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Old 03-18-2010, 09:25 PM
BigLew BigLew is offline
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Default Re: Our Coast Guard in action

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I toured the station in Montauk with my students and they let us on one of those self-righters years ago-it was a total beast and had some astounding amount of lead balast in it.

...and for 47' of metal hull PLUS ballast they can move pretty well!

I guess I'm kind of surprised. I thought more of us would take a moment to thank the guys for doing a hell of a job, even though they can be an inconveinence at times.
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