Nearly two decades ago, I thought I’d be a geek on a boat. I grew up sailing and loving the water. The logical part of my brain suggested a gig on a boat might just blend two passions. So I spent part of one winter on a research vessel in the Gulf of Alaska and the North Pacific. I have never regretted that glorious mistake.
It was the Gulf of Alaska I met a little bird who danced and played on the crest of stormy waves. That little fellow, drawn to the left, is the Storm Petrel. Opening a business that specializes in disaster response and recovery, my old friend seems the perfect herald for the new adventure.