Dangerous Bar Crossing, F/V Sylvia with USCG escort 

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!

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

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

A lot of skill demonstrated by all 👏👏

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

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

Thx for risking your lives to feed us

Fishing boats going through the gates of Hell.

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

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.

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

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

44' !

Do they have pots on deck!!?

Amazing. How's that for a pucker factor!

Cool💕

Sellotape bit of friggin sponge over the microphone hole

I love you

He needs engine with some power , ridiculous being that under powered

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.

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

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.

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

해안경비대해군장병여러분어려운여건에서도. 수고하시는해군장병여러분.께별을달아드립니다.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

They all earned their pay this day.

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.

WOW incredibly dangerous. God Bless the Coast Guardsmen

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!!

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

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

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

The coast guardian angels.

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

Those USCG vessels are bad ass.

Those Bars are really actually worse than bad weather

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

The Government commissioned these vessels back when they cared about the fishing industry that 52 footer is one hell of a boat but why is it that they don't build three newer ones to protect the Sea men now well it's because they are not collecting enough taxes of them to care for their lives anymore 😢

They function as Bar-Tender.....🤔

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

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.

We use to call this a crappy day

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

That's an angry ocean.

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

RESPECT.

just another day at the office

Columbia River Bar is just as dangerous.

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

I remember this one. Crazy weather for that crossing.

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

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.

Great video ! Thanks

100% BALLS OF STEEL Awesome Job.

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

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

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

The bar sure was firing that day.

What most people do not understand here is that a strong outgoing current(river) is pushing against the incoming seas. This causes the seas to grow exponentially and even start to form breakers where the water depths shallow.

I'm more relaxed while watching horror

Glad to see the Victory getting a workout

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

good video❤🎉

Dangerous

Great Video, New Sub, thanks for sharing

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

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

Pucker factor #9!

It a very dungours

Quite seasick from this crossing

Questo è il vero mare!!!!

Crossed this with Captain Tardewether, of the Condor!

wooooow

The amazing 47, undaunted in the worst of conditions

Better them than me!

very nice video😮

Nice video

This is on a good day

gee I hope he got some fish!

She's a tough old girl

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

Them Yaquinas must be some dang good skrimps.

Huge balls in the wheel house

Good looking boat

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

hi

Change of underwear required

Is fishing out of this port not potentially suicidal ?? That is a crazy way to make a living.

Hot

That is rough sea.

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!

Why in the HELL would you do that?

Serious skills.

Waaao