Dangerous Bar Crossing, F/V Sylvia with USCG escort

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  • F/V Sylvia crosses the Yaquina Bay Bar with USCG escort and a Victory knockdown. These are 18-20 foot swells with 14-16 foot breakers a mile long with the Coast Guard breaking down the waves as the F/V Sylvia crosses the bar at about 6.5 knots.
    Video taken in 2014

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  • @randmayfield5695
    @randmayfield5695 Рік тому +25

    They don't call it the grave yard of the Pacific for nothing. I was on the USCGC Iris stationed out of Astoria and we worked the bouys all up and down the coasts of Washington and Oregon plus a few in northern California. We bumped bottom on the Colombia river bar one night when the waves were breaking jetty to jetty. The next morning fuel oil was leaking out of our ruptured hull. It was off to Seattle for two months of dry dock repairs. Being in the CG was the best thing that ever happened to me because it was one adventure after another. Amazing!

    • @markweigel3301
      @markweigel3301 11 місяців тому +1

      😎🇺🇸🙏THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE IN THE 🇺🇸 USCG !!!

  • @govtfunded
    @govtfunded 2 роки тому +72

    When the river bars get to this point the USCG 47’s will stay out there as a situation monitor, quick response rescue, and a security blanket for the crews on the boats. God bless em.

    • @jlmckenna10
      @jlmckenna10 2 роки тому +6

      I remember this day, heard the calls.on the radio. The Sylvia was experiencing some steering issues if im.not mistaken and that's why the CG was close by.

    • @eg626
      @eg626 Рік тому +4

      Was just at the museum in Astoria. USCG is amazing!

    • @tommyrq180
      @tommyrq180 9 місяців тому +1

      Coasties rock. Good demonstration of what some horsepower and maneuverability will do. Camera makes them look closer than they were. But let’s be clear. The skipper of the fishing vessel, who apparently had steering problems, really did a great job here. But that’s what sailors do. Especially sailors who work HERE and in other difficult areas. They know what they’re doing. Actual experts at an actual thing with skills taking years to develop. That rear-guard USCG skipper does a pretty little maneuver right at the end. 😅

    • @lesterpittenger5992
      @lesterpittenger5992 7 місяців тому

      I would hope so.

    • @ak13three
      @ak13three 5 місяців тому

      Man the coastguard boat was maneuvering like a champ... hats off to those boys for going out in these conditions, you could not pay me enough. I got nervous watching The Finest Hours.

  • @bobross5079
    @bobross5079 9 місяців тому +11

    More impressive that those boats even float with the weight of those massive granite balls behind the wheels

  • @ricbarker4829
    @ricbarker4829 Рік тому +17

    The sea was angry that day, my friends - like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli...

  • @markkubiak8296
    @markkubiak8296 7 місяців тому +5

    Sylvia reigns supreme in her element. She was designed for this.

  • @lisamanrique1770
    @lisamanrique1770 2 роки тому +7

    We watched the show Deadliest Catch: Dungeon Cove today, so I had to check out some videos of this crossing. OMG! I've been on a decent size boat, storm came up, swells big enough to block out everything you see except water - but this bar crossing, that's just insanity!! White cap waves that travel for miles end up right there - and many, many boats head right into it!! That's some hard-core fishermen!!

    • @SimplyDesignStudiosNewport
      @SimplyDesignStudiosNewport  2 роки тому +1

      Ahhh! I sure missing filming that! I will be Sharing more behind the scenes from the show soon. We are a commercial fishing family and my heart drops anytime we see these kinds of crossings.
      Thanks for checking out my channel!

  • @danielhathaway8042
    @danielhathaway8042 Рік тому +8

    Good job by the Captain of the Sylvia. And a well done to Station Yaquina escorting her in. That was a big ocean that day dropping her so you can see the pilot house. Well done to all.

  • @bridgetstoli2347
    @bridgetstoli2347 6 місяців тому +10

    Nobody noticed me on my kayak. The big guys get the glory.

  • @philcrase7425
    @philcrase7425 3 роки тому +9

    Now that is quite a feat, some great boat handling here. That's what you call a nice chop...and then some.

  • @nyali2
    @nyali2 2 роки тому +9

    At the beginning the 3rd boat in the background is ahead of some monster wave. That must have been 25-30 feet, it has tossed that boat like a toy at 0:25.... wowww

  • @LB-oz9hv
    @LB-oz9hv Рік тому +7

    Classic Westcoast halibut boat, she has probably survived many worse storms in her life.

