Dutch Harbor Travel Forum

I'm from Kansas, but recently I came into possession of a bottle with a message in it found on the beach at Seaside, Oregon. There is a faded date on the message, September 1970 or 1980. The message is rather cryptic and I am trying to figure it out; one part of it reads, "The Sea Star, Dutch Harbour, Alaska." This could be a ship or a boat from Dutch Harbor, or it could be one that was just visiting; or it could be a restaurant or something completely different. Is there anything in Dutch Harbor named "The Sea Star"? How can I track down information on a ship or a boat from twenty or thirty years ago? Are there any locals I can contact who might know more about this? If anyone can suggest any leads it will be really helpful, and thank you!

Hmmmn, in 1999, there was a movie called "Virus", in which a salvage boat called The Sea Star came across an infected Russian science vessel with very bad consequences...;-) see http://www.virusthemovie.com/movie/

Bill

Pitty you did not found VT-member M.I.B.

PJ

Randwolfray here. My hectic circumstances have kept me from getting back here for a while, so I was delighted to see Bill and PJ's responses. Thank you very much, both of you, for helping out a newbie like myself. Is VT-member M.I.B. someone who is no longer available for contact?

M.I.B. is a bottle floating on the high seas.

PJ

Hmmm...sounds like a joke message...the Sea Star is one of the King Crab fishing boats on the Discovery Channel's show, The Deadliest Catch:

http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/deadliestcatch/bios/bios_02.html