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Oregon State Marine Board
Sail Boats

Share the Water
Recreational Boaters and Commercial Ships
Check the following links for more safety information.
Recreational Boaters and Commercial Ships
Learning These Tips Can Save Your Life
BargeIf you fish, play or tour on the Columbia and Willamette rivers, you share the river with commercial shipping traffic. This site lists boating safety tips, provides facts on boating in commercial shipping areas, includes a map of the North Portland Harbor, and has a collision avoidance checklist.
 
Check here for safe anchoring information and here for information on navigating in commercial shipping lanes. Understanding this information will help you safely share the Columbia and Willamette rivers with commercial shipping traffic.
Check the following links for more safety information.
check boxBoating Safety Tips
 
check boxFacts to Consider
 
check boxNorth Portland Harbor
 
check boxCollision Avoidance Checklist
 
check boxAnchor Safely In The Columbia River

check boxBoat Washington: The Washington Boating Safety Officers Association web site - a great general boating safety resource.

check boxColumbia / Snake River Inland Waterway - How to Lock Through

check boxNavigating With Commercial Vessel Traffic (Life Lines)

check boxMarine Board Library
  1. Boating Guide to the Lower Columbia & Willamette Rivers (PDF - 5.6 mb) - Guide to boating the Columbia from the bar to Bonneville Dam and the Willamette from confluence with the Columbia to Oregon City Falls.
  2. Boating in Oregon Coastal Waters (PDF - 5.8 mb)
    Guide to safe boating along Oregon's often hazardous coastline.
  3. Boating In Oregon - Results of the 1999 Triennial Survey - This publication is stored as separate PDFs for each chapter. It includes the results of the 1999 Triennial Survey of and a narrative explaining responses from 4,707 of Oregon's 200,000 recreational boaters. Start with the executive summary.
  4. Oregon's Mandatory Boater Education Program (PDF - 434k) - This Q&A sheet explains Oregon's Mandatory Boater Education Program. Click here for the Mandatory Ed web page.
  5. Watching Your Wake: A Boater's Guide (PDF - 513k) - Describes the impact of boat wake on property, recreation and wildlife. Offers tips on reducing wake and protecting yourself from another boat's wake.
 
Waddaya mean "the motor won't start?"
 
Page updated: August 31, 2007

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