Dec 29, 2022
We had some high winds, lots of rain and some area rivers flooded. We’ll take a look at the numbers, including a 107 mph gust at Mt. Hood.
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Dec 29, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
We had some high winds, lots of rain and some area rivers flooded. We’ll take a look at the numbers, including a 107 mph gust at Mt. Hood.
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Dec 28, 2022
We had a rowdy storm yesterday on the coast, with lots of havoc on land. But it probably doesn’t compare to what was happening at sea. We’ll take a look at yesterday’s conditions and compare them to what might have been happening out in the ocean, according to the Beaufort Wind Scale.
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Dec 28, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
We had a rowdy storm yesterday on the coast, with lots of havoc on land. But it probably doesn’t compare to what was happening at sea. We’ll take a look at yesterday’s conditions and compare them to what might have been happening out in the ocean, according to the Beaufort Wind Scale.
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Dec 23, 2022
Today we talk about King Tides, which are making an appearance again this week as they do every winter season. We’ll talk about tides and how they show up around here and how they’re measured – such as, what’s a 12 foot tide?
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Dec 23, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we talk about King Tides, which are making an appearance again this week as they do every winter season. We’ll talk about tides and how they show up around here and how they’re measured – such as, what’s a 12 foot tide?
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Dec 22, 2022
Today we talk about the winter solstice that happened yesterday, and what it represents: a turn toward the light, and the hopeful promise of a new year, and what mariners have to teach us about resilience.
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Dec 22, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we talk about the winter solstice that happened yesterday, and what it represents: a turn toward the light, and the hopeful promise of a new year, and what mariners have to teach us about resilience.
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Dec 21, 2022
Today we talk about an old-fashioned, hands on way to get from one place to another on the water: it’s deduced reckoning, known as “dead reckoning.” You’ll need a chart, a compass, a few drafting tools, along with an understanding of distance, speed, current, wind and a few other skills. It was the way to go before GPS equipment took over our lives, and the lives of ships at sea.
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Dec 21, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we talk about an old-fashioned, hands on way to get from one place to another on the water: it’s deduced reckoning, known as “dead reckoning.” You’ll need a chart, a compass, a few drafting tools, along with an understanding of distance, speed, current, wind and a few other skills. It was the way to go before GPS equipment took over our lives, and the lives of ships at sea.
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Dec 20, 2022
Today a look at how ships get around at night when they can’t see where they’re going: navigation lights, buoys, sextants, stars, GPS, and a few thoughts about the loneliness of being a long distance sailor on a cargo ship, at night, far from land on the deep blue sea.
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Dec 20, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today a look at how ships get around at night when they can’t see where they’re going: navigation lights, buoys, sextants, stars, GPS, and a few thoughts about the loneliness of being a long distance sailor on a cargo ship, at night, far from land on the deep blue sea.
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