Was not sure where to put his....very cool story though.
https://www.filson.com/blog/profile...i3UPOagIks_6Kj7iJvxbC1h_lrGTMfE9Dr96zK0ZHHltc
What makes the history personal for me is the fact that the Monterey Bay Aquatic Research Institute, operates a very capable research vessel, home ported in Monterey, CA, by the same name. I had a hand in her construction and sea trials. She's based on SWATH technology, which is what we're very busy with today, delivering crew transfer vessels to support offshore wind farms.
https://www.mbari.org/at-sea/ships/research-vessel-western-flyer/
On the morning of Monday, March 11, 1940, writer John Steinbeck and marine biologist Ed Ricketts boarded the sardine seiner Western Flyer at a wharf in Monterey, California. Both men were moving slowly because a fiesta to celebrate the end of fishing season had gone on late into the night after a boat parade, a barbecue, and seine skiff races. Steinbeck and Ricketts were well-known on the waterfront—and elsewhere—so their departure on a six-week expedition drew a raucous crowd.
https://www.filson.com/blog/profile...i3UPOagIks_6Kj7iJvxbC1h_lrGTMfE9Dr96zK0ZHHltc
What makes the history personal for me is the fact that the Monterey Bay Aquatic Research Institute, operates a very capable research vessel, home ported in Monterey, CA, by the same name. I had a hand in her construction and sea trials. She's based on SWATH technology, which is what we're very busy with today, delivering crew transfer vessels to support offshore wind farms.
https://www.mbari.org/at-sea/ships/research-vessel-western-flyer/