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More about anchoring ships

Jan 28, 2019 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts

More from Columbia River Bar Pilot Capt. Thron Riggs, about why ships use the port anchor when they anchor here on the river.

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More help for Coast Guard families

Jan 24, 2019 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts

More ways to help Coast Guard families affected by the shutdown

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Captain Thron Riggs on Anchoring

Jan 24, 2019 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts

Today on the Ship Report, a real treat: Columbia River Bar Pilot Capt. Thron Riggs answers a listener question about anchoring ships. Captain Riggs was instrumental in helping the Ship Report get off the ground as a radio show 16 years ago.

Many thanks to him for all the information over the years, and for all his help answering this complex question today: What anchor does a ship use when she comes into the Astoria Anchorage – port or starboard?

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Accidental search and rescue

Jan 23, 2019 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts

Today we’re talking about a recent Coast Guard request asking boatowners and other mariners to take care to secure their watercraft from going adrift in bad weather. Many accidental search and rescue missions have been launched because someone’s kayak, for example, went for a ride without them, blown by wind and rain.

Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Photo credit: By Banes, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2052946

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USCG Polar Star icebreaker completes Antarctic annual mission

Jan 21, 2019 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts

The USCG icebreaker Polar Star accomplished her annual mission to Antarctica this week, breaking a channel through 21 ft thick sea ice to allow a supply ship to reach McMurdo Station at the bottom of the world.