It’s Not What You Sink: US Coast Guard 47 MLB
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- This is US Coast Guard's 47-foot MLB -- the boat that doesn't sink! But what's it's like to operate this boat and how it can upright itself, is #NotWhatYouThink #NWYT #longs
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I am an offshore recreational fisherman out of Yaquina Bay, Newport, Oregon. At 71yrs, I have watched, up close, the transition to the present 47ft MLB. Simple fact is, we could not be out there 30nmiles playing around catching Tuna & Halibut if it were not for our wonderful US Coastguard.
Thank you for your excellent presentation.
Hitting bluefin with top water gear off diamond shoals before most people knew they were there.
Boys and their toys . 👍
The CG used to be able to go out to Stonewall Banks or the Columbia Canyon and fish. But that was done away with. Being 23 miles off the Columbia River and seeing a CG lifeboat brought a lot of comfort to the other boats out there. But no more....
I got a tour of the 47 mlb at the newport base. cool boat.
Respect
I’m a simple man. I see something that won’t be what I think it is, I click.
Pulls up a seat
I thought a sausage party was s food channel program about making sausages.
Jks haha 😂😂
And that’s not what you think!
The best use of this comment template I've seen 👏
The boats of the Dutch seaborne rescue service, the KNRM, have a similar design. Good thing too, because in 2006, the Anna Margaretha was rolled three times in heavy seas. The captain managed to call the crew inside just in time, but the cabin door was still open when she rolled, so it killed both engines and all of the electronics. She then was rolled a second time immediately, and while the crew was trying to do damage control and get the water out of the cabin, was rolled a third time, this time only narrowly avoided having one of the crew sucked out. It also broke off the radio antennas and the searchlights, so she dropped off the radar and was practically invisible in the high seas to other boats that came to look for her. She limped back to port, needing to nagivate on the sun, because the electronic compass was broken, and only managed to communicate when one of the crewmen found his cellphone in his pocket that stayed dry, by some miracle.
RNLI here in the UK also has similar vessels, its a Volunteer force is the dutch one gov or Volunteer too
We also have these boats here in Germany.
@@cyborg_v271 KNRM is indeed also a volunteer force! It works closely with the Netherlands Coastguard and the Royal Netherlands Navy.
That's why you always carry a sextant in your pocket
Glad everyone survived. People who do search and rescue at sea have always been the bravest.
Retired from the coast guard last year (2022) and had the pleasure of working on many MLB’s over my 20 year career. The surfmen are truly amazing
Semper Paratus shipmate 🫡
Thank you for your service 👍👍
Serious respect to those Coast Guard servicemen, it must be a real effort to do that job.
Amen
Fuckin' A! They haven't lost a coast yet!
Coasties are badass
They are just riding 2mil boat for 180k year
wave: approaching
Boat: *squares up*
Wave: aww maan
Boat:” do it! *I CAN TAKE IT!* ”
@@jtgd lol
Crew - It's not the size of the ship that matters. It's the motion of the ocean that causes a crotch fulls of commotion!
15:18 AND HIS NAME IS JOHN CENA!!!
Active coastie here. The 45rbm (our 45 ft self righting jet boat) was actually supposed to replace the 47 when it was introduced. The main reason it didnt happen was because the 45 os only rated for i believe 12 ft seas where that obviously wasnt enough for surf. The pros tho was that the 45 is significantly faster and more well rounded to fit a wider variety of cg missions. Max speeds up to 44 knots 200+ NM range and is vastly superior in mobility as you can crab walk her into positions you need her to be in. Both can tow up to 100 displacment tons. Im not a surfman (with no desire to be one) but the 45rbm is also a great platform as well. Smarter every day has a good video explaining more on his channel if anyone is intrested in learning more about our boats. Boats are cool.
The Canadian Coast Guard uses both the 47' and the Jet boat that they got form the US Coast Guard! Amazing vessels I have been on both!
Must be from Louisiana with a name like that haha
Thanks for the comment. Comments like these really make RUclips so much more than just a video hosting site.
Very cool information. That "crab walking" feature sounds really useful.
