The Falmouth Bass Boat Association
Alaska Encounter
The following e-mail was received from Jim White, an American now living in Arizona -
"My name is Jim White, in 1988 I was working on
the shores of the Beaufort sea in Alaska I found the two Mikes in their small
tent on the beach near our facility. We fed them, fixed their compass and after
a nice visit they where on their way, I never heard about them again and I think
about them and wonder of their fate, is there some way I can contact them, I
have some good pictures of them and Tuluk. I am a sailor and have sailed Seattle
to Seward Alaska twice but would not think of attempting what they did."
Some pictures of the encounter and of Tuluk (click on a photo to enlarge) -
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Jim later wrote up the encounter for his company news sheet, copies of which are shown below:
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Web Master's Note:
Following Jim White's e-mail I managed to track down Mike Jaques who now runs a company supplying medical supplies to oil companies as well as undertaking mine clearance. Mike told me that that he and Mike Marriot managed to get 1,200 miles into Canada before the winter ice closed so preventing further progress that year. They had managed to make a maximum of 80 miles per day under sail and oar. Tuluk was left where she was, their intention being to return the following spring to continue the journey. Unfortunately funds ran out and they never returned, Tuluk remained where she had been left.