After more than a decade on land, the 83-year-old sailboat Manu Kai is back in the water.
Terry Jacobson launched the Manu Kai (meaning “sea bird”) on June 2 at Letnikof boat launch after a more than 10-year restoration project.
Built in San Diego, Calif. in 1928, it once sailed the waters near Hawaii. Resident Betsy Van Burg bought the boat in 1990 from a man in Ketchikan and sailed it to Haines.
“She was…