Hudson, C.D. 1965 Journal 24 February 3 Bakerland We departed from Holland with a minimum of difficulty, though 4-5 foot surf, at 0720 with the first boat load. The second boat load was delayed until 0815 because of trouble with the outboard motors. Arrived off Baker at 1115 am and made the first landing at 1200. We were somewhat amazed to find Baker's surf extremely rough. The boat coxswain admitted he was afraid to start in so we circled around on the edge of the surf line looking for a spot. Finally, he just charged in and got up on top of about 3-9 foot wave and rode it in as it broke. He got a shade ahead of the wave so that the front of the raft hung down about 2-3 feet lower than the stern which could have caused problems if we had hit a rock. Fortunately, they worked out perfectly and we really barrelled into the beach. It was the longest, fastest and wildest ride I've ever had through the surf. After unloading the raft we looked around for some sort of channel and could find no sign of one so we just sent the raft back out through the wild stuff. Just as they reached the first break on the surf line the motor stopped but they paddled wildly and got over the wave just as it broke passed them. The second load made it to the beach with some difficulty in easy landing after we had scouted around and found a channel of water that caused the surf, in that section, to break softly and slow in to shore.