Say that the paddlers neglected to get the name of
>>  the captain before they disembarked. Obviously they cannot send a check to
>>  "Vigilant", West Port, Washington. How do they figure out whom to give the
>> money  to
>>
>
> Google 'em and go from there; Westport is a small town.  the maker of these
> hats will know whom to contact:
>
>
> http://www.zazzle.com/f_v_vigilant_west_coast_crab_fishing_boat_westport_hat-148599497906440050
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