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A chat with the captain of the Golden Bear
Jul 05, 2023Today we’ll hear the first segment of an interview with the captain of the Cal Maritime training ship, the Golden Bear. Captain Samaro Bannister is a 2000 graduate of the school with an impressive career in the maritime industry.
She holds an unlimited masters license, which allows her to serve as the master on any ship of any tonnage, size, or type, anywhere in the world. And she’s the first woman ever to hold the position of captain on a Cal Maritime training ship.
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Cal Maritime training ship the Golden Bear visits Astoria
Jul 03, 2023We have a special visitor in town for the 4th; the California Maritime Academy’s cadet training ship the Golden Bear is in town. She’s docked at the Port of Astoria until Wednesday. The school is a four-year university that teaches students who want to work in the maritime professions.
Image: The original uploader was Frijole at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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ATBs& ITBs: cargo, ballast, double and single hulls, and storms at sea
Jun 30, 2023Today we conclude our chat with marine Chief Engineer Bill Young, with a wide ranging talk about liquid cargoes, ballast, double hulled vessels, storms at sea, and seasickness.
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ATBs & ITBs: more questions answered
Jun 29, 2023Today we’ll hear more from my interview with marine Chief Engineer Bill Young, about the technology and uses of ATB and ITB technology in the shipping industry.
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More about ATBs and ITBs from marine chief engineer Bill Young
Jun 28, 2023This week we’re talking about a specialized type of vessel we see here on the Columbia, the ATB (articulated tug and barge) and the ITB (integrated tug and barge). We’ll learn more about how they work, and about the use of the super hard tropical wood, lignum vitae, for high stress bearings and other uses, in the maritime industry.
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A maritime expert talks about ATBs and ITBs
Jun 27, 2023Today we begin a series on ATB and ITB tug and barge rigs: articulated and integrated tug and barge units. We see a lot of them on the Columbia, and they kind of look like a ship, but they’re not. Chief Engineer Bill Young will be talking with us about them this week. A look inside the maritime industry with an expert.
Photo credit: Joanne Rideout. ATB Ocean Reliance, a Crowley Maritime-owned vessel.
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Kirsten Neuschafer honored for Golden Globe Race victory
Jun 26, 2023This past weekend in France, a huge crowd gathered on the beach, in the seaside town of Les Sables d’Olonne, for the awards ceremony honoring the sailors who competed in the 2022 Golden Globe solo round-the-world sailing race. The race began and ended there after sailors circled the planet in small boats. Out of 16 entrants, 3 finished the race.
At the top of the list: Kirsten Neuschafer, the South African contender who became the first woman to complete and win the grueling non-stop race, after 235 days at sea, during which she backtracked for over a day to rescue a fellow competitor whose boat sank.
Photo credit: Image of Kirsten Neuschafer on the awards stage in Les Sables d’Olonne. Photo courtesy PPL Photo Agency, Tim Bishop/GGR/PPL
Note: Many thanks to Don McIntyre, Golden Globe Race founder and chairman, for permission to use GGR awards ceremony audio, and to Lennie Gallant for permission to use his song, “Minnehaha,” in this podcast.
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A day of ships on the river
Jun 23, 2023Today we take a look at who’s coming and going on the river. A little about how wind, swells and tide affect the sea state on the river and the ocean. And a general chat about various aspects of the vessels we are seeing today.
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Maritime resources converge on North Atlantic rescue site
Jun 22, 2023It’s a longstanding maritime ethic that mariners go all out to help one another when there’s a crisis. There’s one now happening in the North Atlantic, as maritime resources converge on a spot 900 miles off Cape Cod to search for a missing submersible with tourists on board.
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Lost submersible accident shows us that rescue may not always be possible
Jun 21, 2023The eyes of the world are currently on a spot in the vast North Atlantic, where rescuers are searching for a small submersible. It disappeared while carrying tourists who hoped to see the wreck of the Titanic on the ocean floor 2.5 miles down.
The rescue effort shows the limitations and reality of what rescuers can do for us, and what they sometimes can’t. And why we need to do all we can to give our rescuers a leg up in helping us survive a mishap at sea.
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