![Volume 1 of “Tales of the Yellow Yaker”.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55d3efefe4b07ede5b8f9a9c/1535827872259-YPKTTV9W1F1SD7BJ1YI6/Yaker16.jpg)
Volume 1 of “Tales of the Yellow Yaker”.
![Welcome to Hemphill CopperWorks - September ARTS ALIVE!!! This show commemorates 365 kayak runs in this ‘yak, a full years worth which took six years to achieve. Very cool.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55d3efefe4b07ede5b8f9a9c/1535913627243-KIK42K6BA73ABBHYND76/20180901_175803.jpg)
Welcome to Hemphill CopperWorks - September ARTS ALIVE!!!
This show commemorates 365 kayak runs in this ‘yak, a full years worth which took six years to achieve. Very cool.
![Bought this Hobie Revolution 11 Mirage drive kayak in 2012. Some six years later I logged over 365 runs in and around Humboldt Bay. A full years worth documenting what we see on our outings. Amazing Humboldt never ceases to amaze.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55d3efefe4b07ede5b8f9a9c/1535827823948-1L877K5G8CTSC99IYZHC/20180831_171958.jpg)
Bought this Hobie Revolution 11 Mirage drive kayak in 2012. Some six years later I logged over 365 runs in and around Humboldt Bay. A full years worth documenting what we see on our outings. Amazing Humboldt never ceases to amaze.
![The journey begins with a quick dip of the boat.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55d3efefe4b07ede5b8f9a9c/1535828422002-R5F6300P8Y3YL2CSOS6A/Yaker17.jpg)
The journey begins with a quick dip of the boat.
![We live in a place where the birds come and go, sometimes surprising us that their back so soon.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55d3efefe4b07ede5b8f9a9c/1535827785052-LLHD3D4Z6YE02Y34K8F0/Yaker27.jpg)
We live in a place where the birds come and go, sometimes surprising us that their back so soon.
![After I reached my goal of 365 logged runs I purchased my second kayak, another Hobie but this time an orange Outback. She goes by the name of Osprey 1.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55d3efefe4b07ede5b8f9a9c/1535827850544-PUXC83HQBZXOBO7TBSDS/Yaker28.jpg)
After I reached my goal of 365 logged runs I purchased my second kayak, another Hobie but this time an orange Outback. She goes by the name of Osprey 1.
![I thought after my Coast Guard days my time of saving people were over, guess not!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55d3efefe4b07ede5b8f9a9c/1535827863119-PW0AY0ZG89IZYA2LG3ZX/Yaker23.jpg)
I thought after my Coast Guard days my time of saving people were over, guess not!
![Kayaking south Humboldt Bay you’d better pay attention to the wind and tides or you may be there awhile. Got water & snacks?](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55d3efefe4b07ede5b8f9a9c/1535828410647-PAD7ZK4BYMXU2IQVNVU5/Yaker35.jpg)
Kayaking south Humboldt Bay you’d better pay attention to the wind and tides or you may be there awhile. Got water & snacks?
![365 kayaking runs completed! Go D.O.A. Humboldt!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55d3efefe4b07ede5b8f9a9c/1535828457814-RHI0VOUHFKEMBM7Q4A2N/Yaker15.jpg)
365 kayaking runs completed! Go D.O.A. Humboldt!
![Yellow Yaker in all her glorious glory! Still runs like a champ and steers way better than my new Outback.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55d3efefe4b07ede5b8f9a9c/1535913617848-DKUWBFA1GXG5QLPWWOKC/20180831_171713.jpg)
Yellow Yaker in all her glorious glory! Still runs like a champ and steers way better than my new Outback.
![Volume 1 of “Tales of the Yellow Yaker”.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55d3efefe4b07ede5b8f9a9c/1535827872259-YPKTTV9W1F1SD7BJ1YI6/Yaker16.jpg)
![Welcome to Hemphill CopperWorks - September ARTS ALIVE!!! This show commemorates 365 kayak runs in this ‘yak, a full years worth which took six years to achieve. Very cool.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55d3efefe4b07ede5b8f9a9c/1535913627243-KIK42K6BA73ABBHYND76/20180901_175803.jpg)
![Bought this Hobie Revolution 11 Mirage drive kayak in 2012. Some six years later I logged over 365 runs in and around Humboldt Bay. A full years worth documenting what we see on our outings. Amazing Humboldt never ceases to amaze.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55d3efefe4b07ede5b8f9a9c/1535827823948-1L877K5G8CTSC99IYZHC/20180831_171958.jpg)
![The journey begins with a quick dip of the boat.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55d3efefe4b07ede5b8f9a9c/1535828422002-R5F6300P8Y3YL2CSOS6A/Yaker17.jpg)
![We live in a place where the birds come and go, sometimes surprising us that their back so soon.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55d3efefe4b07ede5b8f9a9c/1535827785052-LLHD3D4Z6YE02Y34K8F0/Yaker27.jpg)
![After I reached my goal of 365 logged runs I purchased my second kayak, another Hobie but this time an orange Outback. She goes by the name of Osprey 1.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55d3efefe4b07ede5b8f9a9c/1535827850544-PUXC83HQBZXOBO7TBSDS/Yaker28.jpg)
![I thought after my Coast Guard days my time of saving people were over, guess not!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55d3efefe4b07ede5b8f9a9c/1535827863119-PW0AY0ZG89IZYA2LG3ZX/Yaker23.jpg)
![Kayaking south Humboldt Bay you’d better pay attention to the wind and tides or you may be there awhile. Got water & snacks?](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55d3efefe4b07ede5b8f9a9c/1535828410647-PAD7ZK4BYMXU2IQVNVU5/Yaker35.jpg)
![365 kayaking runs completed! Go D.O.A. Humboldt!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55d3efefe4b07ede5b8f9a9c/1535828457814-RHI0VOUHFKEMBM7Q4A2N/Yaker15.jpg)
![Yellow Yaker in all her glorious glory! Still runs like a champ and steers way better than my new Outback.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55d3efefe4b07ede5b8f9a9c/1535913617848-DKUWBFA1GXG5QLPWWOKC/20180831_171713.jpg)