Directory Subscribe Advertise Links Classifieds! E-Mail Us Home Portland's Dave King Completes Singlehanded Transpac - Takes Second Place even With Broken Boom Submitted Photo Saraband passes under the bridge under jib, reefed main and staysail  Around the Americas Crew Enjoy Portland Welcome! Approaching St John's  Opening Day 2010 Photo by Dave Barber WYC   Migrating Oregon Boater Says Washington Use Tax Is Unfair Corps of Engineers Welcomes Fast Survey Catamarans Boat under way: The new Corps of Engineers high-speed survey boats are 60' hydrofoil-supported catamarans that cruise comfortably at speeds of 20-30 knots.  105' Trimaran Around the World in 48 Days French Crew With a US Navigator Californian Photo by Groupama Groupama maintained high speeds like this from the equator all the way home  Tender Moments; Tender Lessons Submitted Photo We brought Tamara into the Singlar dock for a day to wash down the outboard engine and take on fresh water. The northerneastern end of the bay and the two "windows" on either side of the conical hill beyond the boat let in the famous Sea of Cortez "northers" that blow regularly during winter months.  2010 Pacific Northwest Sportsmen's Show® Feb. 10-14 Show offers something for all ages  2009 in Freshwater Photos Around the Americas Voyage Sails the Northwest Passage Boat under spinnaker: The Ocean Watch sails north from Juneau with its Around America spinnaker flying.   Whatever Happened to those "Modern" Sternwheelers? Empress Sternwheeler  Hurricane Jimena Experience in Baja Mexico Suggests Precautions Appropriate for the Columbia Photo by Marili Green Reilly Hurricane Jimena damage evident  The Portland Pirate Festival Challenges Guinness Record September 19-20, the Portland Pirate Festival will come ashore at Cathedral Park under the St. Johns Bridge  Schooner Creek Launches 65' Catamaran for Maui Charters Submitted Photo Two native Hawaiian dancers and a drummer performed on the cabin roof in a traditional ceremony to christen the Aluu Nui.  Is There a Yacht Club in Your Future? BILL CHEVALIER Now I'd challenge anyone to call this pot of chili steaming on the dock during a Tyee Yacht Club cruise either boring, stuffy or snooty.   CRYA's 2009 Opening Day CRYC photo by Jolene Coats   Motor ban in Ross Island Lagoon? Motor ban coming soon?  For Those Who Venture South - Part 2 Photo by Marili Green Reilly A fishing boat leaves Charleston Harbor in the fog.  A New Plan For Salmon AND Salmon Fishing New Plan for Salmon  Photo by Steve and Sierra Pearson Engines are purring  Coast Guard Gets Swifter 45' Boat for Inshore and Inland Waters The second RB-M off the production line undergoing trials in Puget Sound before delivery to the Columbia River. It is now in service at Cape Disappointment CG station.   The Volvo Ocean Race is Longest Ever: Submitted Photo The eight Volvo 70s cross the line for their first encounter - the in-port race in Alicante, Spain before Leg 1 to South Africa. Halfway to Capetown, after 3,000 miles of racing, they were all still competing fiercely for first place.  St Johns Pirate Festival a Swashbuckling Success Submitted Photo Cherie Hagley (left) and Darin Tillinghast (right) came to the festival in Darin's Eastward Ho sloop Nirvana and dressed in style  Portland Crew Wins Pacific Cup Joby Easton and Bill Huseby show off their most recent award  Flying Above the Willamette Staff photo Ryan Smith with his Piper Supercruiser PA-12 seaplane  A Trip to SE Alaska, CRYA 2008 Opening Day Parade Photo by Jolene Coats, Freshwater News Multnomah Channel Yacht Club placed 1st in every category this year for club with under 60 members  Coast Guard's Rescue Swimmers Mark 25 Years of Lifesavingexercise photo by Peter Marsh Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers gather on the Clatsop Spit beach prior to surf swimming exercise  Built in Astoria in 1946 , Katie Ford is Still Going Strong! Katie Ford  The Aleutian Ballad Gives You a Front-Row Seat for the " Deadliest Catch" Front-Row Seat for the " Deadliest Catch"  Finding the "Deadliest Catch" on the Columbia River Photo courtesy the Discovery Channel Like all the "Deadliest Catch" fleet, the F.V. Maverick is heavily built to withstand the perils of the Bering Sea, including winter gales, huge breaking waves and ice forming on the superstructure.  The GERRI-L and PAINKILLER at Victoria B.C. Photo by Bill Chevalier near sunset in July 2007. The background is the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C.. In the foreground are two Portland Yacht Club boats, the GERRI-L owned by Bill and Gerri Chevalier (left) and PAINKILLER owned by their son Greg and wife Yvette Chevalier.  PORTLAND YACHT CLUB CENTENNIAL 1908-2008 Submitted Photo The Yacht Clubhouse in September of 1931  Photo by Guay Markham Leaving Elochoman Slough Marina at Sunrise  Frenchwoman Overcomes Dismasting to Continue Non-Stop Circumnavigation Maud Fontenoy 85' challenges prevailing winds and currents to sail the aluminum sailing yacht L'Oréal Paris around the world westabout.  The Portland Duck-At Home on the Road and the Water The Hydra-Terra, "Portland Duck", makes regular amphibious tours on the Willamette River  Storm-Force Winds Batter Solo Racers Photo by OnEdition When the Velux Five Oceans single-handed round-the-world race began in Bilbao, Spain on Sunday OCtober 22, the forecast was for winds gusting to 40 mph. But within 24 hours, the fleet was being battered by 70-knot (hurricane-force) winds that severely tested the Open 60’ yachts and their skippers. Of the six boats that crossed the line, four were forced back into port to repair damaged sails and rigs including all three English entrants. . The two sailors who remained racing toward Fremantle, Australia 12,000 miles away were the Swiss Bernard Stamm on Cheminees Poujoulat, who won the 2002-3 race, in the lead and Japanese hero, Kojiro Shiraishi 160 miles behind. The oldest competitor in the race, 67 year old Sir Robin Knox Johnson, the first man to sail around the world non-stop in 1969, described the waves as watery Himalayas, probably about 40 feet between trough and crest....all of the crests are breaking, and everything is white. He returned to the fray after repairing damaged mast track. American skipper Tim Troy luckily escaped the carnage, as the safety committee would not allow him to start until he had added extra ballast to his yacht Margaret Anna.  Cruise Ships Rendezvous in Astoria Two Ships  PHOTO CONTEST! Go to top. PDF (1MB)

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