Bad Day at Depoe Bay

[Keta]

Depoe Bay is a good but small harbor with a narrow entrance open to the north Pacific.  The captain in the video is very experienced at taking his boat through the slot that is narrower than his boat is long.  The behavior of the people in the photo below is not so smart.   There is now only one Depoe based charter captain that hasn't hit these rocks and I think about it for some time before crossing it in my 16' and 21' boats.

From the rocks above
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUwXuHPktc4&feature=youtu.be

On the boat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTdt3jL-zx4&feature=player_embedded

A very bad day to cross.  The charter boat in the video was between the ledge these idiots are about to hit and the rock in the foreground.

[Bryan Young]

That's scary stuff.  I'm sure there's a lot of accidents or even deaths at that port.  In that photo, is that someone riding on the bow of the boat?

[Keta]

In that photo, is that someone ridinging on the bow of the boat?

Yes...and why?  The boat in the photo is north of the cut/channel, surfing in on the face of a breaking wave and in a bad situation. I think the guy on the bow survived with a pair of broken legs after hitting the ledge hard.

Surprisingly there have been few fatalities at Depoe but most respect it or fear it.

[Dominick]

Hey Lee:  You would think that the locals would dynamite those rocks.  There is no reason to expose themselves and their customers to that danger.  Hire a dredging company and fix it.  Call the Army Corp of Engineers.  If they get interested it will get fixed.  They really ought to do something.  Dominick

[alantani]

rich oba lost the sydney mae II out of winchest bay 7 years ago.  it was probably just as ugly. 

[redsetta]

Great links Lee - looks like an intense spot!
Must be some cracker surf around there.
Here's one from Greymouth, on the West Coast of NZ's South Island.
Pretty standard conditions, as far as I'm aware.

Cheers, Justin

[Keta]

rich oba lost the sydney mae II out of winchest bay 7 years ago.  it was probably just as ugly.  

I miss Rich and wish he'd show up.   The Umpqua Bar, Winchester Bay, can get nasty fast.

The ledge on the north could be moved but inshore of this spot is a high rock ridge to the south and North America on the North.

The NZ video looks like some Oregon bars.   The Columbia River Bar is the worse I've seen, possibly the worse in the world.

Here's how it should be done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=fvwp&v=UWBlc-eRYoQ

[redsetta]

Class act...

[alantani]

i didn't know he was out of jail......

[Keta]

I can't remember for sure but I think someone said he was out.  He made a major mistake but he should have never spent time in prison.

[misokat]

they run 2 charters a day outta there? omg, and i complian about my inlet?  i sure hope the run steel hulled boats, talk about stress 2 times a day, no frigging way.

[Alto Mare]

they run 2 charters a day outta there? omg, and i complian about my inlet?  i sure hope the run steel hulled boats, talk about stress 2 times a day, no frigging way.

X2, they're out of their minds to put up with that

[redsetta]

I reckon the challenge is half the fun. 
I'd love to have a crack at it...
If I'm ever up your way Lee, I'll be looking you up. 
Cheers, Justin

[Keta]

That's just one boat, there are a few other cattle boats, plus some 6 pack boats, several private boats and many trailer boats run out of Depoe.

redsetta,
Any time

[Alto Mare]

I reckon the challenge is half the fun. 
I'd love to have a crack at it...
If I'm ever up your way Lee, I'll be looking you up. 
Cheers, Justin

Justin, you mentioned that you like your coffee strong with a shot of milk. I believe that you do add a shot in that coffee, but milk is not it