Here are some updates from our local office of the US CoastGuard, District 13
Good article about transiting the WA (and OR) coastline. Summary… wait for good weather you can’t pull inover those river bars when the wind\waves are high.
They have been assisting andoverseeing the cleanup of a 140 foot derelict vessel in Everett, WA.(more)
PR piece on how coolthe USCG Helicopter rescue is; Fishers of Men.
Video of avessel assist off the coast of Oregon. The vessel is Reverie and it had lost steering.They have no sails up in this photo. You would think you’d want to put upsome cloth and if trimmed properly you could keep yourself head to wind\waveinstead of beam on the swell.