We made it all of 2 hours out of the harbor

Until something broke. It happened like this: We were motoring along to our fishing grounds into a fairly steep 2-foot chop. I myself was exhausted for some reason, so I was laying down in bed when I felt the boat turn sharply to the right. I didn't get up, but I started to listen to try and determine if it was significant. When I heard the engine throttle back I knew something was going on. I got up stepped up into the main cabin, where out the door I saw the nose of the skiff bobbing up and down in the water.

Yes, we rolled the skiff. What happened was 2 of our tow lines snapped, which turned the skiff sideways. As soon as it got sideways it rolled over because the entire process lasted only about 10 seconds. We managed to attach the bow of the skiff to the main boat and hoist it up partially out of the water. We realized that it would be impossible for us to attempt to get the skiff floating again in the waves, so we headed for a bay off the river. Here is where our luck began to improve. Anchored in the harbor were some friends of ours on their fishing boat. So with their help, we were able to make the skiff float again.

Everything important in the skiff, such as the engine and wiring, was all submerged in salt water for about a hour. After the skiff was floating again we immediately headed back to Cordova. We pulled into the slip around 8 pm, and worked until about midnight, trying to find every part of the engine which water penetrated. Fortunately for us the damage is not bad. We washed everything well in fresh water as soon as we could, and we will just order spares for the suspicious engine parts, and replace them when the originals fail. The worst damage was to the steering console, where think we severely bent the aluminum when we tried to originally hoist the skiff out of the water. Tomorrow will be filled with a lot of wiring work too, because I think pretty much all of it needs to be replaced. All of that will be made difficult by the fact that tomorrow is Sunday and buying replacement parts might be tough, depending on what we need. I will upload some pictures of the whole ordeal tomorrow hopefully, so everyone can see what I'm talking about.

Anyways I am beat so I think it is time for bed.

-Jack