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A look at one of our great hometown ships, the USCG Buoy Tender Elm
Jun 06, 2022A look at an amazing and mostly unseen ship whose role is absolutely vital to safe passage on the Columbia River and surrounding waterways. The Coast Guard Buoy Tender Elm, homeported in Astoria.
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Automated ships, ahem
Jun 03, 2022Today a bit about advances in the development of fully automated ships, that would ultimately operate with no people on board. And a small rant from me about the need for real live humans.
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Pacific coast wind energy projects
Jun 02, 2022Wind energy projects are being proposed for the West Coast thanks to evolcing technology that allows floating turbines. We’ll talk about why that matters here in the PNW.
Image: floating wind tubine assembly in Norway, courtesy Wikipedia.
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Priscilla Pearls, a unique bit of Martha’s Vineyard history
Jun 01, 2022Today, in a follow up I mentioned on yesterday’s show, we’ll talk about the origins of something called Priscilla Pearls, unique artificial pearls manufactured for a time in the early 20th century in Martha’s Vineyard. A story from the days when herring were abundant there.
Image: TheAnnAnn, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
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A little maritime music: The Herring Song
May 31, 2022Today we take a break from the troubles of the world, and hear from a pair of maritime musicians who hail from Martha’s Vineyard in New England.
Meet Molly Conole and Mark Alan Lovewell; they’ve just released a new CD called “Home with Molly and Mark.”
It’s got some maritime gems on it. We’ll hear one today called “The Herring Song.”
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Water safety – just in time for Memorial Day
May 27, 2022It’s Memorial Day weekend, and as I often do this time of year, I’ve put on my safety hat.
Just a few tips you can put in your pocket, to help you stay safe and happy in your maritime adventures in the Pacific Ocean and on the Mighty Columbia.
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Lisa Blair sets a new record for Antarctic cirumnavigation
May 26, 2022A few months back I told you about this amazing gal, Lisa Blair, who set sail in her 50 foot sloop alone to sail around Antarctica and set a new world record for that passage.
Well, she’s back and she did it. All she wanted was a shower and she’s off to new adventures.
Photo credit: Liam Quinn from Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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How Cape Disappointment got its name
May 25, 2022A look at some local history and a little reflection on what it must have been like being an ocean explorer outside looking in – at the mouth of the infamous Columbia River – when there were no dams to tame the rivers flow, no navigational buoys to guide you in, and no GPS.
Photo credit: Krystal Hamlin from Oak Harbor, WA, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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Sailing cargo ships seem to be in our future
May 24, 2022Today a look at a new generation of cargo ships that look like the bulk carriers we see now, with an added twist: rotating columns and wing-like structures on deck that catch the wind and act like sails, even though they don’t look like anything we’re used to.
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How you can enjoy a (pricey) cup of coffee courtesy of a sailing ship
May 23, 2022A new/old upstart method of shipping coffee is catching hearts, minds and mugs in Europe and Canada (so far): Coffee shipped by sailing vessel, with close to zero carbon footprint.
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