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Cruise Ship announcement about Astoria cruise ship
Mar 11, 2020The city of Astoria, Clatsop County and the Port of Astoria made a joint statement this week about the future of the 2020 cruise ship season.
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Grand Princess and the Coronavirus
Mar 09, 2020This cruise ship, her crew and passengers are in a world of hurt thanks to the novel coronavirus. They’re also on the schedule to come to Astoria. We’ll learn more.
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The Crazy Ivan
Mar 04, 2020I first came across this term “Crazy Ivan” when I was watching one of my favorite movies, “The Hunt for Red October.” It’s about a Russian sub captain who wants to defect to the US during the Cold War. In the film, a US sub is trailing a Russian sub, and all of sudden, the Russians do a “Crazy Ivan.” Turns out it was a real thing.
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How to prep for an ocean voyage
Mar 03, 2020Want to go to sea in a beautiful pea green boat? You’ll need more than honey and plenty of money, as the children’s song says. I asked blue water sailor Capt. Russ Roberts for his take on how to prepare for an ocean sailing voyage.
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Jon Campbell – Fisher Poet
Mar 02, 2020The annual Fisher Poets Gathering in Astoria, Oregon is done for another year. What a great weekend it was! One of the talents welcomed back this year after several years away was Jon Campbell – inducted into the Rhode Island Hall of Fame for his musical achievements in his home state, Jon is a delight for audiences, who love his smart, curmudeonly take on the culture of fishing. We’ll hear a song he wrote about the Long Beach Peninsula.
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Fisher Poet Mark Alan Lovewell
Feb 28, 2020Fisher poet, songwriter and musician Mark Alan Lovewell was today’s guest on the Ship Reporrt. He’s from Martha’s Vineyard, and is visiting Astoria for the 23rd Annual Fisher Poets Gathering. I was fortunate to have him as my guest live on the air today He’s a passionate advocate of fishermen and the fishing life. Hear him sing part of his iconic song, “Fishing Boat Sarah,” about what a boat means in the lives of a fishing family.
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Fisher Poets Gathering: Clem Starck
Feb 27, 2020Award winning poet Clem Starck is another regular at the FPG every year. His imagery grabs listeners and takes them along. This riveting poem, the “Pan Oceanic Faith,” is named for a ship that went down while Starck was a merchant seaman. It’s a haunting tale of survivor guilt and the sense of random fate that can overtake sailors at sea.
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Fisher Poets Gathering: Smitty Smith
Feb 26, 2020Fisher Poet Smitty Harrison Smith was an icon of the event. His eloquent, gritty works inspired many other fishermen and women to write. Here’s his poem, “Crick Robber Gray,” about a special shade of gray favored by commercial fishermen before the days of radar and sonar.
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Fisher Poets Gathering: Johanna Reichold
Feb 25, 2020This weekend is the 23rd Annual Fisher Poets Gathering. In honor of Fisher Poets past and present, today we’ll hear a song from the 2008 Gathering, recorded by KMUN radio at the Wet Dog Cafe in Astoria, as part of a CD project where artists agreed to allow their work to appear on an anthology of performances from that year. Johanna Reichold was a standout that year: a passionate woman poet and songwriter who here shares here song about a hellish captain: “The Whole Town Told Me Not to Work for You.”
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Cruise ship coronavirus update
Feb 24, 2020Today, an update on where things are at with cruise ships and the coronavirus – one of periodic updates you’ll hear on the Ship Report.
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