During the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival this past September, we had the honor to meet another crew member of the Ursa Major, Molly Brooks, from the early 1990s transit…
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Category Archives: Alaska Wildlife Viewing
Since the Ursa Major begin chartering in southeast Alaska in 2000, we have had many wonderful and talented professionals aboard for our Alaska adventure trips. Gary Luhm, a professional photographer…
Following our charter season in southeast Alaska, we participated in the 41st Annual Wooden Boat Festival, which took place in Port Townsend, Washington September 8-10. Prior to the festival,…
Mark your calendars! Following our upcoming season in Alaska, the Ursa Major will once again be part of the Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend, Washington on September 8-10, 2017,…
Recently, Captain Josh has been in contact with Steve Van Cleve, (Marrowstone Isle, Washington), who worked as the captain aboard the Ursa Major when she transited the Panama Canal in…
Local artist and salmon fisherman Tom Crestodina has just completed his second collection of drawings of the Ursa Major. This time, Tom focused on the interior and exterior layout, and...
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The above photo and corresponding article are courtesy of Martha Sudarsky Kristy, whose father Daniel Sudarsky owned the Ursa Major in 1973, and took his family to Nova Scotia aboard…
Captain Josh took this drone video while the Ursa Major was anchored at Green Island, British Columbia, on our southbound Inside Passage Trawler Training Trip from Petersburg, Alaska to Seattle,…
We are getting ready to push away from the dock and head to Alaska! Seattle has given us a great bon voyage party in the form of several sunny days,…
We visited the Tracey Arm/Ford’s Terror Wilderness Area again in July 2015 on a charter trip, and captured this amazing video of the tidal rapids at Ford’s Terror at (nearly)…