Today we’ll do a quick debrief on this past weekend’s 29th annual Fisher Poets Gathering, and then we`ll address an important maritime issue that can be a matter of life or death: why you should never get between a tug and its tow at sea, or on the river.
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Today we’ll hear more from my interview with Len Tumbarello, who is currently the executive director of the Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots.
Earlier in his life, he spent 28 years in the US Coast Guard, a career he really loved. Today we’ll talk about what a career in the Coast Guard can be like.
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Today we hear Part 3 of my interview with Len Tumbarello, executive director of the Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots. We’re talking about pilot risk, which comes in many forms. Pilots are a lot like first responders, in that they have to be ready for the unexpected at all times and be ready to respond in a timely and effective manner, sometimes at great risk to themselves. It’s a job that only a small number of people in the world ever qualify for, and are hired to do.
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Today we continue listening to excerpts from an interview I did recently with Len Tumbarello, executive director of the Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots, the public body that oversees operations for the Columbia River Bar and River Pilot organizations, as well as maritime pilots in Coos Bar and Newport.
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I’ll be away this week for a little time off, and I’ll be featuring excerpts this week on the show from a recent interview I did with Len Tumbarello, executive director of the Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots.
We’ll be taking a look at this vital organization and talking about a subset of the maritime industry that passes by our doors daily here on the Columbia River, but which most of us know little about – the specialized profession of being a maritime pilot, and how that profession is regulated by the state, for safety and commerce.
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We’ll see what transpires… the forecast calls for snow above 500 feet. For coastal snow lovers, maybe some pretty flurries. Inland, expect some driving challenges in the morning.
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