Skip to content

FV Bold Contender; Offshore Lincoln City, OR

Offshore Lincoln City, OR | 2005-Nov-11

Initial Notification: Sector Portland reported that at approximately 1400 Friday November 11 the 60 foot crabbing vessel F/V Bold Contender was floating upside down about 2 nm offshore of Depoe Bay at Cape Foulweather with a potential of 6000 gallons of diesel and 300 gallons of hydraulic oil onboard.

Incident Details
Primary threat:Oil
Tags:Adrift
Products of concern:Diesel fuel and hydraulic oil
Total amount at risk of spill: 6,300 gallons
Latitude (approximate): 44° 45.98′ North
Longitude (approximate): 124° 7.02′ West