According to a USCG press release, the skipper of a 34-foot fishing
boat tried to negotiate a bar in up to 26-foot breaking waves when he
got into trouble.

Doesn't seem like much "investigation" will be needed to figure out
what happened here.........


Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard Thirteenth District


Press Release Date: Oct 22, 2005
Contact: Petty Officer Mike Zolzer
206-220-7237

CORRECTION- MASTER OF FISHING VESSEL SAFE AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES


SEATTLE- The master of a 34-foot fishing vessel is safe today after his
boat capsized at the entrance of the Yaquina Bay bar in Newport, Ore.,
this afternoon.

A 47-foot motor lifeboat from Coast Guard Station Yaquina Bay was
escorting the Tillamac across the bar when the vessel capsized.

The crew of the 47-foot motor lifeboat immediately picked up the master
out of the surf and transported him to awaiting emergency medical
technicians. He was then taken to Pacific Community Hospital in
Newport.

Weather conditions were 14-16-foot surf at the center of the bar and
22-26-foot breakers across the bar.

The cause of the capsizing is under investigation.


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wrote in message
ups.com...
According to a USCG press release, the skipper of a 34-foot fishing
boat tried to negotiate a bar in up to 26-foot breaking waves when he
got into trouble.

Doesn't seem like much "investigation" will be needed to figure out
what happened here.........


Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard Thirteenth District


Press Release Date: Oct 22, 2005
Contact: Petty Officer Mike Zolzer
206-220-7237

CORRECTION- MASTER OF FISHING VESSEL SAFE AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES


SEATTLE- The master of a 34-foot fishing vessel is safe today after his
boat capsized at the entrance of the Yaquina Bay bar in Newport, Ore.,
this afternoon.

A 47-foot motor lifeboat from Coast Guard Station Yaquina Bay was
escorting the Tillamac across the bar when the vessel capsized.

The crew of the 47-foot motor lifeboat immediately picked up the master
out of the surf and transported him to awaiting emergency medical
technicians. He was then taken to Pacific Community Hospital in
Newport.

Weather conditions were 14-16-foot surf at the center of the bar and
22-26-foot breakers across the bar.

The cause of the capsizing is under investigation.


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within the
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security of America.


The investigation will focus on why the CG MLB let the vessel try to cross
the bar during those conditions. The MLB was escorting the vessel?

Bill McKee wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...
According to a USCG press release, the skipper of a 34-foot fishing
boat tried to negotiate a bar in up to 26-foot breaking waves when he
got into trouble.

Doesn't seem like much "investigation" will be needed to figure out
what happened here.........


Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard Thirteenth District


Press Release Date: Oct 22, 2005
Contact: Petty Officer Mike Zolzer
206-220-7237

CORRECTION- MASTER OF FISHING VESSEL SAFE AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES


SEATTLE- The master of a 34-foot fishing vessel is safe today after his
boat capsized at the entrance of the Yaquina Bay bar in Newport, Ore.,
this afternoon.

A 47-foot motor lifeboat from Coast Guard Station Yaquina Bay was
escorting the Tillamac across the bar when the vessel capsized.

The crew of the 47-foot motor lifeboat immediately picked up the master
out of the surf and transported him to awaiting emergency medical
technicians. He was then taken to Pacific Community Hospital in
Newport.

Weather conditions were 14-16-foot surf at the center of the bar and
22-26-foot breakers across the bar.

The cause of the capsizing is under investigation.


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The U.S. Coast Guard is a military, maritime, multi-mission service
within the
Department of Homeland Security dedicated to protecting the safety and
security of America.


The investigation will focus on why the CG MLB let the vessel try to cross
the bar during those conditions. The MLB was escorting the vessel?

That was the strangest part of the story, wasn't it?

Let's see he

"I can forge ahead into breakers that equal or exceed the LWL of this
little boat, or not. Guess I will, since the CG says they will send a
boat to "escort" me, and they can pick me out right away after I
capsize."

I guess maybe if you cross those bars routinely you would get used to
doing so, but the first thing the CG would need to do for me if I were
attempting the same thing in a small boat would be to airlift a case of
TP.

My friend Mike Zarkos has a photo on his website that shows an
85-footer negotiating 20-foot breakers off of Morro Bay. (George C
Scott was aboard at the time). If you take a look at the photo (warning
in advance, there are some boats for sale on the same page)and try to
imagine conditions at least that severe and a 34-foot boat, it becomes
clear what a hare-brained stunt crossing in such conditions would be.

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On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 06:30:04 -0700, chuckgould.chuck wrote:


http://capehornyacht&shipbrokers.yachtshare.com/

I couldn't get that link to work, but I think I found the picture he
Quite impressive.

http://www.yachtworld.com/capehorn/