The Coast Guard says a fish processing boat with 11 crew members on board is missing*UPDATE*
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Coast Guard says a fish processing boat with 11 crew members on board is missing off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.
The agency received a distress signal just after 1 a.m. Wednesday from the 93-foot boat Katmai, which is home-ported in Seattle.
The military says all that searchers had found by noon Wednesday were two empty survival suits, a partially deflated life raft, and the emergency beacon registered to the Katmai. There were no signs of the boat or crew members.
The Katmai is owned by Katmai Fisheries Inc., based in Ballard, a company official told KOMO 4 News. The boat is based in Kodiak during the fishing season.
The Coast Guard said weather conditions were 35 mph winds with 10-15 foot seas and a rain/snow mix, limiting visibility to three miles.
The Katmai was headed toward an island in the Aleutian chain with a load of cod. The company says the crew is from all over the Northwest.
Sig Rings in Wall Street
The guys from DC and Discovery rang the bell at Wall Street the other day.
Livsfarlig fangst»-kaptein, Sig Hansen: – Stolt av å «være fra Åkrehamn
September 15, 2008 by Patrick
Filed under Interviews, News
Sig Hansen
This one is what it is.. From the homeland..
Jeg er veldig stolt av å være en del av den fiskeritradisjonen Åkrehamn står for. Allerede som tolv, tretten-åring var jeg med ut på makrellfiske her om sommeren, forteller mannen som i dag er en av verdens mest kjente fiskere, gjennom TVprogrammet «Livsfarlig Fangst», på Discovery Channel.
Move Over Sig.. Make way for Captain Yost!
American Equity Mortgage Seattle partners with Make-A-Wish Foundation® to sponsor wish
Seattle (July 31, 2008) – If 10-year-old Gary Yost of Tacoma is not outdoors casting a line into the closest lake or river, he can most likely be caught indoors glued to the TV – hook, line and sinker – watching his favorite show: the Discovery Channel’s World’s Deadliest Catch.
More details will be posted soon..
Read the Full Press Release Here
Epcot Photos In
The photos are in and videos are too follow in the next few days..
94 HJY Radio Interview - Link
94 HJY Radio Interview With Video
Watch it after the jump
Buck Cherry Tour Bus - What’s in a Name
This was sent to us this week.. Pretty cool. Many thanks to John From StarFleet Leasing.
The Band Buckcherry has taken delevery of their new $1,000,000 tour bus. What some people may not know is that most band buses, like boats get named as they get built and start to take on a personality. This bus which was custom built for the band is Corvette Blue & Escalade Pearl White, the interior has a lot of hard wood, granite and Ostrich skin. The New Bus has been named NORTHWESTERN after the ship on the design teams favorite show. Don’t worry Time Bandit there will be one for you soon.
WDC: “CATCHING” UP WITH SEBASTIAN
“CATCHING” UP WITH SEBASTIAN: Captain Sig Hansen (center), star of the Discovery Channel reality series “The Deadliest Catch,” and his brothers — Deckhand Norman Hansen (left) and Deck Boss Edgar Hansen (right) — pose July 10, 2008 with a statue of Sebastian, the crab made famous in Disney’s animated film “The Little Mermaid.” “The Deadliest Catch,” which airs on The Discovery Channel, chronicles six boats, captains and crews in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, during the Alaskan king crab season. Based in Seattle, Wash., Hansen is a fourth-generation Norwegian fisherman. He and his family are at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. this week for an appearance at the Norway pavilion in Epcot.
![](http://www.fvnorthwestern.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/0710as_8006gv62677075.jpg "Sig, Edgar and Norman Hansen, Stars of Discovery Channel\'s \\"The Deadliest Catch\\" at Walt Disney World")
(Garth Vaughan, photographer)
SeaFair
One of those friendly reminders about SeaFair this year. Sig Hansen = Grand Marshal + Northwestern as the VIP Platform + in a Parade = Awesome.
Seafair is pleased to announce our 2008 Grand Marshal… Sig Hansen of the Discovery Channel documentary series Deadliest Catch! Seattle Native Sig Hansen spends his days crab fishing on the Bering Sea of Alaska and has one of the most dangerous professions imaginable. Sig truly encompasses this year’s Parade theme… Amazing Adventure!