Dec 8, 2025 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
If you have a trailerable recreational boat registered in Oregon, consider bringing your boat down to the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office Marine Patrol Winter Boater Safety Inspection Station event later this month. It’s happening Saturday, December 27 from 10 to 2, right across from Englund Marine at the Port of Astoria, and get your 2026 Oregon Boater Safety Inspection sticker.
You’ll need an up to date registration and some safety gear to qualify. It’s not only the law, it’s good safety stewardship for your vessel, the people you take on board, and any rescue personnel who might have to assist you in an emergency.
Per the sheriff’s office – To get your sticker, please bring the following six items:
1. Current proof of registration for your boat
2. Current registration year sticker posted next to your OR numbers
3. Boater safety education course card or equivalent
4. Non-expired, good-condition fire extinguisher
5. Proper life jackets
6. A throwable cushion or ring
Depending on your vessel, you may also need a carburetor spark arrestor and a bilge fume blower.
If you have questions, give the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Marine Patrol office a call at 971-704-4465.
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Dec 4, 2025 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
A somewhat “geeky” look at our upcoming weather, which includes one, possibly two atmospheric rivers over the next week. I’ll toss around (and explain) jargony terms like IVT and QPF, specific weather metrics that PNW meteorologists use to track weather intensity in rainy climates like ours.
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Dec 3, 2025 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
This week in 2007, a series of damaging storms walloped our region, bringing high winds, rain and flooding, causing widespread damage.
This week, we’re looking at the usual wet winter weather. Eighteen years ago, it was a different story…
Today, we remember the Great Coastal Gale of 2007.
Special thanks to Long Beach Peninsula historian Frank Lehn, for his recollections shared in this show.
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Dec 2, 2025 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
This Saturday at 5 pm sharp, Ilwaco will hold its 19th annual Crabpot Christmas Tree lighting. It’s a chance to come together to sing and honor a community tradition.
The event also also honors beloved Ilwaco community member Clint Carter, who passed this year. He wrote the Crabpot Tree Carol, which you’ll hear today on the show. This song is sung each year at the lighting of the tree, which is made entirely of Dungeness crabpots.
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Dec 1, 2025 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
We have another round of King Tides happening this week. Let’s talk about what to expect, along with elevated sneaker wave risk on area beaches.
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Nov 26, 2025 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
It’s a good time of year to talk about holidays at sea, for sailors who are often far from home.
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