Exhibit
10.6

OPTION AGREEMENT FOR
NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION 
(DIRECTOR)

     This Option Agreement, together with the
Notice of Grant of Stock Options (the "Notice") evidences the grant of a Nonqualified Stock Option
(the "Option") to Participant under the West Coast Bancorp 2002 Stock Incentive
Plan (the "Plan"). 

    
Capitalized terms used
below but not defined in the Notice are defined in the Plan.

1. Option Vesting and
Exercise

     The Option is on terms set forth in the
Notice and is subject to all applicable provisions of the Plan and to the
following terms and conditions:

     1.1 Nonqualified Stock Option. The
Option is not intended to qualify as an incentive stock option meeting the
requirements of Internal Revenue Code § 422.

     1.2 Exercisability. The Option is
fully vested and exercisable on the Date of Grant.

     1.3 Exercise of an
Option.

	     	       
      	1.3.1	 	Notice of Exercise. The Option, or any portion
      thereof, may be exercised, to the extent it has become
      exercisable pursuant to this Agreement, by delivery of written notice to
      the Company stating the number of Shares being
  purchased.
	 		 
			1.3.2	 	Payment. The Exercise Price for the Shares purchased
      upon exercise of the Option must be paid in full at the time of
      exercise by one or a combination of the following:
	 		 
			 		(a)	 	Payment in cash or certified check or bank draft payable to the
      order of the Company;
	 		 
			 		(b)		Delivery of previously acquired Shares having a Fair Market Value
      on the date of exercise equal to the total Exercise
  Price;
	 		 
			 		(c)		By delivery (in a form approved by the Company) of an irrevocable
      direction to a securities broker to sell Shares acquired upon exercise of
      the Option and remit to the Company a sufficient portion of the sales
      proceeds to pay the total Exercise Price; or
	 		 
			 		(d)		By delivery (in a form approved by the Company) of a notice
      instructing the Company to withhold a number of shares having a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the total  Exercise Price.



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			1.3.3	 	Previously Acquired Shares.
      Delivery of previously acquired Shares in full or partial payment for
      the exercise of the Option is subject to the following
    conditions:
			 
			 		(a)	 	The Shares tendered must be in good
      delivery form;
			 
			 		(b)		Any Shares remaining after
      satisfying the payment for the Option will be reissued in the same manner
      as the Shares tendered; and
			 
			 		(c)		No fractional Shares will be issued
      and whenever payment of the full Exercise Price with Shares would require
      delivery of a fractional Share, Participant must deliver the next lower
      whole number of Shares and make a cash payment to the Company for the
      balance of the Exercise Price.



2. Effect of
Termination

     Except as otherwise determined by
the Company after the date of this Agreement, the Option will expire and vesting
will be affected by Termination of Employment as described in the
Plan.

3. Taxes and
Withholding

     No later than the date as of which
an amount first becomes includable in the gross income of the Participant for
federal income tax purposes, the Participant shall pay to the Company or make
arrangements satisfactory to the Company regarding payment of any federal, state
or local taxes of any kind, including payroll taxes, required by law to be
withheld or paid upon the exercise of such Option. The Company shall, to the
extent permitted or required by law, have the right to deduct from any payment
of any kind otherwise due to Participant, federal, state and local taxes of any
kind required by law to be withheld or paid upon the exercise of such Option.
Withholding and payroll tax obligations may also be settled with Common Stock,
including Common Stock that is issuable upon exercise of this
Option.

4. Conflicts and
Interpretation

     The Option is subject to the
provisions of the Plan, which are hereby incorporated by reference. In the event
of any conflict between this Agreement and the Plan, the Plan shall control. In
the event of any ambiguity in this Agreement, any term which is not defined in
this Agreement, or any matters as to which this Agreement is silent, the Plan
shall govern including, without limitation, the provisions thereof pursuant to
which the Committee has the power, among others, to (i) interpret the Plan, (ii)
prescribe, amend and rescind the rules and regulations relating to the Plan and
(iii) make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the
administration of the Plan.

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5.
Successorship

     Subject to restrictions on
transferability set forth in Section 3, this Agreement will be binding upon and
benefit the parties, their successors and assigns.

6.
Notices

     Any notices under this Option must
be in writing and will be effective when actually delivered personally or, if
mailed, when deposited as registered or certified mail directed to the address
set forth in the Company's records or to such other address as a party may
certify by notice to the other party.

7.
Arbitration

     Any dispute or claim that arises out
of or that relates to this Agreement or to the interpretation, breach, or
enforcement of this Agreement, must be resolved by mandatory arbitration before
a single arbitrator in Portland, Oregon, in accordance with the then effective
arbitration rules of Arbitration Service of Portland, Inc., and any judgment
upon the award rendered pursuant to such arbitration may be entered in any court
having jurisdiction thereof.

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