Ten Days Down the Oregon Coast with a Yamaha 30

Aug 27, 2009
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Yamaha 33 Portland
I like to take the boat somewhere a couple of weeks in the spring. This year, it was Portland to Newport. Here is a quick video


Sakana is running well, but that 12 horsepower yanmar doesn't like to punch through chop. A 15 to 20 kn headwind had her down to 3 knots. I would have preferred to sail, but had to get over the Tillamook bar with the flood. Lucky, I did, as it closed for three days after I made the harbor.

This trip was single and double-handed. A tiller pilot made steering easy and worked well.