  • @MrMikey4026
    @MrMikey4026 9 місяців тому +3

    I loved being stationed at Gray's Harbor in 1977-1978. The rough bar was scary the first time, after my initiation, it was a lot of fun. It learned to trust the 44' and 52' boats in any weather. I lost three friends on the 41332 at Cape Disappointment in 1977 during a training accident.

    • @carlbuick
      @carlbuick 5 місяців тому

      You knew Dave Wickstrom, my cousin. At that time, I was driving 41s on the Gulf coast.

  • @richardgiles2484
    @richardgiles2484 11 місяців тому +8

    A lot of skill demonstrated by all 👏👏

  • @hankschrader149
    @hankschrader149 3 роки тому +15

    The ol 52' got smoked!! Wow! Those boats are still around for a reason! That bar was flat out cookin! Nice job skipper of the fishing boat to get her home safe

    • @markmcc78
      @markmcc78 3 роки тому +1

      didn't even notice that before! good catch.

  • @josephmckenzie8953
    @josephmckenzie8953 3 роки тому +11

    Had more than a few of those, fishing out of Humboldt Bay. Don’t miss that part of fishing at all.

  • @KenDavies-qv3fs
    @KenDavies-qv3fs 8 місяців тому +4

    We use to call this a crappy day

  • @markkubiak8296
    @markkubiak8296 7 місяців тому +4

    F/V Sylvia is magnificent! Her master knows her well.

  • @blueeyedredness
    @blueeyedredness Рік тому +6

    Reminds me of sailing on the old Clam’n’Time. She was a hell of A ship.

  • @rpm773
    @rpm773 7 місяців тому +5

    "The Pacific", they called it....

  • @russking63
    @russking63 3 роки тому +4

    Those USCG vessels are bad ass.

  • @juniorkhan9539
    @juniorkhan9539 3 роки тому +6

    Those Bars are really actually worse than bad weather

  • @mikegass2272
    @mikegass2272 3 роки тому +6

    The coast guardian angels.

  • @itsnotalwaysblackandwhite8624
    @itsnotalwaysblackandwhite8624 Рік тому +9

    They all earned their pay this day.

  • @jessstone7486
    @jessstone7486 2 роки тому +5

    The term 'balls of steel' comes to mind...for the pilots on all 3 vessels!!!

  • @FVRefuge
    @FVRefuge 2 роки тому +3

    I remember this one. Crazy weather for that crossing.

  • @surfstarcc1
    @surfstarcc1 3 роки тому +4

    That's an angry ocean.

  • @MovieMuscle
    @MovieMuscle 9 місяців тому +2

    The bar sure was firing that day.

  • @ken244
    @ken244 2 роки тому +5

    WOW incredibly dangerous. God Bless the Coast Guardsmen

  • @davidlapointe4656
    @davidlapointe4656 3 роки тому +7

    Been there, much respect to the Captains and their Crews for truly earning a paycheck.

  • @myrtomcglynn6275
    @myrtomcglynn6275 3 роки тому +4

    Great video ! Thanks

  • @johnathonuncapher7523
    @johnathonuncapher7523 2 роки тому +10

    Does anyone know where the love of god goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?

    • @popfeske3612
      @popfeske3612 2 роки тому +2

      The searchers all say they'd made whitefish bay if they'd put 15 more miles behind her

    • @mikek7190
      @mikek7190 2 роки тому +2

      They might have split up or they might have capsized
      They may have broke deep and took water

    • @popfeske3612
      @popfeske3612 2 роки тому +2

      @@mikek7190 all that remains is the faces and the names of their wives and their sons and their dauuughteers

    • @popfeske3612
      @popfeske3612 2 роки тому +1

      @Mike K don't know why but that gave me chills haha

  • @captainahab3355
    @captainahab3355 2 роки тому +3

    I bet these guys didn’t need any coffee after that one.

  • @markcardwell
    @markcardwell 2 роки тому +3

    Thx for risking your lives to feed us

  • @DarrenMcManawaynz
    @DarrenMcManawaynz 9 місяців тому +4

    Crazy. The fishing vessel came across like it was just a walk in the park. Easy peasy - just another day in the office.
    The official vessels made it look like something crazy was going on!

    • @flyingfox10001
      @flyingfox10001 8 місяців тому +1

      They don't pay for deisel nor the vessels, so they all cram on and go for a spin!

