Jul 18, 2024
Note: I’m taking a break from the Ship Report for some vacation time. I’ll be back on the air and on Facebook, with updated ship schedules and marine weather reports on Monday, July 29. In the meantime I hope you enjoy this interview series about a tragic real life incident that happened here in our maritime neighborhood.
Today we contiue hearing parts of an interview series featuring John Kopp. former USCG surfman, and author of a book about a little-known Coast Guard tragedy that happened on the Columbia River Bar in 1977. The book is titled CG41332, named for the boat involved in a horrendous accident in which three students lost their lives. It’s a harrowing, meticulously researched account of how things can go horribly wrong, even for the Coast Guard, in challenging conditions in our local maritime backyard.
Today Kopp reads from his book to explain a bit about the USCG at Cape Disappointment and the bar, which is so dynamic and dangerous.
Sho transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript071824.pdf
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Jul 18, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Note: I’m taking a break from the Ship Report for some vacation time. I’ll be back on the air and on Facebook, with updated ship schedules and marine weather reports on Monday, July 29. In the meantime I hope you enjoy this interview series about a tragic real life incident that happened here in our maritime neighborhood.
Today we contiue hearing parts of an interview series featuring John Kopp. former USCG surfman, and author of a book about a little-known Coast Guard tragedy that happened on the Columbia River Bar in 1977. The book is titled CG41332, named for the boat involved in a horrendous accident in which three students lost their lives. It’s a harrowing, meticulously researched account of how things can go horribly wrong, even for the Coast Guard, in challenging conditions in our local maritime backyard.
Today Kopp reads from his book to explain a bit about the USCG at Cape Disappointment and the bar, which is so dynamic and dangerous.
Sho transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript071824.pdf
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Jul 17, 2024
I’m taking a break from the Ship Report for some vacation time. I’ll be back on the air and on Facebook, with updated ship schedules and marine weather reports on Monday, July 29. In the meantime I hope you enjoy this interview series about a tragic real life incident that happened here in our maritime neighborhood.
Today we begin an interview series featuring John Kopp. former USCG surfman, and author of a book about a little-known Coast Guard tragedy that happened on the Columbia River Bar in 1977. The book is titled CG41332, named for the boat involved in a horrendous accident in which three students lost their lives. It’s a harrowing, meticulously researched account of how things can go horribly wrong, even for the Coast Guard, in challenging conditions in our local maritime backyard.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript071724.pdf
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Jul 17, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
I’m taking a break from the Ship Report for some vacation time. I’ll be back on the air and on Facebook, with updated ship schedules and marine weather reports on Monday, July 29. In the meantime I hope you enjoy this interview series about a tragic real life incident that happened here in our maritime neighborhood.
Today we begin an interview series featuring John Kopp. former USCG surfman, and author of a book about a little-known Coast Guard tragedy that happened on the Columbia River Bar in 1977. The book is titled CG41332, named for the boat involved in a horrendous accident in which three students lost their lives. It’s a harrowing, meticulously researched account of how things can go horribly wrong, even for the Coast Guard, in challenging conditions in our local maritime backyard.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript071724.pdf
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Jul 16, 2024
Today we’ll look at daily ship traffic and where it’s headed, and also a heads up that I’ll be taking some vacation time for the next week and a half. While I’m gone the show will air as usual and you’ll be hearing an extended interview I did with author John Kopp about his 2023 book, CG41332, about a USCG tragedy that happened on the Columbia River Bar in 1975.
Ship Report radio shows and podcasts will continue to air as usual on KMUN, the Ship Report website (at shipreport.net), Facebook and on Apple and Spotify.
Ship schedules and marine weather reports will return in Monday, July 29. If you’d like to follow ship traffic during that time you can find some vessel information on the Columbia River Bar Pilots and Columbia River Pilot websites, and of course in real time on vesselfinder and marinetraffic. You’ll find local marine weather forecasts at: https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/Forecasts/FZUS56.KPQR.html
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Jul 16, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we’ll look at daily ship traffic and where it’s headed, and also a heads up that I’ll be taking some vacation time for the next week and a half. While I’m gone the show will air as usual and you’ll be hearing an extended interview I did with author John Kopp about his 2023 book, CG41332, about a USCG tragedy that happened on the Columbia River Bar in 1975.
Ship Report radio shows and podcasts will continue to air as usual on KMUN, the Ship Report website (at shipreport.net), Facebook and on Apple and Spotify.
Ship schedules and marine weather reports will return in Monday, July 29. If you’d like to follow ship traffic during that time you can find some vessel information on the Columbia River Bar Pilots and Columbia River Pilot websites, and of course in real time on vesselfinder and marinetraffic. You’ll find local marine weather forecasts at: https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/Forecasts/FZUS56.KPQR.html
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Jul 15, 2024
This weekend, a recreational boat overturned on the Columbia River Bar. Out of the five people on board, two were rescued safely, one died, and two remained missing when the Coast Guard called off their search Saturday night. Today we’ll talk a bit about why the bar has been historically, and remains, one of the most dangerous river entrances in the world.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript071524.pdf
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Jul 15, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
This weekend, a recreational boat overturned on the Columbia River Bar. Out of the five people on board, two were rescued safely, one died, and two remained missing when the Coast Guard called off their search Saturday night. Today we’ll talk a bit about why the bar has been historically, and remains, one of the most dangerous river entrances in the world.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript071524.pdf
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Jul 12, 2024
Today we conclude this week’s interview with Craig Kohler, operations branch chieg for the National Data Buoy Center. We’ve learned a lot about this agency and its network of high tech data buoys in US and international waters. Today Kohler talks about how rewarding it is to work for an agency that does good teamwork at low cost, and provides valuable information to scientists and to the public.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript071224.pdf
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Jul 12, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we conclude this week’s interview with Craig Kohler, operations branch chieg for the National Data Buoy Center. We’ve learned a lot about this agency and its network of high tech data buoys in US and international waters. Today Kohler talks about how rewarding it is to work for an agency that does good teamwork at low cost, and provides valuable information to scientists and to the public.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript071224.pdf
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Jul 11, 2024
Today we’ll hear more from my interview with Craig Kohler; he’s an official with the National Data Buoy Center. We’ve been talking this week about the network of data-gathering buoys in US waters and around the world. Today we talk about how this data helps scientsits, and also how these hardy buoys stand up to the punishing conditions at sea where they are stationed.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/.pdf
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Jul 11, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we’ll hear more from my interview with Craig Kohler; he’s an official with the National Data Buoy Center. We’ve been talking this week about the network of data-gathering buoys in US waters and around the world. Today we talk about how this data helps scientsits, and also how these hardy buoys stand up to the punishing conditions at sea where they are stationed.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/.pdf
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