Passing the Columbia River Bar - shown before but, On a cold saturday afternoon
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capnsensible
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I am sometimes disinclined to repect natures advances.....
A1Sailor
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Impressive! So too is the one of fishing boats crossing the bar at Grey River, Greymouth, New Zealand 
Bilgediver
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Further searches on Utube will bring up vidios of the USCG training in this area.
It can be interesting when wind meets river current/tide at The Bar . Even the big ships had to make sure there was enough water to avoid bouncing off the bottom when departing from the Columbia River for the Far East with a belly full of best American Wheat.
Sybarite
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I do believe that this is in fact the Greymouth bar in the S.Island of New Zealand. I posted it a couple of years ago.
I remember listening to a skipper being interviewed and he said that the trick was to slow down so that the propellor would not cavitate and therefore they retained greater control over the boat. Seems a bit counter intuitive.
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Captn D
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Your are correct - listen to the accents towards the end of the clip.
AMCD300
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My wife just said "...and you are trying to sell me on this year's yacht charter by showing me this?" 
Fair point.......
Fair point.......
AndrewB
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I'm sure that's Greymouth, NZ harbour bar - I was there a year ago. The entrance to the Columbia River, USA (which I visited 3 years ago) is quite different.
Just to confuse things further, it looks not unlike the entrance to Grays Harbour, 50 miles north of the Columbia River, which also has a wicked bar which the local fishermen ride spectacularly in bad conditions.
Just to confuse things further, it looks not unlike the entrance to Grays Harbour, 50 miles north of the Columbia River, which also has a wicked bar which the local fishermen ride spectacularly in bad conditions.
Seajet
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Our scaled down version at the entrance to Christchurch, Southern UK, is quite hairy enough for me, I've seen large planks propelled into the air when hitting the standing waves...
ffiill
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With a New Zealander doing the commentary think it is NZ.
Check out my Youtube video of the Hokianga Bar-no boats just the Tasman Sea hitting what at low tide is no more than 10 foot of water!
I have to say of course that the telephoto forshortening of the waves makes it more spectacular but having spent an hour doing this in wind over tide in the Sound of Raasay last summer its no fun!
Worst is that you completely loose control in the troughs as prop cavitates as you go down the front of the wave.
A1Sailor
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smiley earlier!
Stemar
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Wherever it is, I'm not sitting in here wishing I was out there.
Though there have been a few time when getting into Portsmouth with wind over tide & all the big stinkpots just off the plane chopping the water into big holes feels a bit like that!
Though there have been a few time when getting into Portsmouth with wind over tide & all the big stinkpots just off the plane chopping the water into big holes feels a bit like that!
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Zen Zero
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We used to keep Nereide on a pontoon in the Tiber at Fiumara Grande. It's home to about 2000 boats, somebody counted them, and a huge segment of the local economy, but it's not well looked after in the dredging department and a fearsome bar, as bad as the one in the film, can develop after heavy rain inland and with the wind and sea from SW (Libeccio).
The trick is to try to go at the same speed as the waves and ride in on the backside of the wave in front of you; or pay for a night at the marina and try again tomorrow.
The trick is to try to go at the same speed as the waves and ride in on the backside of the wave in front of you; or pay for a night at the marina and try again tomorrow.
Boathook
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Never seen planks, but I went out one day and had seas breaking over the boat. None of the fishing boats went out that day. I claimed local knowledge by keeping in between the red and green things !