  • @ABfromWindsor
    @ABfromWindsor 3 роки тому +2

    Fishing boats going through the gates of Hell.

  • @katemylett5905
    @katemylett5905 2 роки тому +3

    That's crazy, I was scared watching that from dry land.

  • @songsmith31a
    @songsmith31a Рік тому +3

    To a landlubber like me, the rising seas are threatening enough without the continually breaking wave tops
    to add to the hazards of navigating a safe passage. Vivid evidence of how unforgiving the ocean can be
    even in proximity to shore.

    • @atakd
      @atakd Рік тому +1

      Not even in proximity to shore but because of proximity to shore. Many vessels have been lost attempting to enter harbour when they'd have been much safrr remaining at sea.

    • @songsmith31a
      @songsmith31a Рік тому +1

      @@atakd Understood. Not least when the ocean meets rising undersea levels that exacerbate
      the incoming ocean/tidal conditions. I do recall the accounts of ships staying well away from
      coastal waters in unfriendly conditions, certainly a fact of life in the days of sail. Cheers.

  • @GregsWorkshopOregon
    @GregsWorkshopOregon 2 роки тому +3

    Glad to see the Victory getting a workout

    • @carlbuick
      @carlbuick 5 місяців тому

      Good old girl...it's nice that the CG kept her in this day and age of high tech super boats.

  • @mack8488
    @mack8488 6 місяців тому +4

    They function as Bar-Tender.....🤔

  • @bradvansteinburg2962
    @bradvansteinburg2962 2 роки тому +4

    Would a Defever55, Selene 55, Nordhavn 55 , with the higher deck levels come in through these dangerous waters, with the waves turning the boat.
    These fisherman doing this on a reguler basis are pretty strong minded.
    Stay safe out there.

  • @Random-rt5ec
    @Random-rt5ec 3 роки тому +4

    Wholly Molly that looks dangerous. I hope the boats belly was full of fish and the trip was profitable.

  • @gps831coast
    @gps831coast 2 роки тому +7

    A sailboat would have waited for a tide window. I am just wondering if they were full and had to offload fresh. Educate me if I am clueless. Definitely quite a bar crossing. I live in Monterey bay and they time it or don't come in.

    • @Glaciershark
      @Glaciershark 2 роки тому +1

      That's an ice boat probably needed to unload and it didn't look good offshore either

    • @SimplyDesignStudiosNewport
      @SimplyDesignStudiosNewport  2 роки тому +6

      We had a wicked storm come up that day that wasn’t forecasted to be near as bad as it actually was. The boat had a full load of slime eels and with the weather getting progressively worse, they had to come in.

    • @reeselayton3031
      @reeselayton3031 11 місяців тому

      Good point to wait for a slack tide if the boat can't equal wave speed.

  • @smudgey1kenobey
    @smudgey1kenobey 10 місяців тому +5

    RESPECT.

  • @COLINJELY
    @COLINJELY 3 роки тому

    What is the state of the tide?

  • @Trouttiger
    @Trouttiger 2 роки тому +3

    100% BALLS OF STEEL Awesome Job.

  • @Trouble-Clef
    @Trouble-Clef 3 роки тому +2

    It’s like 3 steps forward, 2 steps back.

  • @68dart
    @68dart 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome , Thanks

  • @DarwinianUniversal
    @DarwinianUniversal 8 місяців тому +2

    I'm more relaxed while watching horror

  • @tonymckeage1028
    @tonymckeage1028 10 місяців тому +1

    Great Video, New Sub, thanks for sharing

  • @scomo532
    @scomo532 3 роки тому +1

    The amazing 47, undaunted in the worst of conditions

  • @raystar362
    @raystar362 2 роки тому +2

    This is on a good day

  • @jonnacrow6568
    @jonnacrow6568 3 роки тому +4

    Don't miss doing that - though would not have been out there in those conditions!

    • @philcrase7425
      @philcrase7425 3 роки тому

      Sometimes you don't have a choice. Bar crossings can be very tricky and very scary,I used to try to time the tide change, mean slack tide..wait a bit and go for it..sometimes it worked sometimes it didn't, depending on weather conditions, wind, etc. It could be quite a challenge.

  • @celticstringsmore1
    @celticstringsmore1 2 роки тому +7

    Can anyone tell me more about that fishing boat? My late uncle had a boat with that name out of Seattle and my late dad fished with him on it-just wondered if it was the same one.

