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A bit about the weather, a solo sailor, ships and… a touch of pneumonia…

Well, I'm back, at least mostly upright - after a supposedly mild (it didn't feel very mild to me) bout of pneumonia! I was flat out on the couch last week, but I'm glad to be back, though I'm moving slowly. Looking forward to reclaiming my energy in the coming weeks. Today we'll talk a bit about the weather offshore locally, about a solo sailor out there braving it, and a look at some ships. Stay healthy!

Archive Podcasts:

Young Oregon woman is now the 15th female USCG surfman

Apr 19, 2022

Today we’ll talk about the achievements of an intrepid young Oregon woman who has become one of only 15 women to become a USCG surfman. Surfmen are those skiilled folks on board the motor lifeboats that go out regularly on our local waters saving lives, often under challenging conditions.

Photo Credit: USCG DVIDS archives: The instructors, crew and students of the National Motor Lifeboat School, Ilwaco, Wash., practice at the entrance of the Columbia River Bar on Feb. 08, 2011. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jamie Thielen.

Are ships getting too big?

Apr 14, 2022

It’s a question being raised in maritime news reports regarding the grounding of the Ever Forward in Chesapeake Bay, and last year the Ever Given in the Suez Canal – two mega containerships.

As ships get bigger, companies achieve greater economies of scale, but much larger ships pose particular challenges. We’ll take a look.

Disaster averted – the best news that hardly anyone knew

Apr 13, 2022

This weekend, while media eyes were on the still-stuck containership Ever Forward in Chesapeake Bay, another potential disaster was unfolding on the West Coast, as a containership lost power and started drifting toward the beach. Lots of expertise involved, and it all ended well. The kind of good news you hardly hear about.

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