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How I Almost Drowned During a Coast Guard Rescue in a Freak Storm

Summary by Outdoor Life
This story, “Death Rode the Surf,” appeared in the July 1965 issue of Outdoor Life. Our 16-foot skiff knifed out of Winchester Bay, on the Oregon coast 200 miles south of Astoria, an hour before noon on June 23, 1964, with four aboard, headed for the salmon grounds outside the bar, the 40-horsepower outboard leaving a clean, white wake. None of us had the slightest inkling of what would happen when we tried to come back. There had been fog over …
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Outdoor Life broke the news on Friday, April 24, 2026.
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