The Ship Report

What Water Holds, by Tele Aadsen Today's the final segment of my interview with author and Fisher Poet Tele Aadsen.

What Water Holds, a book by Fisher Poet Tele Aadsen This week we continue hearing excerpts from my interview with Fisher Poet Tele Aadsen, about her book, What Water Holds.

More from the archives: commercial fishing and "What Water Holds" More from the archives this week from my interview with author and fisher poet Tele Aadsen, about her life in commercial fishing and her book, What Water Holds.

More from fisher poet and author Tele Aadsen: What Water Holds We're hearing exceprts this week from a 2023 interview I did with fisher poet and author Tele Aadsen, about her new book: What Water Holds, a memoir about her life in the world of commercial salmon troller fishing.

A gem from the Ship Report Archives: a talk with author and fisher poet Tele Aadsen This week we'll look back at the Ship Report archives, from an interview I did about year ago with fisher poet and author Tele Aadsen. Today she reads an excerpt from the her book, What Water Holds, a memoir about life in the world of commercial salmon troller fishing.

Fouled anchor off Astoria A ship in the Astoria Anchorage this week experienced a fouled anchor: that's when the anchor chain is wrapped around the anchor. This created a situation the ship could not handle alone and so they obtained the services of a barge with a crane to help untangle things.  This incident offers a great segue into anchors and anchor chains and how they work to keep these g...

Buoy 10 Fishery opens today on the lower Columbia Today is the opening day of the Buoy 10 salmon fishery on the lower Columbia River near Astoria, Warrenton and Hammond. You'll see lots of people in small boats fishing enthusiastically during this famous fishery period that happens every summer around this time. The weather will be splendid and the fishing good. It's important to remember...

Who's on the river today? Today a look at wthat ships are traveling on the river today and a bit about them. Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript073124.pdf

A review of ship fog signals We've had some foggy conditions on the lower river this week, and so this is a good time to review ship fog horn protocols. Those wonderful, sonorous ship horn sounds you hear in the fog are a lovely feature of coastal life. They're also required by law and very important: they help ships communicate their locations when visibility is poor. Show transcript here...

USNS Mercy hospital ship heads downriver today We have an interesting vessel alert for shipwatchers today: the US Navy hopital ship the USNS Mercy heads downriver and out to sea this morning from the shipyard at Swan Island, after four months of repairs and maintenance. Show transcript: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript072924.pdf

Part 8 - CG41332 - more on Coast Guard training In this final segment of my lengthy interview with author John Kopp about his book, CG41332, we talk more about USCG training. The book, published in 2023, tells the story of a Coast Guard training tragedy that happened on the Columbia River Bar in 1977, and the changes that happened in the agency as result of the accident, which claimed three lives....

Part 7 - CG41332 - More on what changed after this tragedy Today, in Part 7 of an extended interview series, we hear more from author John Kopp about this book, CG41332, all about a Coast Guard accident that happened on the Columbia River Bar in 1977, and how it changed Coast Guard operations. Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript072524.pdf

Part 6: what changed in the USCG after CG41332? Today is Part 6 of my interview with John Kopp, author of the book CG41332, all about a Coast Guard tragedy on the Columbia River Bar in 1977. Three student trainees lost their lives in an overturned utility boat. Today we'll learn about the extensive changes to Coast Guard protocol that occurred as a result of this tragic accident. Show transcri...

Part 5 - a close look at what happened aboard CG41332 Today we take a close look at the heart of this story: what happened aboard CG41332 in the harrowing time between when the boat flipped and when the boat was spotted by accident from the air by a fisheries agent, to the efforts to rescue the people on board. Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript072324.pdf

CG41332, Part 4, how Kopp gathered the info he needed We're hearing an extended interview series, a chat with author John Kopp about his book, released in 2023, called CG41332, all about a little known Coast Guard tragedy that happened on the Columbia River Bar in 1977, in which three student crewmen died. Kopp did extensive analysis of offical accounts about the incident. In the process of ga...

CG41332: Part 3 - how the boat capsized We're into Day 3 of my interview with John Kopp, about his book CG41332m, about a tragedy on the Columbia River Bar during Coast Guard training in which three students lost their lives. Today Kopp reads from his book, a passage about the moment just before the boat flipped in the breakers near Clatsop Spit. Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost...

CG41332: Part 2 of the story of a Coast Guard tragedy Today we continue hearing parts of an interview series featuring John Kopp. former USCG surfman, and author of a book about a little-known Coast Guard tragedy that happened on the Columbia River Bar in 1977. The book is titled CG41332, named for the boat involved in a horrendous accident in which three students lost their lives. It's a harr...

Part one of an interview with author John Kopp about a USCG tragedy Today we begin an interview series featuring John Kopp. former USCG surfman, and author of a book about a little-known Coast Guard tragedy that happened on the Columbia River Bar in 1977. The book is titled CG41332, named for the boat involved in a horrendous accident in which three students lost their lives. It's a harrowing,...

Who's on the river today, and a look at an upcoming interview series Today we'll look at daily ship traffic and where it's headed, and also a heads up that I'll be taking some vacation time for the next week and a half. While I'm gone the show will air as usual and you'll be hearing an extended interview I did with author John Kopp about his 2023 book, CG41332, about a USCG...

Tragedy on the Columbia River Bar This weekend, a recreational boat overturned on the Columbia River Bar. Out of the five people on board, two were rescued safely, one died, and two remained missing when the Coast Guard called off their search Saturday night. Today we'll talk a bit about why the bar has been historically, and remains, one of the most dangerous river entrances in the world. Sho...

National Data Buoy Center: a rewarding agency to work for Today we conclude this week's interview with Craig Kohler, operations branch chieg for the National Data Buoy Center. We've learned a lot about this agency and its network of high tech data buoys in US and international waters. Today, Kohler talks about how rewarding it is to work for an agency that does valuable scientific work at...

National Data Buoy Center: how buoys stand up to brutal ocean weather Today we'll hear more from my interview with Craig Kohler; he's an official with the National Data Buoy Center. We've been talking this week about the network of data-gathering buoys in US waters and around the world. Today we talk about how this data helps scientsits, and also how these hardy buoys stand up to the p...

National Data Buoy Center tsunami warning buoys We continue this week's interview with Craig Kohler from the National Data Buoy Center, a US agency under NOAA and the National Weather Service that operates a network of data buoys in US coastal waters and around the world. Today we'll talk about the NDBC tsunami buoys that are strategically placed in the ocean to warn officials when a tsuna...

National Data Buoy Center - an important local buoy gets repaired and put back in service Today we'll talk about our local National Data Buoy Center buoy, 46029, which was returned to service in June, 20 miles off the mouth of the Columbia River in the Pacific. This important data buoy had been out of service since last fall. Today we'll talk with NDBC adminstrator Craig Kohler about the b...

National Data Buoy Center - valuable local resource and worldwide agency Today we'll begin hearing excerpts from my interview with Craig Kohler, operations branch chief for the National Data Buoy Center. NDBC maintains a network of buoys in US coastal waters and in other places in the world, that transmit weather and climate data to satelites. We have NDBC buoys in our coastal waters including...