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All ships have a lifespan and need to retire eventually
Sep 08, 2020All ships have a life span and need to retire eventually. The reason can be metal fatigue, when structural steel reaches the end of its flexibility and safety, often in the ship’s hull.
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Sea Story: Sinking of the Meteor, Part 2, with Michael McCusker
Sep 01, 2020Part 2 of a sea story: the tale of the sinking of the commercial crab boat, the Meteor, on the Columbia River Bar, as ony crewman and story teller extraordinaire Michael McCusker can tell it.
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Sea Story: The sinking of the Meteor, Part 1, with Michael McCusker
Aug 31, 2020This is the first of a two part archive interview from the early 2000’s, with former commercial fisherman and KMUN radio personality Michael McCusker. Michael was aboard the ill-fated crabber the Meteor, when she suddenly sank on the Columbia River Bar. It’s a great sea story, especially as only Michael can tell it.
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Uncertainty in COVID testing ends cruise early
Aug 25, 2020What ultimately turned out to be a false positive result on a COVID-19 test ended a cruise prematurely for a Seattle based cruise line.
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A look at the famous (infamous?) Buoy 10 fishery
Aug 18, 2020It’s Buoy 10 fishing season on the lower Columbia, a time that inspires trepidation in the hearts of ship pilots and helmsmen… all those little boats in the channel! We’ll talk about what to remember if you are in one of those small boats and a ship comes by.
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Mariner fatigue: a leading cause of accidents at sea
Aug 17, 2020Today we’ll talk about mariner fatigue, and how working long hours and not getting enough sleep can be a factor in accidents at sea.
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Marine pilot: a dangerous profession
Aug 11, 2020The recent death of a pilot working in a US port shows us the inherent life threatening dangers of being a marine pilot. It’s a hands on job, and a false step or an equipment failure at the wrong time can be fatal. Deaths happen seldom, which is a testament to their professionalism. A look at the work of highly skilled master mariners whose work is largely invisible to the public.
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Ship displacement and how it affects the waters near a ship
Aug 10, 2020Today we take a look at ship displacement: which means that each time a ship passes by it pushes aside (or displaces) a weight of water equal to its own weight. That’s a lot of water. We’ll listen to a captain explain how it works. Spoiler alert: you want to be very careful to be safely away from ships wihen they pass by.
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Norway halts cruises because of COVID
Aug 05, 2020Cruises in Norway have been halted because of concerns about the COVID-19 virus.
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US military “Gangways Up” order during COVID-19 pandemic
Aug 04, 2020A new order on US military vessels called “Gangways Up” is causing sailors to be confined to their ships much longer than usual, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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