Accidental search and rescue

Jan 23, 2019

Today we’re talking about a recent Coast Guard request asking boatowners and other mariners to take care to secure their watercraft from going adrift in bad weather. Many accidental search and rescue missions have been launched because someone’s kayak, for example, went for a ride without them, blown by wind and rain.

Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Photo credit: By Banes, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2052946

Accidental search and rescue

Accidental search and rescue

Today we’re talking about a recent Coast Guard request asking boatowners and other mariners to take care to secure their watercraft from going adrift in bad weather. Many accidental search and rescue missions have been launched because someone’s kayak, for example, went for a ride without them, blown by wind and rain.

Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Photo credit: By Banes, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2052946

USCG Polar Star icebreaker completes Antarctic annual mission

Jan 21, 2019

The USCG icebreaker Polar Star accomplished her annual mission to Antarctica this week, breaking a channel through 21 ft thick sea ice to allow a supply ship to reach McMurdo Station at the bottom of the world.

USCG Polar Star icebreaker completes Antarctic annual mission

USCG Polar Star icebreaker completes Antarctic annual mission

The USCG icebreaker Polar Star accomplished her annual mission to Antarctica this week, breaking a channel through 21 ft thick sea ice to allow a supply ship to reach McMurdo Station at the bottom of the world.

Possible stopgap funding for USCG personnel

Jan 16, 2019

Lawmakers are attempting to pass legislation immediately to allow the USCG to get paychecks despite the government shutdown.

Possible stopgap funding for USCG personnel

Possible stopgap funding for USCG personnel

Lawmakers are attempting to pass legislation immediately to allow the USCG to get paychecks despite the government shutdown.

Fundraising for USCG personnel during the shutdown

Jan 15, 2019

As USCG personnel face the absence of their paychecks as part of the government shutdown, we share ways that you can help by contributing food and money to area groups that will get resources to Coast Guard families who need them.

Fundraising for USCG personnel during the shutdown

Fundraising for USCG personnel during the shutdown

As USCG personnel face the absence of their paychecks as part of the government shutdown, we share ways that you can help by contributing food and money to area groups that will get resources to Coast Guard families who need them.

A Fisherpoet Weighs In on Tragedy

Jan 14, 2019

Soon after the tragic wreck of the crab boat Mary B II on the Yaquina Bay Bar in Newport, Oregon, earlier this month, many people in the fishing community shared their grief at the loss of three lives.

One of the most eloquent tributes came from Fisher Poet Tele Aadsen, who fishes Alaska waters with her partner Joel Brady Power, on their salmon troller Nerka. Today’s Ship Report features Tele’s blog post, a testimony to lives lost under harrowing conditions, in a difficult profession.

Photo credit: Tele Aadsen from her post on Facebook about the Mary B II. Thank you, Tele, for your great writing and the eloquent window you give us into life at sea.

A Fisherpoet Weighs In on Tragedy

A Fisherpoet Weighs In on Tragedy

Soon after the tragic wreck of the crab boat Mary B II on the Yaquina Bay Bar in Newport, Oregon, earlier this month, many people in the fishing community shared their grief at the loss of three lives.

One of the most eloquent tributes came from Fisher Poet Tele Aadsen, who fishes Alaska waters with her partner Joel Brady Power, on their salmon troller Nerka. Today’s Ship Report features Tele’s blog post, a testimony to lives lost under harrowing conditions, in a difficult profession.

Photo credit: Tele Aadsen from her post on Facebook about the Mary B II. Thank you, Tele, for your great writing and the eloquent window you give us into life at sea.

The Wreck of The Mary B II

Jan 09, 2019

The tragic loss of the Dungenness crab boat Mary B II on the Yaquina Bay Bar this week has thrown the PNW fishing community into bitter mourning, as crabbing season finally gets underway after more than a month of delay. Three men died attempting to cross the bar, coming home with a full crab boat after a long round of work at sea.

The Wreck of The Mary B II

The Wreck of The Mary B II

The tragic loss of the Dungenness crab boat Mary B II on the Yaquina Bay Bar this week has thrown the PNW fishing community into bitter mourning, as crabbing season finally gets underway after more than a month of delay. Three men died attempting to cross the bar, coming home with a full crab boat after a long round of work at sea.