My Cascadian bar crossing series continues with breaking a speed record crossing both the Coos Bay and Umpqua River bars in an attempt to get from the Pacific Northwest to San Francisco. Come along with me on a newly commissioned Seawind 1160 sailing catamaran and see if we made it to the Golden Gate.
Join me for part two of my north-to-south Cascadia Bar Crawl journey as I recount adventures crossing some of the Pacific Northwest’s famous river bars. In this segment I got sidetracked into Coos Bay while trying to get to San Francisco on a PR trip gone awry aboard a French-made Beneteau Swift Trawler 47. Beware the Umpqua River in spring!
Have you ever crossed a river bar? Hop aboard for a Cascadian Bar Crawl as I recount my experiences crossing major Pacific Northwest bar entrances. First I recount traversing the Chehalis bar near Grays Harbor on an all-wood commercial albacore tuna boat, then move on to my trip aboard an Ocean Alexander 58 at the notorious Columbia River bar.