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Bruce Ebling
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Initially Posted - 06/14/2004 :  19:42:37  Show Profile  Visit Bruce Ebling's Homepage
Last weekend my friend Steve invited me to go out on his Crealock 34. It would be his first time with his own ship over the bar at Newport Oregon. It would be my first time as well. It was pretty exciting for a lake sailor! I got to do the sailing from the bar, out a couple of miles and back. What a thrill and boy those 8' waves look like 20' when they are climbing up on you! It was awesome and I am ready for more.
Bruce Ebling
1989 WK
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 06/14/2004 :  20:36:01  Show Profile
"...those 8' waves look like 20'..."

Try that bar on a stiff outgoing tide and you will get up close and personal with real 20 footers..
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jwilliams
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Response Posted - 06/15/2004 :  17:36:02  Show Profile
Bruce,

Sounds like fun!

I remember a fishing trip I took out of Ilwaco. We were on a 46ft commercial boat and many times when crossing the bar of the Columbia we were looking up in every direction to see the tops of the waves.
"Hole" in the water took on an entirely new meaning.

I think I will stay in the Bay.

Jim Williams
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 06/15/2004 :  18:31:55  Show Profile
"I think I will stay in the Bay."
Jim - I'm with you on that one! When I was racing with Gary B. last year on the Columbia, he offered to take me out over the bar. Having seen the diorama in the Astoria Maritime Museum I quickly declined...
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RichardG
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Response Posted - 06/15/2004 :  20:20:24  Show Profile
I was about 7 the first time going over the Columbia River Bar (from Warrenton on the Ore. side). I distinctly remember my eyes getting real big when I saw those waves. But what really stuck in my mind was that about 3/4 of the folks on the party boat started getting really sick, all within a 2 minute frame. Luckily, my Dad and I never got sick on any of those fishing trips. Great memories!
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 06/15/2004 :  23:42:11  Show Profile
Timing is everything on these Pacific Bars. Most people get in trouble when they don't wait for the tide. The Humboldt Bay bar is ranked right behind the Columbia as a graveyard. Spooky place, even on a nice day.

3 quick rules.

1)If in doubt, wait it out.
2)Neve cross an unfamilar bar in the dark (see rule #1). Stay well offshore.
3)Avoid crossing on an outgoing tide like the plague.
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 06/16/2004 :  00:27:20  Show Profile
Timing is everything on these Pacific Bars. Most people get in trouble when they don't wait for the tide. The Humboldt Bay bar is ranked right behind the Columbia as a graveyard. Spooky place, even on a nice day.

3 quick rules.

1)If in doubt, wait it out.
2)Neve cross an unfamilar bar in the dark (see rule #1). Stay well offshore.
3)Avoid crossing on an outgoing tide like the plague.
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