R.D Kirkpatrick 1965 Journal Balboa Island - Mid-Pacific Feb: Thompson, Merrill and Huber got 5 off in the first raft with no great cost) difficulty. The raft came back and Harkman, Woodward, T, and 3 sailors loaded it with our gear. We went out at the wrong moment and a wave turned the raft over spilling our gear. Harkman was caught under the overturned raft until a 2nd wave threw him and it farther up the beach. It flipped me backwards and I looked up thru about 2' or 3' of sea water to the sky and saw no boat or gear coming at me. It was a pleasing sensation to not be under the raft. (One of the sailors is named Brown and is from near Chickasha, Ok. and knew L. C. when he lived in Osage Co.). We righted the boat (rubber raft) and collected all our gear except a water can and a bird net. The motor wouldn't run so we reloaded the raft, pushed off at the proper moment and rowed out to beyond the surf where a second towed us in to the ship.