Float Plan for S/V Serena

My new 406 GPIRB is setting inside Serena with the activation switch duct taped CLOSED. My old 406 EPIRB is setting inside my apartment in Spenard - Anchorage, AK with the activation switch also safely duct taped CLOSED.

The battery on my old EPIRB is now past its official expiration date. I've purchased a new ACR Globalfix GPIRB and have sent in the relevant emergency contact info to the Coast Guard.

07-14-07: Do an oil change, replace a life line with a tempory fix and than putter around Resurrection Bay. I may have Laura Bowen and Jake Larno on board from the Alaska Free Divers Club to do some spear fishing. We won't go far. This is Serena's first voyage this season.

Spring 2007: After losing two entire sailing seasons to vessel repair and a campaign cycle, Serena and her skipper are now ready for guests.

I've spent the entire 2005 sailing season dealing with her repairs. I was still not done in 2006. The good news is time, money, and some insurance funds made her good as new. The really good news is I didn't arrive at my slip to find 3 feet of mast sticking out of the water. I was lucky!

Pictures of her repair are here.

Passengers:
Ken Erickson (owner-skipper of Serena)
   (907) 269-0256 = work # (Jun-Dec)
   (907) 465-2671 = work # (Jan-May)
   (907) 240-2262 = cell
   (415) 823-5548, (415) 451-8400 = brother

Serena is a 35' Wittholtz steel cutter built in 1984. She has a full keel and outboard rudder with a dark green hull, two tone tan topsides, and tan wood mast. I have aboard a VHF, 2 handheld VHF's, mapping GPS & suitable charts, comprehensive first aid kit, newly updated offshore flare kit, 406 GPIRB, 121.5 EPIRB, 5 survival suits, many life vests, and 11 foot inflatable dinghy with a 6 horse Tohatsu four stroke outboard.

Rebecca Leigh:
Vern & Debbie Robbins (co-owners-skippers of Rebecca Leigh)
   (907) 522-3043 = home
   (907) 257-0139 = cell #1
   (907) 830-9228 = cell #2
   (907) 441-6257 = cell #3

Rebecca Leigh is a 1984 white fiberglass Catalina 30. She has a functional VHF, handheld VHF, GPS & charts, 121.5 EPIRB, life vests, and 10+ foot dingy with a 2.7 horse outboard.