Trouble Off WA Coast

[Swede]

3 Pulled From Pacific In High Seas Rescue
Three men who fell into the Pacific of the Washington Coast are rescued, one of three incident in heavy seas off the coast.

3 Pulled From Pacific In High Seas Rescue - News Story - KIRO Seattle

[frijolitos]

lost a couple native american commercial fishermen down on the columbia last weekend also. With the nice weather this weekend, gonna be lots of boat traffic up there, safety first

[Cornfed]

so there were actually 3 incidents in one area!!!

1. 3 men falling off a boat (i take it the boat was overturned???) It didn't really say.

2. 1 boat in the process of sinking. good thing the CG carries an extra pump.

3. 1 boat with no main motor.

DAMN!

[patker2101]

Thats ugly
Winds are supposed to calm down by the weekend i hear,still large sea's though

[bajadan2000]

the Coast Guard, both USA and Canadian Coast Guard to the rescue.

Offshore La Push can be one bad mother at times.

[Siv]

First post, new to the board. Been up there lots of times and it would not take a lot to make a small issue into a BIG problem...Really, the conditions are not that bad out there today. I suspect we have all been in worse at Neah Bay or LaPush.

Tight Lines

COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE FLATTERY TO JAMES ISLAND 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM JAMES ISLAND TO POINT GRENVILLE 20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM POINT GRENVILLE TO CAPE SHOALWATER 20 TO
60 NM-
305 PM PDT TUE MAY 13 2008

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
TONIGHT...S WIND 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT IN THE EVENING. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET. W SWELL 7 FT AT 9 SECONDS. RAIN.
WED...SW WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 1 OR 2 FT. W SWELL 8 FT AT 10 SECONDS. SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. WED NIGHT...SW WIND AROUND 10 KT...BECOMING N AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 1 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 8 FT AT 12 SECONDS.

[Swede]

I think I need a bigger boat

[Tower Todd]

Siv,

Welcome aboard. I was wondering if you'd find your way here.

TT

[bugging57]

Welcome to the zoo, Siv.....

[bajadan2000]

One of the three men did not survive. RIP my boating brother.

Reports coming in from the boats returning to La Push today have the water conditions much nastier and larger then those reported by the nearest buoys.

[scotth]

I am a local, long-time small boat sport fisherman out of La Push - I was out there today, against my better judgement because my friends came from a long way to fish

the reason to stay home was the SE/SW winds forecast - that causes you to cross or even face the seas on the way back from the halibut grounds - conditions were not more than forecast nor greater than the Cape Elizabeth buoy reports, wind waves were ~2-4' and often steep, with 6-7' swell - it was rainy, rough and nasty out there and there were obviously too many folks unprepared

we limited early and headed back and were 5 miles E of the halibut grounds (that took 45 minutes!) before the radio started going off with the building trouble - it was wicked listening to it, my stomach is still in knots (including from our rough, but ok ride in) - Coast Guard, charter boat operaters, and other boaters sounded like they performed at a high level but there were lots of incidents and the ocean is merciless - I am deeply saddened that a life was reported lost to that capsizing), hopefully that will prove to be untrue as there may have been another fatality due to a heart attack that was airlifted to Forks hospital and I heard (thru the grapevine, possibly also not true) that the victim did not survive

anyway - let's be safe out there and take care of one another...

[Siv]

Thanks for the welcoming words guys..looks like a good forum to exchange valuable info. Bummer about the guy dying..I have been out there many times in poor conditions thinking what would happen if the engine quit or I lost steering..You have to be careful but it is easy to get overconfident.