Hi! I was at STA Cape D and we did the OT&E on the RB-M. Theer are two reasons it was decided to classify it as a surf capable platform. The air vents being on the aft deck made it impractical for any stern to operations in hvy wx or surf, and the hatch on the topside of the FWD deck was an even bigger hazard. Average 12ft plunging breaker carries over 1000lbs of force per square inch. That'll absolutely come through the plastic / plexiglass hatch and subsequently down flood the fwd compartment of the RB-M, which is a fairly big space. We actually recommended it not even be fully hvy wx capable, it was the NMLBS that decided it could be an acceptable hvy wx platform. I only held an interim crew qual on the boat as I was a new MLB / RB-S Cox'n at the time and not yet a Surfman, and both commands had the RB-M for about a month each, so I can't speak from too much experience as mine was limited. To me it didn't really seem like as good a platform in any inclement weather. I also feel like the USCG is limiting itself with the towing capabilities of an RB-M; a jet just can't tow as much, ton for ton, as a prop with an aggressive pitch.
45' has turned out to be a wonderful platform for the service, but is isn't a hvy wx towing asset.
Yo you mind explaining the “crab walk” how does it work and how is it utilized?
I once passed through a category four hurricane on a ship and it was quite gentle and safe. It was a Nuclear powered submarine .. and we just kept going deeper and deeper until the wave action disappeared altogether. THAT is the safest boat in dangerous waters.
Might be difficult to rescue someone in high seas though.
If what you say is true, that is super cool.
Then rig a tow.
Depends, I was in one that accidentally broached in the middle of a hurricane. We were cleaning footprints out of the overhead next field day and finding A gang's tools in odd nooks the rest of the patrol.
Really? Lots of men have survived sinking on a boat. Not so many for submariners!
Bravo! You've really done your homework, this may be the best video on the topic I've seen. I spent ten years doing this work in the USCG and so many people get this stuff wrong or don't make an effort to get the facts straight. I usually end up just gritting my teeth and shaking my head but this was really well done. Much appreciated!
Well one fact he definitely did NOT get straight is the ridiculous claim of 2000 wrecks at the mouth of the Columbia since 1972. The actual facts? There have been more that 200 recorded there since the early 1800s. The figure of 2000 (which has been recorded since a similarly early date, *not* 1972) relates to the entire "Graveyard of the Pacific" area which extends 200-300 miles north and south of the river mouth. The majority of those wrecks, in both cases, were in the earlier half of the period, and very few since 1972.
RNLI has many lifeboats that do the same. For a charity they self design and build hundreds of advanced similar ships to save lives along the UKs treacherous coastline. If your in the UK drop em some coins if your nearby
Until they started using those boats as gimmigrant taxis. Don’t give them anything
@@eyeonthesty1939 I dont agree with the ferrying of people across the boarders but its not really their fight. Obviously if some RNLI houses are ferrying them across the channel thats wrong, but most arent in the area to do that. Are Wales and Scotland lifeboats doing the ferrying? not really fair to tar the people there with something if they havent done it.
Whilst I don't agree with them being taken to the UK bit their job is to save life's. Its up to the government to chose what to do with the people. Especially living on an island the RNLI are real life savers 🇬🇬 🇬🇬
The mission of the RNLI is to save lives at sea. When a vessel is in trouble then they will go and save the lives of those on board.
If you think that people don't deserve their lives to be saved because they're migrants then you really need to reassess your values.
Absolutely agree. The RNLI is a VOLUNTARY lifesaving organisation NOT an arm of Government of any colour.
In the late 1990s i worked for the company that made that vessel. For a group of men and women that have the motto of, "You have to go out. You don't have to come back", it is glorious.
@alger8181, l worked for them also. Made a lot of parts for those boats. Went to work for them starting with LCAC 48, five and a half later was laid off. Came back to start on MLB 48. Retired with the ASV rework.
I served on the 44 MLB, the ride in heavey weather was a challenge, every time we deployed into the Gulf in BAD weather to perform a rescue mission. We strapped in, because during a roll your not going to stay attached to the boat unless you have a tether. What they don't show in the Videos, is all the VOMIT let in the rear water tight compartment where those you rescue are put into... it's also very well padded, and has seat belts. Once the hatch is closed, it gets really NASTY in there.
Unfortunately, the junior CG Seaman have to Clean up the mess made by those who were SAVED/RESCUED ..., the CG being a soft and fussy service wouldn't think of having those who were "SAVED" do the nasty clean up!!! Lol. I was a qualified onboard Coxswain, Engineer, and Seaman... but not a Heavy Weather Coxswain. 80% of all the Rescues we did, were due to plan Ignorance. The stories I could tell.
I was a boat engineer on a 44 MLB in Maine. I can testify to the mess in the turtle back after a rescue. Also the fact that the 44 footer had absolutely no concession to comfort, it rolled like a bathtub and was really slow. If I remember something like 12 knots. Interestingly, the 6v71 Detroit engines we're set up to run inverted for a short time until the boat righted itself.
