Blog – Western Flyer Foundation

Ed Ricketts: by Katharine A. Rodger, University of California, Davis

When Ed Ricketts left for the Sea of Cortez aboard the Western Flyer in March 1940, he hoped the trip would be the basis for a new book

It has been one of the great, unexpected pleasures of the Western Flyer restoration process that I get to work with notable scientists and authors.

In 2013, the fishing vessel Gemini, a purse seiner built in 1937, was hauled up from the bottom of the Swinomish Channel in the Pacific Northwest

A team of shipwrights resurrects a purse seiner with a Nobel connection for a noble cause.

The Western Flyer was made famous when legendary writer John Steinbeck set sail on her inspiring him to write two books

A foundation is restoring the boat Steinbeck and marine biologist Ed Ricketts chartered for a journey they later chronicled in a book

The city of Monterey is looking for public input on a proposed plan to develop a condemned portion of the Coast Guard Pier

From Steinbeck to surfboards: Famous fishing boat surfs back to sea

Santa Cruz Sentinel, Jan, 2016: Dan Haifley, Our Ocean Backyard: ‘Western Flyer’s’ journey continues.

NY Times, November 12, 2015: 75 Years After Steinbeck Sailed, A Boat is Readied to go Back to Sea.