Greg Hunicutt wrote: > Glad you made it out alive and not on the bar. I have seen footage of the > U.S. Coast Guard boat that monitors the mouth of the Columbia, and that > alone is quite possibly the most thorough colonoscopy preparation ever > invented! Now there is a prescription I bet would maks a pharmacist chuckle as she filled it! Most days, the bar is OK except when the ebb is cranking against a big sea. Bar-geeks might want to hit the local radio station's Ship Report, each week day at 8:49 am, streaming here: http://www.coastradio.org/simulcast.html Joanne Ridout, local newsy, does a fine job of detailing shipping traffic, interspersed with nautical lore and maritime gossip. Right now the NOAA vessel Davidson is out there transiting the mouth updating the chart. Been lots of changes at the mouth, and the Bar Pilots want better hydrography at the spot where they board/deboard ships. Joanne has been interviewing crew members, gleaning beta on how its done these days. No more lead-lines! -- 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Sep 07 2007 - 01:39:54 PDT
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