On Feb. 8th the ALCAN 200 had it's 51st running. Woody was riding a 1998 SRX 600 and doing quite well when a gust of wind took him from the left side of the road where he had control, out across asphalt and over the bank on the other side of the road narrowly missing a snowed in and frozen guardrail end. The Sled he was riding took flight and Woody went big! He traveled over a hundred feet long and over 20 feet in the air before he landed like a cat, on his feet! The impact and inertia from landing on his feet exploded the tibia and fibula in his right leg. He was rushed by ambulance to the local clinic, then onto a coast guard helicopter to Juneau, then by plane to Providence Hospital in Anchorage where he went in emergency surgery to remove bone fragments and install a titanium rod from his knee to his ankle.

As if all this isn't bad enough, Woody will be in Anchorage for some time for recovery which leaves his boat, The Melinda Rae II, in shambles at a local shop in Haines. Woody is in the process of re-powering the vessel with a new Cummins, new reduction gear, new decks, new holds, and much more for the upcoming shrimp and gillnet seasons.

Any and all help will be greatly appreciated to get Woody back on both his feet!