Yeah, I hear ya, it had more Rolling and Moving going on, then Elvis, on a Friday night :-))
One of their other boats, I think its the 45' response boat-medium (RB-M) has self righting and an amazing water jet propulsion system! Such great engineering in service of all their missions! The Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria, Oregon, has one of the MLBs on display in a great "action" pose, among tons of other cool exhibits!
Unless it has been updated in the past 5 years, the MLB in the museum is an old USCG 44'. Great boat (and museum) but the 47' does correct some major problems. I use to crew on a 44' on Lake Michigan.
@@gregedwards3267 it is the 44300 - the first of the 44' MLBs - the original prototype. It was run over by a 600' freighter, which then dropped its anchor on it to add injury to insult - and it was still water tight(maybe the front turtle leaked?). If I am not mistaken, only two 44' MLBs were decommissioned due to irreparable damage; one WA state and one in Alaska. Tough boats made out of Corten steel - the 47' MLBs are made from aluminum (faster, which is a major advantage, but I do not know if they are as robust).
The 45 is actually newer and the main workhorse of shore response. 47 is the heavy weather alternative. The 45 has many advantages over the 47 including better speed, maneuverability, draft, and has Law Enforcement capabilities and much much better reliability. It’s a jet drive run by 2 big rig engines that can tow 100 tons.
@@laurenbish3116 I read she did her last mission towing two boats and only had one operable engine!!
Thanks!
Thank you so much!
I live next to MLB Station Grays Harbor, Washington, and wow. Compared to the quiet purring of the fishing boats in the marina, these powerhouses literally sound like semi trucks. They can turn on a dime, something I watched a couple weeks back as one made a U turn while ALMOST STANDING STILL
There is nothing more important than keeping those which keep our sea's semi safe, safe. Hats off to those life guards which risk their own lives to keep others safe at those worst of times, one of the only charities which i'll ever donate towards. Thank you RNLI - US COAST GUARD and other groups alike for keeping those sea adventuring seamen and woman safe. You really only get one chance out there, something which a lot of novices make the mistake of.
I certainly wouldn't want to be sitting on the toilet when the boat rolls over 😊
Good point
My Dad served in the USCG during the late 60's and had several rescues on the Oregon Coast in Coos Bay (the Coquille River) using the 30' surf boat that could roll over as well. The cabin was fully exposed however, so definitely a wet ride!
I worked on the last 30’ in yaquinna bay or maybe it was depoe bay. That was acBADASS boat!!!
As a US Marine, I'm in awe of the USCG.
Doing the job every day.
Came here to say the same thing. Coasties always get teased but from interdiction & boarding operations, SAR, and MLBs, they’re seriously more legit than nearly any MOS in the military.
I think you would like the book "Ten Hours Until Dawn". Warning, it is a true story - so regardless of surviving Nam with two Purple Hearts - RIP former Marine Infantryman and former USCG coxswain Charley Bucko and the entire crew of the "Can Do".
As a former Coastie, I served with a Marine Corps Unit in Panama doing counter-narcotic operations; the feeling is mutual.
yeah man. My neice crews one of these as an MK. when She first went CG I was like WTF?? This is an Army Family. Then I watched sopme of these videos and was dumbstruck.
British RNLI had the first self righting boat in the 19th century, thanks to the design of Mr. James Beeching and our current all weather lifeboat fleet of the Severn, Tamar and Shannon class are top notch, as is yours.
It’s the brave people who operate them that makes them second to none.
My dad was a coastie for 23 years. Back in the day as a kid I was allowed to stay on a Buoy tender, USCGC Fir, 110's (i got to scrub bilge), and I got to ride on 33 footers. Its super fun. I would love to have one of those unsinkables.
as a boatyard worker we hauled out both the steel 44's and the aluminum 47's. the coast guard did their own welding. they said that as the aluminum boats were lighter and faster they "pounded" more and were showing hairline cracks. the steel 44's tended more to "punch" through the waves. as a retired commercial fisherman, i have been rescued by both. either version is fine when you are dead in the water with a blown gear and your net down.
9:11 "Jerry don't throw me overboard, JERRY DONT JERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY"
Great video, These stats and boat capabilities are also very similar to the RNLI Severn class lifeboat, which is also undergoing mid life refits. I think the voluntary nonprofitness of the RNLI makes it and their boats more impressive.
I agree 👍👍
@@JRS_999 TRIDENT!