    • @jlmckenna10
      @jlmckenna10 2 роки тому +1

      Usually fished out of Newport OR

    • @celticstringsmore1
      @celticstringsmore1 Рік тому +2

      My late uncle's boat Sylvia was built and originally based in Seattle but they did long-lining up in Alaska mainly halibut fishing but some cod also, then tuna off the coast of WA and OR, etc., after done with halibut fishing in September...

    • @jlmckenna10
      @jlmckenna10 Рік тому +2

      I say that becauseI was stationed in the Coast Guard on the Oregon during the time of this escort. I remember hearing the calls on the radio, and I observed it from land. I was stationed at CG station depoe Bay which was just up the street from Newport where I remember seeing the Sylvia moored

    • @celticstringsmore1
      @celticstringsmore1 Рік тому +1

      Wow-that is awesome...must've been quite a sight to see! My dad told me a lot of stories of their adventures fishing, and close calls!

    • @celticstringsmore1
      @celticstringsmore1 Рік тому +1

      jlmckenna10 Do you know who owns the Sylvia now? Just wondering

  • @mclmm6773
    @mclmm6773 3 роки тому +2

    Them Yaquinas must be some dang good skrimps.

  • @jeffjames4064
    @jeffjames4064 2 роки тому +3

    The cutter is facing away but keeps getting closer.
    You people have lost your mind.

    • @reeselayton3031
      @reeselayton3031 11 місяців тому

      In what way? Those of us talking about going faster than the incoming waves are experienced in navigating sand bar inlets. That can be from not knowing how or not having enough power to equal incoming wave speed.

  • @Glaciershark
    @Glaciershark 2 роки тому +1

    She's a tough old girl

  • @johnbovard8454
    @johnbovard8454 2 роки тому +1

    Balls of steel.

  • @scrotewart2186
    @scrotewart2186 2 роки тому +5

    I feel sick just watching

  • @andytaylor6781
    @andytaylor6781 4 місяці тому +1

    Huge balls in the wheel house

  • @user-ln7wt3ux3h
    @user-ln7wt3ux3h 9 місяців тому +2

    very nice video😮

  • @zeusapollo8688
    @zeusapollo8688 2 роки тому +3

    Good looking boat

  • @user-yg6dk9eh8g
    @user-yg6dk9eh8g 2 роки тому +1

    Crossed this with Captain Tardewether, of the Condor!

  • @user-ru6dy8lp1r
    @user-ru6dy8lp1r 2 роки тому +6

    해안경비대해군장병여러분어려운여건에서도.
    수고하시는해군장병여러분.께별을달아드립니다.

  • @joerectifier
    @joerectifier 11 днів тому +1

    Ain’t nuthin a 170 Montauk won’t cut through
    (I am obviously kidding)

  • @fishingwithfilitsa
    @fishingwithfilitsa 3 роки тому +1

    Nice video

  • @tizzi2763
    @tizzi2763 3 роки тому +3

    Questo è il vero mare!!!!

  • @user-yg6dk9eh8g
    @user-yg6dk9eh8g Рік тому +2

    Shipped with the Condor,thru here, made the days catch,or at least Captain Tardewether did,while I was puking my guts

  • @Malli78675
    @Malli78675 3 роки тому +4

    I'm very happy to see this type of nature.

  • @FlyTyer1948
    @FlyTyer1948 2 роки тому +1

    Serious skills.

  • @TheTubeshooter
    @TheTubeshooter 5 місяців тому +7

    The sea was angry that day my friends,,,,,,

  • @bantenboatocean
    @bantenboatocean 9 місяців тому +3

    good video❤🎉

  • @kjs2899
    @kjs2899 7 днів тому

    just another day at the office

  • @meyou3610
    @meyou3610 5 місяців тому +3

    The coast guard escort boat looked to be in more peril than the fishing vessel it was escorting 😮!

    • @mattz1230
      @mattz1230 5 місяців тому +5

      Nah, they're doing that for FUN.
      SERIOUSLY.

    • @guaporeturns9472
      @guaporeturns9472 5 місяців тому +2

      Not even close.

    • @nahteo
      @nahteo Місяць тому

      Nope, just another day in Newport.

