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16, nope it was definitely only one thing - another photo to come once I see if anyone guesses it!
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No idea what these guys are doing except that I think they are driving Safeboat Defender 25s and I want one. Around 100K well used and a few of them around. I have been informed that I have already reached my statutory limit in boat ownership but can still dream....looks like loads of fun at 45 kn.
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Don't see their blue lights flashing so again virtuly impossible to guess. That portion of Fernandina I dont believe is restricted in any way, and those vessels don't look like they warrant a safety zone.
Over that way is Port Consolidated isn't it? Headed for fuel would be one of many guesses.
Over that way is Port Consolidated isn't it? Headed for fuel would be one of many guesses.
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Good grief!
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You break it, you bought it.
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I take it that's a "No."
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They could have least done it to music!
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chasing boats away from a sub?
Woodland Hills
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Nuclear sub coming. Attack boats out of Cumberland and boomers out of New London. We have seen them both on this trip.
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psneeld
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Pretty sure the subs don't go over to Fernandina and boomers at Kings Bay.
"Currently, nine boomers are based in Bangor, Washington to patrol the Pacific Ocean, while five are stationed in Kings Bay, Georgia "
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/americas-ohio-class-submarines-could-bring-end-world-109811
"Currently, nine boomers are based in Bangor, Washington to patrol the Pacific Ocean, while five are stationed in Kings Bay, Georgia "
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/americas-ohio-class-submarines-could-bring-end-world-109811
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Yep, high speed chase and gun training.
I was actually wondering if there is a receiver on the lead boat with a laser sender on the chase boat.
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C'mon. It's Victoria. Newlyweds and nearly dead.
If that is too stimulating, there is a lovely rose garden nearby that is also a big hit.
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Apparently I was way off...
I'll suggest to the new owner of the Victoria ferries to add some lasers and guns. Spice it up a little.
Maybe a killer whale or two as well.
They are RB29's (not 25s) and should have been communicating on CG112 (either encrypted or in the clear) rather than 16 or 22A.
The absence of flashing blue lights is a perceptive understanding that they're not engaged in Law Enforcement activity.
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psneeld
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Pretty sure the blue lights mean its a LE vessel, but can be used on any mission, usually one where speed and possibly siren is warranted...especially SAR.
I suggested ch 16 or 21 because IF it was SAR, they may have been talking on it and it might have been a clue.
33CFR88
(a) Law enforcement vessels may display a flashing blue light when engaged in direct law enforcement or public safety activities. This light must be located so that it does not interfere with the visibility of the vessel's navigation lights.
(b) The blue light described in this section may be displayed by law enforcement vessels of the United States and the States and their political subdivisions.
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caltexflanc
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They are in the St Mary's inlet north-northwest of Fernandina, and that is where the subs do come and go to get to King's Bay.
As a practical matter, Blue lights aren't energized unless there is good cause. Training (e.g. practicing SAR patterns, Set & Drift testing, or what is shown in photo) doesn't warrant alerting onlookers to a facility operating with urgency. Active Duty or CGAUX facilities will display blue, or red/amber lights, respectively, when maintaining exclusion zones, or when engaged in '2 boat training' (mutual towing or simulating boarding of bad guys) except when lights pose a danger; e.g. air show regattas, when jets are arriving on station, the zone becomes HOT and lights are immediately extinguished so as not to confuse aerial navigation.
Generally, badging, signage, flags, etc., adequately identify assets. When a fire truck, ambulance, police vehicle or USCG Response Boat energizes lights and/or sirens, it's obviously to signify transition from a routine to urgent situation that requires traffic to make way. Even when dispatched on SAR cases, however, CGAUX patrol boats are never authorized to use lights or exceed speed limits.
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We have seen attack boats twice in St Mary’s and saw a boomer departing New London a week or two ago.
Agreed. There is a sensitivity, however, to not abusing the use just to RTB for a TV show, for instance.
Behavior control is stronger than ever.
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Did you mean to write CGAUX there?
