The Coastal Jet

Dec 30, 2020

Today we’ll listen to a clip from the Ship Report archives: part of a talk Columbia River Bar Pilot Capt. Thron Riggs gave at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria, talking about a local weather phenomenon called the Coastal Jet. It involves fast winds close to the coast, creating a counter intuitive situation where ships approaching the Columbia River Bar often find worse weather near shore than they experienced way out at sea.

The Coastal Jet

The Coastal Jet

Today we’ll listen to a clip from the Ship Report archives: part of a talk Columbia River Bar Pilot Capt. Thron Riggs gave at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria, talking about a local weather phenomenon called the Coastal Jet. It involves fast winds close to the coast, creating a counter intuitive situation where ships approaching the Columbia River Bar often find worse weather near shore than they experienced way out at sea.

Anchoring series: Why ships always anchor in the same places

Dec 29, 2020

More from retired Columbia River Bar Pilot Capt. Thron Riggs on anchoring ships, and why ships anchor generally in the same part of the river and not just anywhere.

Anchoring series: Why ships always anchor in the same places

Anchoring series: Why ships always anchor in the same places

More from retired Columbia River Bar Pilot Capt. Thron Riggs on anchoring ships, and why ships anchor generally in the same part of the river and not just anywhere.

Anchoring series: how pilots decide where to anchor

Dec 28, 2020

More on anchoring from Capt. Thron Riggs, retired Columbia River bar pilot. Today we talk about how pilots decide where to put a ship when they reach an anchorage area.

Anchoring series: how pilots decide where to anchor

Anchoring series: how pilots decide where to anchor

More on anchoring from Capt. Thron Riggs, retired Columbia River bar pilot. Today we talk about how pilots decide where to put a ship when they reach an anchorage area.

A Coastal Christmas

Dec 24, 2020

Just in time for Christmas Eve, a reading of “A Coastal Christmas,” by Long Beach Peninsula author Lynette Rae McAdams (the book is illustrated by Astoria artist Sally Lackaff).

It’s a retelling of the traditional Night Before Christmas story. But in this Pacific Northwest version, Santa gets rescued by some fishermen and the US Coast Guard.

Graphic: the cover of the chapbook, A Coastal Christmas, by Lynette Rae McAdams, illustrated by Sally Lackaff.

A Coastal Christmas

A Coastal Christmas

Just in time for Christmas Eve, a reading of “A Coastal Christmas,” by Long Beach Peninsula author Lynette Rae McAdams (the book is illustrated by Astoria artist Sally Lackaff).

It’s a retelling of the traditional Night Before Christmas story. But in this Pacific Northwest version, Santa gets rescued by some fishermen and the US Coast Guard.

Graphic: the cover of the chapbook, A Coastal Christmas, by Lynette Rae McAdams, illustrated by Sally Lackaff.

Anchoring series: A conversation with Capt. Thron Riggs

Dec 22, 2020

Today we begin a series on how to anchor a ship, with Capt. Thron Riggs, retired Columbia River Bar Pilot.

Anchoring series: how pilots decide where to anchor

Anchoring series: A conversation with Capt. Thron Riggs

Today we begin a series on how to anchor a ship, with Capt. Thron Riggs, retired Columbia River Bar Pilot.

New age of sail? A newbuild wooden sailing cargo ship

Dec 21, 2020

A new sailing wooden cargo ship is now being built in Costa Rica. Her owners plan to use her to haul specialty cargoes along the US West Coast. Meet the schooner Ceiba, billed as the world’s largest ocean-going “clean” cargo ship. Is this the beginning of the return of the age of sail?

The Coastal Jet

New age of sail? A newbuild wooden sailing cargo ship

A new sailing wooden cargo ship is now being built in Costa Rica. Her owners plan to use her to haul specialty cargoes along the US West Coast. Meet the schooner Ceiba, billed as the world’s largest ocean-going “clean” cargo ship. Is this the beginning of the return of the age of sail?