  • @markweigel3301
    @markweigel3301 11 місяців тому +8

    😎🇺🇸🧜🏼‍♂️AND MAY GOD BLESS ALL SEAMEN SERVING ABOVE & BELOW THE SURFACE 🧜🏼‍♂️🌊

  • @faisalahmed-zz7ly
    @faisalahmed-zz7ly 3 роки тому +2

    hi

  • @sanajithakor3201
    @sanajithakor3201 3 роки тому +3

    It a very dungours

  • @pete9124
    @pete9124 3 роки тому +2

    gee I hope he got some fish!

  • @matthewadams9900
    @matthewadams9900 3 роки тому +4

    Columbia River Bar is just as dangerous.

    • @guaporeturns9472
      @guaporeturns9472 2 роки тому

      Many bars can be like that under the right(wrong) conditions.

    • @ryder6070
      @ryder6070 2 роки тому

      Many dangerous bars on planet earth..

  • @mathewjoseph4032
    @mathewjoseph4032 2 роки тому +2

    Wow rough st ever seen in my life Holy cow that wicked

  • @shanechostetler9997
    @shanechostetler9997 9 місяців тому +2

    Pucker factor #9!

  • @smokenjoe4022
    @smokenjoe4022 5 місяців тому +2

    Better them than me!

  • @khobirulislam126
    @khobirulislam126 3 роки тому +4

    Dangerous

  • @mikegibson3388
    @mikegibson3388 Місяць тому

    Dangerous situation. Well handled.

  • @eileensalimbene4264
    @eileensalimbene4264 Рік тому +3

    44' !

  • @robertcaron9181
    @robertcaron9181 3 роки тому

    Wrong day to go fishing!

  • @whitsixkiller
    @whitsixkiller 2 роки тому +2

    And you only get paid if you can make it back to port safely.

  • @PaulBKal
    @PaulBKal 7 місяців тому +4

    She looked like she was doing it easier than the Coastguard vessel following her!

    • @erichammond9308
      @erichammond9308 7 місяців тому +1

      Crossing is easier than station keeping.

    • @SimplyDesignStudiosNewport
      @SimplyDesignStudiosNewport  7 місяців тому +7

      The coast guard was behind them breaking down the waves so the wave didn’t break across the stern. It’s one of the many tactics they use to assist in dangerous bar crossings.

  • @powellriver100
    @powellriver100 5 місяців тому +2

    5 crew members on the flying bridge ?? coast guard ?

  • @markmcc78
    @markmcc78 3 роки тому +3

    Amazing. How's that for a pucker factor!

    • @buckethead1473
      @buckethead1473 3 роки тому +2

      Shot you probably couldn’t drive a nail up his ass with a 10 pound hammer!!! lol I mean white cap breakers that far out wow!!!!

  • @andytaylor6781
    @andytaylor6781 3 місяці тому +1

    Very top salty dog in the wheel house 😮😮😮😮

  • @moktambren5591
    @moktambren5591 3 роки тому +2

    wooooow

  • @pirmuhammad1579
    @pirmuhammad1579 3 роки тому +2

    Jo jeti ha shan sai our azmati ha apna luck jan sai musa8💢🦅🍎

  • @byronbass1370
    @byronbass1370 Рік тому +1

    Do they have pots on deck!!?

    • @d_pete361
      @d_pete361 Рік тому

      It's kind of hard to tell, but it doesn't look like it.

    • @clementgoetke2385
      @clementgoetke2385 10 місяців тому

      its a trawler

    • @waynekarjala2032
      @waynekarjala2032 3 місяці тому

      Might have been plastic barrels for trapping slime eels.

  • @user-yg6dk9eh8g
    @user-yg6dk9eh8g 2 роки тому +2

    Quite seasick from this crossing

  • @markhossler9194
    @markhossler9194 3 роки тому +1

    Cool💕

  • @kffisherman6525
    @kffisherman6525 3 роки тому +2

    Amazing vessel and brave fisherman

  • @davidlegg9690
    @davidlegg9690 2 роки тому +1

    Somebody must have read the weather report all wrong to be still out in that crap

  • @markweigel3301
    @markweigel3301 11 місяців тому +12

    😎🇺🇸🙏GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD 🙏🧜🏼‍♂️❤️🤙

  • @burhanchannel7758
    @burhanchannel7758 3 роки тому

    Ngeri melihat ombak sangat besar, berhati hati terhadap cuaca buruk🙏

  • @wanigaring2673
    @wanigaring2673 3 роки тому

    Cuaca sangat buruk...harusnya jangan melaut dulu...sayangi keluarga..smoga selamat