Feb 21, 2023
Everywhere you turn in the weather forecast it’s gales this, and storms that, sneaker waves, beach warnings, and even – snow! We’ll take a look at how all this could affect everything from marine traffic to road traffic in our corner of the coastal PNW.
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Feb 21, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Everywhere you turn in the weather forecast it’s gales this, and storms that, sneaker waves, beach warnings, and even – snow! We’ll take a look at how all this could affect everything from marine traffic to road traffic in our corner of the coastal PNW.
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Feb 17, 2023
This week, sailor Kirsten Neuschafer, in the lead in the grueling nonstop, solo round-the-world Golden Globe race, rounded Cape Horn, a significant milestone in this difficult competition.
She’s the only woman in the race and only the second woman ever to compete in the intentionally low-tech Golden Globe.
We take a look at Kristen’s accompishments, and also celebrate a few of the other women in history who have accomplished sailing around the world alone.
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Feb 17, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
This week, sailor Kirsten Neuschafer, in the lead in the grueling nonstop, solo round-the-world Golden Globe race, rounded Cape Horn, a significant milestone in this difficult competition.
She’s the only woman in the race and only the second woman ever to compete in the intentionally low-tech Golden Globe.
We take a look at Kristen’s accompishments, and also celebrate a few of the other women in history who have accomplished sailing around the world alone.
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Feb 13, 2023
We’ve got a little bit of everything on our weather plate today, on land and sea: High Surf Advisory, Winter Weather Advisory, Columbia River Bar on Yellow status, which means ship traffic maybe asked to wait. We’ll see what happens as this Alaskan weather system spins through our area today.
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Feb 13, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
We’ve got a little bit of everything on our weather plate today, on land and sea: High Surf Advisory, Winter Weather Advisory, Columbia River Bar on Yellow status, which means ship traffic maybe asked to wait. We’ll see what happens as this Alaskan weather system spins through our area today.
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Feb 10, 2023
Today a look at tides and how they affect ships in the anchorages. And more on how weather can affect tides too. Watching the tides is one way to feel a little more connected to our natural world.
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Feb 10, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today a look at tides and how they affect ships in the anchorages. And more on how weather can affect tides too. Watching the tides is one way to feel a little more connected to our natural world.
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Feb 09, 2023
Today we’ll talk about a recent sight on the river that caught my attention and the attention of some other people too: what looked like white smoke pouring from a ship heading upriver. Turns out it has a much better explanation: it’s steam from scrubbers that are pulling pollutants out of the exhaust to meet new emissions standards enacted three years ago.
Today we’ll revisit the maritime industry game-changing regulation that cut certain damaging ship emissions in half: IMO 2020.
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Feb 9, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we’ll talk about a recent sight on the river that caught my attention and the attention of some other people too: what looked like white smoke pouring from a ship heading upriver. Turns out it has a much better explanation: it’s steam from scrubbers that are pulling pollutants out of the exhaust to meet new emissions standards enacted three years ago.
Today we’ll revisit the maritime industry game-changing regulation that cut certain damaging ship emissions in half: IMO 2020.
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Feb 08, 2023
With skippers having traveled about 20,000 miles in this grueling solo round the world race, boats remaining the race are approaching Cape Horn. This stretch is possibly the most treacherous part of their path to circle the globe without stopping or accepting outside aid. Already boats have suffered damaging knockdowns and endured 60 knot winds.
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Feb 8, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
With skippers having traveled about 20,000 miles in this grueling solo round the world race, boats remaining the race are approaching Cape Horn. This stretch is possibly the most treacherous part of their path to circle the globe without stopping or accepting outside aid. Already boats have suffered damaging knockdowns and endured 60 knot winds.
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