Hazardous bars are not only west coast issue. The entrance to the Merrimack
River at Newburyport, MA is notorious for its breaking bar when the tide and
wind are opposite and it's often closed until conditions moderate. The Coast
Guard and harbormaster often station a vessel at the entrance to the river to
prohibit small craft from crossing the bar under severe breaking conditions.
Lives are lost each year at that location by unwary or foolish mariners and
swimmers. A young woman died earlier this year when she was trapped by the
incoming tide and was swept out to sea.
Alan
Alan Lewis
"Victoria"
Gulfstar 41 #160
Lying Kittery, ME
K1ALL
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:11:38 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Easy CG Boardings
>
>
>
> Item 132 Hazardous Bars.
>
> I'm not sure, but I'd guess this has to do with breaking inlets, such as
> the Columbia River entrance on the U.S. West Coast. I believe that under
> some dangerous conditions (a strong outbound current with a strong onshore
> wind) the entrance can be declared closed until it becomes reasonably safe
> again. Perhaps the CG wants this item to punish folks for taking foolish
> chances requiring CG assistance to pick up the bodies. The CG has a
> training base there and has lost personnel on that bar.
>
> Maybe some West Coast folks can clear this up.
>
> Then again, maybe they were referring to places such as The Elbow Room in
> Dutch Harbor AK, supposedly one of the ten roughest bars in the world. I
> did survive that one - barely. I asked a native woman there if she was an
> Eskimo - not a good move - but she did let me live with a stern warning. I
> am such a lucky man...
>
> Norm
> S/V Bandersnatch
> Lying Gloucester MA
>
>
>
> > Norm,
> >
> > What is item 132?
> >
> > Lee Huddleston
> > S/V Truelove
> >
> >
>
>
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