CONTENTS 



Page 



CONVERSION FACTORS, U.S. CUSTOMARY TO METRIC (SI) 6 



I INTRODUCTION 7 



II FLOATING BREAKWATER SITES 8 



1 . Ketchikan , Alaska 8 



2. Sitka, Alaska , 15 



3. Tenakee Springs, Alaska 23 



4. Auke Bay, Alaska 29 



5. Friday Harbor, Washington (Port of Friday Harbor) 33 



6. Friday Harbor, Washington (University of Washington 



Oceanographic Laboratory) 39 



7. Blaine, Washington 42 



8. Langley, Washington 47 



9 . Everett , Washington 50 



10. Port Orchard, Washington 53 



1 1 . Camas-Washougal , Washington 56 



III SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 60 



TABLE 



Winds at Japonski Airport, Sitka, Alaska 20 



FIGURES 



1 Ketchikan, Alaska 9 



2 Photos of floating breakwater, Ketchikan, Alaska 10 



3 Typical breakwater module 12 



4 Layout for Ketchikan floating breakwater 13 



5 Photos of gaps at both north and south of harbor, Ketchikan, Alaska... 16 



6 Sitka breakwater 17 



7 Sitka, Alaska 18 



8 Photos of facilities at Thomsen Harbor, Sitka, Alaska 19 



9 Photos of module connections, Thomsen Harbor 22 



10 Tenakee Springs , Alaska 24 



11 Floating breakwater layout, Tenakee Springs, Alaska 26 



12 Photos of floating breakwater, Tenakee Springs, Alaska 27 



13 Replacement module connector for floating breakwater 



Tenakee Springs , Alaska 28 



14 Photos of deterioration and patching, Tenakee Springs, Alaska 30 



