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 |
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Built in Astoria in 1946 , Katie Ford is Still Going Strong!
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The Aleutian Ballad Gives You a Front-Row Seat for the " Deadliest Catch"
 | | | Front-Row Seat for the " Deadliest Catch" |
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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. |
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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. |
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PORTLAND YACHT CLUB CENTENNIAL 1908-2008
 | | Submitted Photo | | The Yacht Clubhouse in September of 1931 |
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 | | Photo by Guay Markham | | Leaving Elochoman Slough Marina at Sunrise |
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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. |
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The Portland Duck-At Home on the Road and the Water
 | | | The Hydra-Terra, "Portland Duck", makes regular amphibious tours on the Willamette River |
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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. |
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Cruise Ships Rendezvous in Astoria
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PHOTO CONTEST!
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