Two more are missing; eight survived when a bottom-fishing charter boat capsized on the Tillamook Bay bar yesterday morning. The vessel was the fourth boat to challenge steep, breaking waves during the bull portion of the ebb and was skippered by a very experienced, respected captain, who had made this crossing many times. Details: http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/front_page/1055678292230580.xml The bar at Tillamook is regarded as on of the most dangerous on the coast of Oregon. Local commercial fishers claim lack of dredging in recent years has made the hazard greater. There are a couple close vantage points where visitors can view the wave action, one at Barview on the north side of the bar, and the other (accessible by a several-mile flat trail) on the south. I've been to both spots, and during strong ebbs, the wave action is extremely intense, even more nasty than the Columbia River bar because the Tillamook bar is smaller and more confined, with no "cheat routes" around breakers. The Columbia's bar is routinely dredged for shipping. Fifty-sixty miles south of the accident site, charter boats at Depoe Bay stayed in, because of dangerous sea conditions. [My son worked as a deckhand out of Depoe Bay some ten years ago.] -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
"The Taki-Tooo was fully equipped with life vests, but none of the dead was found wearing a life jacket, Coast Guard officials said. "By law, boaters older than age 13 are not required to wear life jackets. Four of the survivors did have them on." >From http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/front_page/1055 678318230583.xml jim h *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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