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The Ship Report

Ship Report podcasts take you to a special corner of the world, the mighty Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest. Nautical lore, news and info, mariner interviews, daily international ship traffic, and the inside scoop on the upper left edge of Oregon and beyond. The Ship Report is proud to celebrate 20+ years on the air! More at shipreport.net

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The Ship Report: Why do we care about Oliver Widger?

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2026/10/05

The Ship Report: Monday, October 5, 2026I’ve been on a bit of a tear about solo sailor Oliver Widger the past few days, and have been sharing a lot of info on Facebook, as he departed from Neah Bay headed around the world alone. He plans to sail nonstop, and end his voyage where he started, after months at sea by himself.There’s been lots of discussion on my Facebook Ship Report page about him, with most people very supportive of his efforts. But inevitably, someone complained that he really wasn’t

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00:08:46

The Ship Report: Oliver Widger sets off to sail the...

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2026/10/01

The Ship Report, Thursday, October 1, 2026You may have heard of Oliver Widger. He's the intrepid Portland man who, after getting a life-changing medical diagnosis, sold most everything, bought a boat, and sailed to Hawaii with his cat. This week he's beginning another adventure: sailing around the world alone, unassisted and without stopping.He leaves from Port Townsend Friday morning.

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00:08:58

The Ship Report: A look at gantry cranes and other...

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2026/09/30

The Ship Report, Wednesday, September 30, 2026This week we've seen some interesting ships in our Astoria anchorage, with gear we don't normally see on an average day.We'll talk about that and also take a look at ship traffic and our marine weather.Spoiler alert: the weather's looking awfully good.

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00:09:14

The Ship Report: Racing around the world, Part 6 -...

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2026/09/29

The Ship Report, Tuesday, September 29, 2026In this final segment of my interview series featuring round-the-world racing sailor Heidi Brown, we learn about how injuries are handled aboard a racing yacht, when a crew member was seriously injured as they raced through the notoriously stormy Bay of Biscay, off Spain and France.

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00:09:09

The Ship Report: Racing Around the World, Part 5: the...

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2026/09/28

The Ship Report, Monday, September 28, 2026Today we'll hear more from my interview with Heidi Brown, the Astoria woman who returned this summer from sailing in the Clipper Round the World Race. She spent almost a year at sea on a boat with a crew of about 20 people, going from port to port on separate legs of the race, during which some crew members departed and others joined, but Heidi stayed for the whole journey. Today we'll hear about some of the more dangerous aspects of this kind of

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00:09:04

The Ship Report: Racing around the world with Heidi...

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2026/09/24

The Ship Report, Thursday, September 24, 2026This week I've been talking with sailor Heidi Brown about her 40,000 mile round the world experience as a crew member in the Clipper Round the World race. Today is Part 4.

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The Ship Report: Sailing around the world with Heidi...

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2026/09/23

The Ship Report, Wednesday, September 23, 2026Astoria resident Heidi Brown recently completed a 40,000 mile round the world race on a 70 foot yacht with about 20 crewmates. This week I'm talking with her about that. Today is Part 3.

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The Ship Report: Sailing around the world - a chat...

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2026/09/22

The Ship Report, Tuesday, September 22, 2026Astoria resident Heidi Brown recently sailed 40,000 miles in the Clipper Round the World Race. This week I talk with her about it. Today is Part 2.

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The Ship Report: Racing around the world - a chat...

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2026/09/21

The Ship Report, Monday, September 21, 2026Astoria resident Heidi Brown recently returned from participating in the Clipper Round the World Race, sailing for almost a year on a 70 foot yacht, with about 20 people she'd never met before the race. This week we'll talk with her about that experience. Today is Part 1.

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00:07:32

The Ship Report: A listener question about dew point

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2026/09/17

The Ship Report, Thursday, September 17, 2026A listener asked me about what dew point is, and in the process of checking into it, I also learned about relative humidity.These two terms, which appear in most weather reports, have to do with water vapor in the air and are actually quite important measurements for people in some professions to know.

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00:07:18

The Ship Report: More ships! Let's talk about them

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2026/09/16

The Ship Report, Wednesday, September 16, 2026Our ship schedule continues to be robust, so let's take a look.

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00:07:33

The Ship Report: A busy day on the river - let's look...

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2026/09/15

The Ship Report, Tuesday, September 15, 2026After months of relatively small ship schedules, this week we're seeing an abundance of ships. Let's take a look!

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The Ship Report: The Ship Report's roots in community...

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2026/09/14

The Ship Report, Monday, September 14, 2026As KMUN begins its fall pledge drive tomorrow, a little about how the Ship Report started there, and why I'm so grateful for this community station in Astoria, Oregon.

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The Ship Report: Boatlift: a heroic maritime response...

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2026/09/10

The Ship Report, Thursday, September 10, 2026Today we remember a tragic day in US history: September 11, 2001, when terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center in New York City, and the Pentagon in Washington DC. A third hijacked plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania, commandeered by heroic passengers, who took the plan down rather than let it complete its terrible mission, which was to hit the US Capitol Building.In the midst of terrible chaos and destruction, an amazing rescue mission

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00:08:52

The Ship Report: The Pacific Collector missile...

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2026/09/09

The Ship Report, Wednesday, September 9, 2026The Pacific Collector, a US military missile defense tracking ship, will head outbound from Portland Wednesday around 9 am, passing Astoria around 3. She's one of a pair of ships with a similar mission: to gather data about missile defense testing. She's unusual looking in that she has large radar arrays on deck that look like huge golf balls.

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00:09:17

The Ship Report: T he 2026 Golden Globe solo race has...

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2026/09/08

The Ship Report, Tuesday, September 8, 2026Sixteen sailboats left Les Sables D'Olonne, France, over the weekend to compete in a unique race called the Golden Globe.Participants sail solo in boats equipped only with technology available when the race was first run in 1968. That means no GPS, no satellite connectivity, no cell or sat phones. Sextant and compass to navigate, radio for communication, and a willingness to spend 8 months or more alone at sea. They'll sail to the bottom of the

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00:08:44

The Ship Report: Current, physics and big outboards

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2026/09/03

The Ship Report, Thursday, September 3, 2026While I've talked about the need to understand and work with current on the river, it seems that some vessels go out there any old time and do well. Let's talk today about why that's the case. It has to do with vessel design, physics, friction and horsepower.

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00:08:58

The Ship Report: As our first storm of the season...

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2026/09/02

The Ship Report, Wednesday, September 2, 2026We're having our first fall storm of the season today, and that brings the potential for interruptions to ship traffic as sea heights increase. Even if that's not what happens today, most assuredly sometime soon it will.

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The Ship Report: Meteorological fall begins

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2026/09/01

The Ship Report, Tuesday, September 1, 2026It's September 1st, and that means the end of meteorological summer and the beginning of meteorological fall. A slightly different designation than standard fall later in the month, it's used by weather scientists to keep track of weather patterns. And right on time, our weather is obliging with wind and rain, and cooling temperatures.

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00:08:50

The Ship Report: A look at research vessels

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2026/09/01

The Ship Report, Monday, August 31, 2026Another kind of ship we see fairly often here on the river is the research vessel. It's cargo is live people: scientists whose mission is the study the oceanographic environment. As it turns out, the Columbia River is an ideal option for ships who are in our region of the Pacific and need to make landfall for various routine reasons.

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