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Podcast: A look at a beloved Astoria vessel that was a gamechanger: the pilot boat Peacock

published on 3 February 2023 - 47 -

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As hometown boats go, the Peacock is a star. She’s moored on land permanently outside the Columbia River Maritime Museum, but during her career as a pilot boat here on the Columbia and out in the ocean, she set a new standard for access to the river during bad weather, which revoutionized ship traffic here. Tip your hat to her as you drive by. She deserves it.

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