Boating To St. Helens Oregon

My last boating trip of the season, west from Portland on the Columbia River. Features a cruise by an old sunken wooden ship.

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Travel & Events

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• Columbia
• River
• St.
• Helens
• Oregon
• boating
• sailing
• Jasmine's
• Barq
• Macgregor
• 26x
• ship
• wreck

[LarchSt]

Looks like fun. We live in Rainier, on the mountain overlooking the river... What was the name of the wreck you passed?

[markdartist]

Can't find any info about the wreck. I visited the Oregon Maritime Museum and no clues there. Bottom line is that those boats were trucks of the era and no one cared what happened to them unless there was loss of life. My guess is someone bought the hulk and sunk it to make the island bigger. But its pretty cool to see the wreck today.

[mnstrbassplyer1]

We just got our boat and have been watching your videos. Great by the way and was wondering, we have a power boat with a 25 hp motor and was wondering how much fuel your boat used on this trip? Thanks for the great videos and hope to see you on the waterway!!

[markdartist]

Cruising with my Honda BF-50 at 4600 rpm and an average speed of 11kn, I get about 5 nm per gallon of gas. Of course, I go a bit faster downstream and slower up. When my buddy & I visited St. Helens, we sailed most of the way back, so our fuel use was pretty low. Just another earth friendly Mac feature!

[mnstrbassplyer1]

Thank you for the response. I am hoping to get a motor thats gets me about a half to three quarter gallon an hour. May be dreaming but im hoping. Cant wait to get out there. Thanks again for the response and the vids. Hope to make my own soon. See ya on the waterways..