Safehaven marine just make amazing boats
I thought this was an RNLI boat in the first few seconds. Wondered why it wasn’t orange xD
It's more similar to the RNLI Trent class lifeboats in size, which is also self-righting. The Severn class are bigger.
I was in the US Coast Guard as a Heavy Weather Coxswain of an MLB. We were not called Surfmen then. (Coxswain is the skipper of boats under 80’ in the CG). Scenes like 108, 915 & 931 are all the OLD 44’ MLB in this video, designed back in the 1950s & launched in the 1960’s. It was retired in the 1990s. I actually rolled a 44’ MLB when we were hit with a rogue wave that ran a sandbar hitting us broadside. I was on the helm, my Engineer was outboard on the port side (Harnessed in and Strapped to the boat while checking a instrument issue). We all got wet needless to say, but we were all in survival suits. The boat righted itself, the crew performed well & we completed our mission of rescuing a vessel caught is a nasty storm. No injuries. The 44’ MLB was very dependable & brought us back from many, very rough search & rescue case at sea. Including a unforgettable ride through a Hurricane. I trained on the 47’ but only ran one during training. The development process initially had a few setbacks. I was out of the CG before it came into full service.
Did you ever actually save a boat in distress/ close to sinking? Or the boats are always lost you saved the people?
@@smyers820gm Both numerous times. I worked a very busy port for two years, we ran about 750 cases a year with two vessels active at all times. Most of the cases were between Memorial Day & Labor Day due to climate & tourism. We seen everything, repeatedly; Medical emergencies, boating collisions, boating accidents, swamping, sinking, jet ski collisions, man overboard, People in the water in heavy boat traffic channels, boat fires, fish hook injuries, fights between boaters… even a Irish Priest who went out to sea to far to return on a sailboard. The majority (including the priest) ended without injury or fatalities. Unfortunately, about 20-25% of the cases don’t end so well. Seems like once things start going wrong on a boat they go really wrong quickly. Possibly because people are really not familiar with the sea?
Later, in career I worked Lake Michigan out of Chicago and the search & rescue cases were far fewer (200 or so a year) and fewer injuries as well, but the law enforcement work was never ending. Shootings were common, drugs were everywhere, worked my first stolen boat case there and my first insurance fraud case… the Coast Guard is never boring, not at any station I know of. However one thing was universal, All accidents with injuries or fatalities were bad, Kids on jet skies accidents were the worst by far. Jet Ski defined; A motorcycle with no brakes on highway with no lines.
@@Captkid1 i just FINALLY saw a boating video with a small charter yacht sinking and two salvage boats showed up with cops. Cops off loaded the people and the salvage guy actually pumped out the water and followed the boat to the harbor. 😂😂😂😂. I was beginning to think they all just sunk 🤦♂️🤷♂️😂😂😂😂
@@smyers820gmNo, actually most, even the ones that do sink, are retrieved now days. GPS locations, innovations in self inflating floatation & improved boat designs… most are “Salvaged.” Doesn’t mean they ever sail again though.
some of the bravest men and women in the world ..thanks for being there u,s coast guard
I love these boats, have two at my station, takes waves like a champ.
Lmao, didn't know this would be tied into the Goonies guy!
It's Not What You Think!
"The things I saw on the Columbia River that night will forever stay me because of their monstrous dimensions." -Ron Jansson
I was stationed at Cape Disappointment (where the Columbia River is) and yes, it gets wild...
At the Training Station? I was a Heavy Weather SAR Coxswain.
@@Captkid1 nope, at the station.
I worked offshore outside of New Orleans. Those Coast Guard cutters are awesome. They have a miniature like 16 foot version they patrol on that are awesome too. The 135ft supply boat I worked on did about 25mph and threw about a 6 foot wake. The coast guard use to come up behind us hauling ass and purposely jump out wake like a ramp.
Coast guard gets over looked a lot but they have a cool life from what I seen. If I was 18 again I’d probably join.
I got stuck at the Portland coastguard station once.
They helped me out.
Got a Swiss Belgian malinois all right here.
He came from a retired Coast Guard man.
Good stuff.
Crossing the bar can be dangerous with out a logbook.
Especially if you're in a canoe 🛶.
The food at the mess hall looks really good though pork chops and other delicious food 😋
Hands on deck.
