Upriver journey today for Rose Festival Fleet ships

Jun 08, 2022

Today a look at our Rose Festival Fleet of ships traveling from Astoria to Portland for the annual Rose Festival. Ships dock on the Willamette River waterfront in Portland and will be open for tours on the weekend.

Photo: The USCGC Elm, Astoria’s resident buoy tender, is among the US military ships headed upriver today for the Rose Festival.

Upriver journey today for Rose Festival Fleet ships

Upriver journey today for Rose Festival Fleet ships

Today a look at our Rose Festival Fleet of ships traveling from Astoria to Portland for the annual Rose Festival. Ships dock on the Willamette River waterfront in Portland and will be open for tours on the weekend.

Photo: The USCGC Elm, Astoria’s resident buoy tender, is among the US military ships headed upriver today for the Rose Festival.

More Rose Festival Fleet, and some info for newcomers to the River

Today ships begin heading upriver to Portland – they’re called the Rose Festival Fleet. We’ll talk about who you might see today.

And a look at a news story about a man who thought he could float across the Columbia on a raft: so some practical advice for people who aren’t familiar with big, powerful rivers like ours.

More Rose Festival Fleet, and some info for newcomers to the River

More Rose Festival Fleet, and some info for newcomers to the River

Today ships begin heading upriver to Portland – they’re called the Rose Festival Fleet. We’ll talk about who you might see today.

And a look at a news story about a man who thought he could float across the Columbia on a raft: so some practical advice for people who aren’t familiar with big, powerful rivers like ours.

The Rose Festival Fleet arrives this week

Jun 06, 2022

Each year, the Rose Festival Fleet of visiting military vessels arrives in the river just in time for the Portland Rose Festival. Today we talk about who will be here in the river this year and when they’ll arrive over the next few days.

It’s an interesting mix of active duty US Navy ships, Canadian Navy vessels, and Astoria’s USCG cutter Elm, our hometown buoy tender, based at Tongue Point.

Photo credit: each year the Fleet is greeted in Portland Harbor by a fireboat in a display of welcome. Photo by Jason McHuff from Portland, Oregon, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

The Rose Festival Fleet arrives this week

The Rose Festival Fleet arrives this week

Each year, the Rose Festival Fleet of visiting military vessels arrives in the river just in time for the Portland Rose Festival. Today we talk about who will be here in the river this year and when they’ll arrive over the next few days.

It’s an interesting mix of active duty US Navy ships, Canadian Navy vessels, and Astoria’s USCG cutter Elm, our hometown buoy tender, based at Tongue Point.

Photo credit: each year the Fleet is greeted in Portland Harbor by a fireboat in a display of welcome. Photo by Jason McHuff from Portland, Oregon, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

A look at one of our great hometown ships, the USCG Buoy Tender Elm

A look at an amazing and mostly unseen ship whose role is absolutely vital to safe passage on the Columbia River and surrounding waterways. The Coast Guard Buoy Tender Elm, homeported in Astoria.

Upriver journey today for Rose Festival Fleet ships

A look at one of our great hometown ships, the USCG Buoy Tender Elm

A look at an amazing and mostly unseen ship whose role is absolutely vital to safe passage on the Columbia River and surrounding waterways. The Coast Guard Buoy Tender Elm, homeported in Astoria.

Automated ships, ahem

Jun 03, 2022

Today a bit about advances in the development of fully automated ships, that would ultimately operate with no people on board. And a small rant from me about the need for real live humans.

Automated ships, ahem

Automated ships, ahem

Today a bit about advances in the development of fully automated ships, that would ultimately operate with no people on board. And a small rant from me about the need for real live humans.

Pacific coast wind energy projects

Jun 02, 2022

Wind energy projects are being proposed for the West Coast thanks to evolcing technology that allows floating turbines. We’ll talk about why that matters here in the PNW.

Image: floating wind tubine assembly in Norway, courtesy Wikipedia.

Pacific coast wind energy projects

Pacific coast wind energy projects

Wind energy projects are being proposed for the West Coast thanks to evolcing technology that allows floating turbines. We’ll talk about why that matters here in the PNW.

Image: floating wind tubine assembly in Norway, courtesy Wikipedia.