Rose Festival Fleet Week: Public Information

Shipmates, D13 Public Affairs has released a number of pieces of useful information related to Rose Festival.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Coast Guard will enforce and maintain a controlled access area on the Willamette River while Navy and Coast Guard vessels are tied up at the seawall between the Steel and Morrison Bridges beginning 12:00 p.m. Thursday, June 3, until 12:00 p.m. Monday, June 7.

Boaters who need to pass through the controlled access area must contact the Coast Guard security escort vessel on VHF-FM channel 16.

Commercial vessels have made special transit arrangements with the Captain of the Port, Portland, prior to this year’s Fleet Week.

All boaters, kayakers, personal watercraft operators and canoeists are asked to avoid the security zone altogether.  However, if a boater does need to transit the controlled access are, they may experience a waiting period.

Those wishing to transit the security zone must follow these simple rules:

• No firearms permitted inside the controlled access area.
• Boaters wishing to transit the controlled access area are required to wait in pre-identified staging areas for official patrol escorts.
• Staging areas are located on the east side of the river just north of the Steel Bridge and just south of the Morrison Bridge
• Delays are expected and vessels may be boarded before being escorted through the controlled access area.  Please plan accordingly.
• While transiting the controlled access area, all vessels shall operate at the minimum speed necessary to maintain a safe course and shall proceed as directed by the official Coast Guard Auxiliary patrol escort.
• Vessels will follow the official Coast Guard Auxiliary patrol escort in a single file line and must stay to the east bank of the river.  Do not break away from the escort line.

Violations of a controlled access area may result in a penalty action under the provision of 33 USC 1231 (maximum fine of $37,500).
Additional information about Fleet Week and Rose Fest can be found at:
http://www.rosefestival.org/events/fleet/



PORTLAND, Ore. – Five Coast Guard cutters and a motor life boat are scheduled to arrive in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, June 2, in celebration of Rosefest.

Coast Guard Cutters Fir and Alert, homeported in Astoria, Ore., Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell and Motor Life Boat Triumph from Portland, Ore., as well as Coast Guard Cutters Henry Blake and Blue Shark, both out of Everett, Wash., are scheduled to arrive at the Tom McCall Waterfront Park on the Willamette River, just north of the Morrison Bridge, at 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 2.

The cutters and motor life boat will remain at Tom McCall Waterfront Park through Sunday and are scheduled to be open to the public at the following times:

• Thursday, June 3, 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

• Friday, June 4, 9:00-11:30 a.m. and 12:30-3:30 p.m.

• Saturday, June 5, 12:30-3:30 p.m.

• Sunday, June 6, 9:00 -11:30 a.m. and 12:30-3:30 p.m.

The Coast Guard cordially invites the public to come aboard.