News & Updates

Sailboat Tow From Cathlamet

This weekend (July 24-26), five youth members and two adults traveled to Cathlamet to tow back a sailboat that was donated to the fleet. We departed Friday on Tidal Wave, and made it to Sand Island before docking for the night.

 

We got up early Saturday and travelled the rest of the distance to Cathlamet. We spent some time exploring the town and eating lunch. We departed the harbor around noon with sailboat in tow. We spent Saturday night at the St. Helens dock after hours of continuous travel. We made it back Sunday, early enough to clean up the sailboat and participate in the sail race that afternoon.

 

This trip was an excellent opportunity for the crew onboard. We all learned a lot about river navigation, especially at night. A system for managing shifts was also developed, which worked quite well.

US Coast Guard Flare Shoot

Crew from Tsunami and several other units traveled to Government Island to practice using emergency flares and signals. Coast Guard volunteers rode on the reliant with the scouts to the East dock, where we tied up.

 

All the scouts had opportunities to fire and display floating/handheld smoke flares, hand flares, flare guns, and parachute flares. Launching the parachute flares could be described as launching an RPG from your hand.

 

After we all fired smoke flares at the same time, one of the Coast Guardsmen received a phone call from a dispatcher. Someone on the Washington shore had called 911 and reported a barge on fire in the river. Of course, this barge was the dock we were standing on.

Tidal Wave Has A New Cabin

The new cabin is on and the boat has a crew area with a galley and 9 bunks.  The Officers Ward Room has 2 bunks there as well.  There is still plenty of room to create other sleeping areas.

We are now working on interior lighting.

Mr. Fogle has worked very hard on the engine and we now can travel in excess of 12 knots.

Riptide

Rip Tide is our newest addition.  This is a photo taken during the Veteran's Day Parade.

Sailboat Ready!

The sail boat is ready to sail.  We participated in a few sailing races during the summer.  We can't wait to get out on New Year's Day!

We are looking forward to launching "Rip Tide" for a little water skiing or boogie boarding.