Our Coast Guard in action

[BigLew]

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.