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Series on The Weather Channel. Very well done and shows just what a classy and professionl group our Coasties really are.

Very refreshing after watching the "salvage show" on Monday nights.

Bob
 
Agreed.....they did a series on CG in Alaska awhile back....very well done, and a "real" reality program, not the pumped up trash of other shows!!
 
Thanks, I'll have to check it out! I love the Coasties!!! And the USCG in the Gulf of Mexico were all my heros during Katrina! THEY did everything right. I believe they rescued about 30,000 people in the days following the hurricane. God Bless them all.
 
Excellent show, been watching it for a while now. Especially like the Kodiak Alaska rescues.
 
It just so happens that in the episode I saw last night there was a boat sinking in the Govt. Cut, Miami with what turned out to be a pretty large hull breach. The boat owner said the CG took abut 3 minutes to arrive after he issued a mayday and it took I remember to be 4 high capacity crash pumps to keep it afloat till they got it lifted to dry dock. What was funny was that I believe it was the owner jumped into the water to try to plug the hole with a large plastic bag and a nurf football. They did not make it clear if the plastic bag was effective or not but I did see the nurf football floating in the bilge soon after. I mention this because the plastic bag and nurf football plug for low pressure hull breaches was mentioned in the " Another "Boating" TV Show" thread I read just a couple of days ago.
 
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It just so happens that in the episode I saw last night there was a boat sinking in the Govt. Cut, Miami with what turned out to be a pretty large hull breach. The boat owner said the CG took abut 3 minutes to arrive after he issued a mayday and it took I remember to be 4 high capacity crash pumps to keep it afloat till they got it lifted to dry dock. What was funny was that I believe it was the owner jumped into the water to try to plug the hole with a large plastic bag and a nurf football. They did not make it clear if the plastic bag was effective or not but I did see the nurf football floating in the bilge soon after. I mention this because the plastic bag and nurf football plug for low pressure hull breaches was mentioned in the " Another "Boating" TV Show" thread I read just a couple of days ago.

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The guy that went in the water was the cpatain of a Sea Tow boat.

Bob
 
Bob, I see that you are a Sea Tow Captain. Do you carry plastic bags and a nurf football as standard equipment? Is it regular practice for a Sea Tow Captain to go to the extent of diving into the water to plug a breached hull? What does a typical Sea Tow boat keep on-board for emergencies? I have a Sea Tow subscription and was towed in by the Sea Tow in Branford, Ct. several years ago. I don't remember the name of the Capt. but I do remember he was A+.
 
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Originally posted by adru

Bob, I see that you are a Sea Tow Captain. Do you carry plastic bags and a nurf football as standard equipment? Is it regular practice for a Sea Tow Captain to go to the extent of diving into the water to plug a breached hull? What does a typical Sea Tow boat keep on-board for emergencies? I have a Sea Tow subscription and was towed in by the Sea Tow in Branford, Ct. several years ago. I don't remember the name of the Capt. but I do remember he was A+.

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Equipment on the boat really depends on the AOR (service area) Boats in places along the coast have to be equipped accordingly since they serve both inshore and off shore. While I can't say that it is standard, I can tell you that "Nerf" items are often carried as well as heavy plastic bags. Nothing better for slowing down water flow through hull breaches. A lot of the coastal boats also carry P6 pumps.

The only " Taking on water" event I've been involved in was simply a matter of starting a pump and getting into the ER and closing a ball valve (failed cooling intake hose).

Bob
 
I've set my DVR for both CG Alaska and CG Florida! Now that football is over for the season.........
 
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