ED RICKETTS AND JOHN STEINBECK WERE, IN STEINBECK’S OWN WORDS, “OBVIOUSLY RIDICULOUS” WITH THEIR 1940 IDEA OF A SIX-WEEK-LONG EXPEDITION TO THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA. No wonder that when they
Gregg’s checking out “The Log From the Sea of Cortez” back in 1969 is just one of many serendipitous and ironic events surrounding the Western Flyer and its restoration from fishing vessel to floating marine science classroom.
Agata Popęda here, thinking about The Western Flyer—the fishing boat that took John Steinbeck, Ed Ricketts and other crew members on their journey to Baja—which is now officially on its