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Ships that dock without lines
Jun 17, 2019A look at the St. Lawrence Seaway, where ships can dock securely without tying up with docklines. Instead, they use massive suction devices to snug the ship up against the pier.
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Who’s on board?
Jun 11, 2019A look at the different nationalities and cultures on the foreign flag ships we see on the Columbia.
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EPIRBs – what are they and why boaters need them.
Jun 10, 2019A rescue story where lives were saved because of a handy device called an EPIRB: Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon.
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R/V Falkor
Jun 07, 2019A look at the research vessel Falkor, which spent some time at the Port of Astoria before heading out to sea on research project off northen California.
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My day on a Navy Hovercraft
Jun 06, 2019As part of a disaster drill for Clatsop County, Oregon, I was invited to take a ride out to sea and back on a U.S. Navy Hovercraft, a vessel that, along with its mothership, could be invaluable in a serious emergency on the coast. Hear what it was like to be aboard.
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Paraglider death
Jun 05, 2019A Beaverton man died in the ocean in a paragliding accident at Cape Lookout.
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Rudder failure
Jun 04, 2019The ship that ran aground on the Columbia this week suffered from rudder failure. We’ll talk about how that can cause a ship to hit bottom.
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Ship aground
Jun 03, 2019There’s a ship aground on the Columbia, a rare occurrence. She had to wait for high tide to float free. An example of how pilots and crews “shoehorn” ships through a narrow channel with just a few feet of water under the keel.
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Deep sea rescues
May 31, 2019Right now in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from land, two severely damaged sailboats are getting the timely rescue assistance they need, thanks to a lifesaving system called AMVER, in which commercial vessels agree to come to the aid of other vessels in trouble.
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Kelaerin: happiest of endings to a harrowing tale
May 29, 2019Yesterday I talked with you about the harrowing rescue of the owners of the sailboat Kelaerin, which was swamped by a rogue wave off the coast of Washington and rescued by the Coast Guard. Their initially tragic story took a turn for the rare and wonderful – now they’re enjoying the happiest of endings.
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