Crane at rest on glassy water under a dark Alaskan sky, mountains on the horizon

1928 · Yakutat, Alaska

F/V Crane

A working wooden tender. One group. The whole boat. Seven nights in spring.

Line-art mark: Crane, Juneau, Alaska, 1928

Crane is a 1928 wooden tender. In spring she lies in Yakutat as a hotel for one group: kayak, hike, sleep aboard. In summer she tenders salmon around Juneau. Charters are spring only.

The boat

You take her whole.

Private charter. One group of four to six. Six is the number we sell. You have Crane to yourselves for seven nights.

Three staterooms. In each, a main bed and a single bunk. The crew lives in the foc’sle. The rest of the boat is yours.

Whole boatOne group. Not shared.
Four to sixWe sell six guests.
Three stateroomsMain bed and a single bunk in each.
Crew in the foc’sleYou have the house and the deck.

Crane at the dock: navy hull, gold CRANE on the bow, red boot stripe, white house — Gold on navy. Red at the waterline.

Crane underway, gold name on the bow, red bottom, wooden cabin, number 35153

Overhead of Crane’s wooden bow, coils of line, a person on deck looking up — The wooden bow. Working deck.

1928

A wooden tender, still at work.

Navy hull, white house, gold lettering. She was built to move fish. She still does, in summer. In spring she is a quiet place to sleep, eat, and go ashore from.

Not a yacht. A boat with a hold, a foc’sle, and a house you can live in for a week.

Spring · Yakutat

The boat is the hotel.

From Crane you hike Malaspina Glacier and kayak Harlequin Lake. Yakutat Bay, beaches, a quiet week on the water. The boat is the hotel.

Crane stays in protected water. Surf is an option, not the trip. If the Gulf puts it on, Cannon Beach is a short hop by road from town, not a landing off the bow. Spring surf is weaker than fall. We do not sell barrels.

This is not a fishing lodge.

Situk steelhead run in that season. If you want a day on the river, we can put you with a local guide. Optional. Separate from the boat.