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Travelogue Presentation, Juneau to Juneau: 6 1/2 Years Sailing, Biking & Hiking Around the World
Calendar Date:
Join the Friends of the Homer Public Library and Richard and Marylou Burton for a Travelogue Presentation!
Thursday, November 30th
6 - 7:30 pm
At the Homer Public Library Fireside Lounge + Over Zoom!
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82770378295?pwd=QXkyTYkiPwKjct_3BJVFQXHkgdzjBQ.UVgBL9Mi33ZOMFj2
Meeting ID: 827 7037 8295
Passcode: 513050
Please note that the Zoom will be recorded.
In June of 1985, Richard & Marylou Burton quit their pretty good jobs with the State of Alaska, gave up their permanent slip in Juneau’s Aurora Harbor, put their names on the very long wait list for another slip sometime in the future, untied their lines, and pointed their boat down Douglas Channel. They had no clear time frame or destination in mind except to slowly work their way down to Puget Sound, outfit their boat for ocean cruising, and then to sail out the door of the Straits of Juan de Fuca and see what happens.
Their boat was an old Cal-40 named Uhuru, which is Swahili for “freedom”. Uhuru was designed for ocean races, and she had done her fair share of those by the time the Burtons bought her in 1981 and sailed her to Juneau. Since that time they had lived, raced and cruised on her in SE Alaska and felt pretty confident about venturing out onto the big oceans. That confidence would be shaken many times over.
As it turned out, the Burtons would not return to Juneau for 6 ½ years. During those years they slowly worked their way around the world, with long stops here and there to sit out cyclone/hurricane seasons and re-tune their sea legs with bicycle and hiking trips. When they did finally return they were dead broke, their sails were tattered, and their engine sounded like a bucket of bolts. But miraculously, just before they left Port Townsend to head home they got word that their names had finally risen to the top of the wait list and a new permanent slip was waiting for them in Aurora Harbor. Perfect timing.
