John I too have a soft spot for the 36’. I was able to cross the bar on 36535 In Depoe Bay. It was the last active 36 footer in service. My self, my uncle and dad were on board and the current chief

The Florence CG station has a 47-foot motor lifeboat. Please pardon the F******k link: https://www.facebook.com/USCoastGuardSTASiuslawRiver/ It's possible that a cutter, probably Orcas, was visiting

Thanks for the video, George. Too bad they spoiled an otherwise great video with some annoying speeding up and slowing down. <sigh> No surf play, unfortunately, but a few years a go all the 52s got

You're right John, it might be one of the few things they agree on. I saw an interview with an RNLI volunteer lifeboatman in Ireland and he said he does it for the ride. Going out during a big storm

Some years ago the CG decreed that the 47-footers couldn't go out if the seas were above some moderately awful, but not uncommon on our coast, height. IIRC, the surfmen weren't happy about the

Newport doesn't have a cutter. A 110' cutter, Orcas, has been stationed at Coos Bay for thirty-some-odd years, but it's going away this year. <sigh> Replaced by a "fast response" cutter based in

I'd like to see some footage of what's going on in the wheelhouse when Thunder Child land after flying through the air off of the top of a wave. <g> Somewhere I saw a video of a new RNLI lifeboat

No Newport does not have a cutter. The Victory is it! Sent from not here

Newport has a CG Cutter, right? Disabled vessels will have to wait longer for help.

Hi Dan, It's more of a combination. Traditional double-ender with the planing bottom of the 47... so even more capable, haha. That was a memorable day cruising up to Newport. Funny thing, I remember

Roger wrote: “You say the 52' boats are saved for the really difficult situations. How often do the 47' boats turn out to be inadequate, and a 52' boat is used, and in what kinds of

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Yea, I was wondering the same. The video shows a good comparison in their behavior. Victory has a natural fore and aft rock and side to side roll response while the 47' seems forced. Victory does have

This is "thunder child" a high speed ocean rescue and interceptor. Designed and built in Cork, where I went to college, although I only learned of these guys after I left for the USA. More boats

Great video, thanks for sharing. I'm curious why the 52 seems to climb higher off a wave, and dive deeper, someone said less damped, but how does one damp a hull in as it crashes into a wave? ribs or

Roger, The article that John linked in his original post gave the example of a failed generator resulting in losing the radar and navigation system during a rescue. Anyways, I'm sure there are much

I'm ignoring most email for the time being, but wondered at the size and subject of this one. Previously I hadn't paid attention to the difference between the 52' and 47' boats.

Here's a great video of Victory along with a 47' playing in the waves. It might have been posted here before. I love Victory's motion and how she take the waves, not near as dampened as the 47. Also

Victory's my favorite CG boat too, with the other steel 52-footers close behind. But they're Old. It's getting so it's hard to keep them going, so Victory sits idle, waiting to be used only when her

More progress on the chair. Now he's waiting for the components to air-dry to 5%-8.5% moisture content before going any further: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmT6VyDV Am I correct in guessing that those wide