Maritime Museum in Astoria was really worth a stop (Thanks Heather!). We spent most of a day exploring the museum and the history of the Columbia River and ships and shipwrecks crossing the bar.
This explains a bit about the Columbia River Bar. They show movies of the standing waves and what fisherman and ships need to got through. What was amazing is the Pilots that go out to board the incoming ships. These Pilots board moving ships climbing up on rope ladders from the Pilot boat coming along side. Professional Pilots need to bring the large ships through the bar and the ever changing channels.
Coast Guard has a facility that they train in the surf on the bar. They figure if they are trained here then they can handle rescues anywhere else.
Old Lightship that you could board at the museum
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