EP 27: Cruising the Alaskan Coast

The David B was built in 1929 and served as a towing vessel for the fishing companies off the coast of Alaska, after being decommissioned in the 1950s she went the route of many wooden boats of that era and was beached and left to rot.  Thankfully, Jeffery and Christine Smith came across her and in 1998 they decided to undertake a full restoration that would get her back on the water.  Jeffery and Christine now run the David B as a small-scale, personalized “cruise ship", running tours up and down the Alaskan coast, going places that the massive cruise ships can’t access, and offering once-in a-lifetime opportunities to get up close to nature and truly experience the Alaskan wilderness.  We caught up with the David B in Ketchikan, and in this episode we talk with Jeffery and Christine about the boat, the restoration, and why there is no better way to experience Alaska. LISTEN IN!