Veronika K Log Book - A Found Poem

Here's day thirteen's submission of NaPoWriMo (a poem a day for the month of April in honor of National Poetry Month).

Veronika K Log Book

A Found Poem

1988

in the margin: Tarot: The New Handbook for the Apprentice

June 17: Finn Bay Found our way in by Radar.

June 18 - drenched the carpet today

June 20: Saw whales outside Elfin Cove

forecast is for 40 knot winds and seas to 20 feet…

looks like we’re here for a while.

6/26 – Arrive Kenai 1900– roughest weather of the trip

Sat. July 16: didn’t fish the east side opening – leak in reduction gear.

Mon. July 11 – 2323 total, 1800 reds.

Sun. July 17 – didn’t fish E-side – chiropractor.

Sat.: Didn’t fish due to weather.

Sun. July 24 - We didn’t catch shit.

1989 

Work List:

Wind screen for bridge

Extend stack

Protective board for wires behind helm / top bunk

Install fresh water tank

Drawers?

Rehang hook for EPIRB

Spray skirt for bow?

Cabinets for focsle?

Hook up antennas

Coolant

5200 seam around rubrail

Tighten/check/spray all elect. fittings/battery cables

Check all fluids

Lube reel/fairleads/Ram

Carpet interior

Check survival suits

 7/13/89 - No oil tar balls, sheen in small rip. Choppy, foggy.

7/19/89 - Fish & Game called off the season. Too much Exxon oil in the inlet.

1991

July 20, Sat – Jeff Snyder was killed in a car wreck off Island Lake Road at 2:30 pm. Nobody found out what happened until the next day. Fishing suddenly seemed unimportant. F & G cancelled Monday’s period due to poor escapement & “what appears to be a weak run.”