Wtrtz, W. 
1963 
Feb. 
ATF 
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seals whila walking up the each to the dead one. 
On the second trip back the boat broached in the increasing surf 
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?nd both sailors were thrown out. We were afraid it would ca -size, 
but it righted itself and the sailors managed to hang on as it was 
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washed ashore. When they went back out only Bob and I were there to 
steady it in the $urf after the others had climbed in. As the boat 
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got under way a big wu e threw us off our feet and started to carry 
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us out, but V7Q managed to cwi- ashore, and I didn't even lose my hat. 
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The sea ha d grown considerably worse by the third trio, and there was 
now no one left to steady the boat. We got it out three times and each 
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time a Vig wave caught it and deposited us back on the beach before we 
could get the motor going. The fourth time Morris got in and got the motor 
going in about four feat of water. Suddenly a big wave it us and started 
to- carry the boat up the < each toward t«n exposed reef. Morris gunned 
the motor and took off through the turf with four of us hang ng on to 
the sides for deqr life. Than God fo v - that new motor of ours. Af ter 
he had gotten thro lgh the worst of the surf we managed to struggle into 
the boat, but not before we'd had a bigger sail, water cocktail t an I care 
to have again. : ' ■ ’ \ 
We ruined a second pair of binoculars this tri j, and also got 
water into a couple of cameras. The rest of the afternoon we spent 
cleaning up oursllves end our gear. We hope to get to Lisianskl earl, 
tomorrow and go ashore for the day. 
While we crossed the island today we went through many new areas 
that we had missed before. The albatross are nesting in s' 1 the low 
areas around the 1 goon, and there are many masked end red-footed boobies, 
