Astoria
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Astoria
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Overview
As you come over the Columbia bank make your way up river, a beautiful and functional town comes into view. Its lights dot the south shore, you can see cars on their busy hectic way over the bay to your south and on the bridge spanning the Columbia. In front of you are large freighters, some anchored and some making their way to the ocean. There are piers and docks everywhere, most old and rotting away while the dark green ferns smother them. Some piers are completely gone, just rotting posts in the water. If it isn't foggy and raining, it may be soon. This is Astoria, the end of the Oregon trail and home to sailors and adventurers. It is the town that never grew up, having the same charm I imagine it having a hundred years ago. Here you will find everything a sailor needs for re-provisioning, boat repair and relaxing before you challenge the Pacific again, and at prices that are reasonable too.
Where else can you shop for sushi at Safeway (from a sushi chef making it on the spot) at listen to the seals outside on the docks? That you can ride a real railroad through town from the dock to your boat yard, chancellery or a supermaket? A place were cruisers are not though of as weirdos, but are part of the local scene. That's because sailors have been coming to Astoria for hundreds of years now....
Cruising the region
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Charts
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Radio Nets
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Approach
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Weather
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Anchorages
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Offshore Islands
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