Today we’ll take a look at ship traffic on the river, and at the predictions for our upcoming holiday weekend heat wave. I’ll be taking the long holiday weekend to regroup a little from the exhausing but wonderful process of finally launching my boat (see yeastserday’s podcast.) So after today, I’ll see you all again Monday on the Ship Report. Show…

Many of you have asked me about my boat, Passage, a long term restoration project I started 16 years ago with my dad. Friday she was launched and is doing fine. Here’s a bit of her (and my) story. Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript070224.pdf Photo: The newly restored Passage on her maiden voyage last Friday. The …

Earlier this year, the USCGC Alert, a Coast Guard ship that had been in Astoria for decades, was reassigned and replaced by a brand new cutter, the USCGC David Duren, which is now in Astoria. Today we take a look at where the Alert is now… she’s got a new home on the East Coast (a region she was first assigned to over 50 years ago as a new ship), w…

Today, a look back in the Ship Report archives at an interview about rogue waves with Capt. Deborah Dempsey and Terry Wilson – both dear friends of mine. This interview is especially poignant, since Terry is no longer with us. Today we’ll learn about rogue waves from two mariners who have each experienced them at sea. Show transcript: http://shipre…

Today we’ll hear part 2 of the true story of the sinking of the commercial fishing boat Meteor, on the Columbia River Bar in the 1970s, as told by former fisherman Michael McCusker. Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript062724 The post The sinking of the Meteor, Part 2 – a gem from the archives appeared first on The …

I need to take the next few days off, and so we’ll hear a few shows from the Ship Report archives. The two part show that you’ll hear today and tomorrow is a listener favorite: the true story of the sinking of the commercial fishing boat Meteor on the Columbia River Bar, told as no one else can by Michael McCusker. You can hear Michael Thursdays on…

Today we’ll take a look at what factors affect how long it takes a ship to get from one place to another, on the ocean and on the river. Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript062524.pdf The post Getting around on the river appeared first on The Ship Report.By Joanne Rideout

Today we’ll take a look at today’s ship schedule, including a Canadian tug with an unusual destination. Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript062424.pdf The post Who’s on the river today? appeared first on The Ship Report.By Joanne Rideout

Today we have a ship arriving from France, which means she likely traveled through the Panama Canal. We’ll talk about that historic waterway, it’s problems with drought in recent years and how a coming La Nina climate trend might help alleviate that. Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript062124,pdf The post The Panam…

Today I thought we’d talk about some of the most ever-present and often ignored (by people on land) things in our river neighborhood – and that’s navigational buoys. Vital for mariners, they sit in the water day and night doing their work, making the watery highway safe for travel. Each buoy is unique, by color, numbers and sound, and they have lig…