Thanks for being Lifesavers.
i served the USCG in the 70's and my first duty station was the Lightship Columbia WLV-604, anchored 7 miles out to sea at the entrance of the Mighty Columbia River. The transportation to the anchored ship was the 44ft MLB. The 52 ft Pilot boat Peacock would bring us, mail and donuts once a week on sunday. Most definitely a rough surf. My first question on the ship was, Why is there Non-skid on the bulkhead (walls), and the reply, you will soon see why.... Although the best of time was the Salmon run..... Thanks for sharing, brings up Memories of Adventure.
My parents lived on the Columbia and Dad was a retired CG Commander. He got to see the testing of the 47 MLB and was asked if he wanted to go out with the crew.
At 86 yrs old he gave a polite laugh "Oh heck no, that's for you younungs. I like watching them from here". They gave him a cap, we have it in the shadow box with his chevron's and medals ❤
I don't know about you guys but with respect to this awesome guardians of the seas i kinda find it fun to drive a ship in that weather.
Hey, I drive those boats!! Lol. Very cool video!
That was an absolutely AWESOME video! I had no idea such a boat existed. Very educational and entertaining. Keep up the great work.
Because of this channel I’m 100% that everything built is just not what I think💯i love it❤️
This makes me feel so cool about being a 47 MLB coxswain.
What's that
@@Egerit100 I drive these boats in the Coast Guard.
@@joenormanmusic oh that's cool
@@joenormanmusic thanks for clarification, and YOUR SERVICE,SIR☆
Having forgotten everything about my once being a semen, i may have refered to you as pilot, or captain, or admiral. May GOD keep you safe!
@@oscarlesburg7672 I think you missed an a
Actually nvm we were all a semen once, but I think none of us remember it
My father repowered 3 of the 44s for salvage, when they were retired and these took over they were f'ing awesome tool one through the inlet in a hurricane swell it was epic.
Hoisted to these guys many years. Spent years on 44s so I always appreciated how much helo ops sucks. And yes, actually capsized once on a 44 during surf drills in Humbay.
I was an ET at Group Humboldt Bay during the early 80s. Rode the 44s out to the Blunts Reef Large Bouy we had offshore.
Totally awesome dude.
I've never heard of a "surfman". If was still a young and arrogant man, I would definitely join that force. Right up my alley.
Thanks for the really cool video. How about a little super thanks tip.
Back in the early to mid 70s I was fishing offshore of the New Jersey coast about 90 Mi out in the Hudson Canyon . We had two sets of Tanks we went out on the first two and had no problem but on the way back there was water in the fuel and our water separators could not keep up we tried and we tried but it became impossible we were about 50/60 Mi offshore when we put out a mayday . They pick the radio signal up in Gloucester add patched it down to Barnegat Coast Guard . They came out and towed us home and keep in mind that you can only tow another vessel at about five knots.
The total time from the radio call to the dock at Barnegat was about 14
Hours. The vessel that they sent out was a 41 ft precursor to the vessels they are showing here. I still remember the Vessel number because I had to say it so many times keeping in communication with the Coast Guard rescue boat . Vessel number 41360 . Remember this is before they started making everyone have rescue insurance . In those days the Coast Guard came out and towed for no charge .
One of the longest days of my life .
that MLB is awesome, and the crews have giant B@LL5 thanks for all your work!
R.I.P Seaman Clinton P. Miniken 22 my cousin the boat rolled 3 x during a rescue 3 of the USCG crew died. 1997 not forgotten
Sorry to hear about your loss. It does happen & the public rarely hears. I rolled a CG 44’ MLD when my boat (I was the Coxswain) was hit by a rogue wave dead a beam while crossing a bar in heavy seas. We were on a case to find a missing vessel. We rolled, were over for a few minutes due to hitting the bar with the radio antenna mast & then came back up. All the crew was OK, but really shaken up. But it doesn’t always end well, that for sure. We would get training on what went wrong every time a boat rolled and it didn’t go well. Know your Cousin served his country well & paid a high price for our Freedoms. We are thankful.
May his memory be for an inspiration
Amen 😢
I appreciate the design. It's very dynamic and adaptable. Nothing like the old 44mlb. Although the 44ftr was a workhorse it didn't have the speed. At 14kts it wasn't the choice for fast response. The 47ftr has the best of both the speed of the 41UTB and heavy weather capabilities of the 44mlb. Nice! (They were testing the prototype back in the 90s while I was at Cape D NMLB School)
I saw one of these when i was fishing just outside the jetty, what a machine!
I fecking love these boats.
You should do a video on the RNLI- the UK’s lifeboat service, I think you’d find them quite interesting!
As a subscriber I'd like to commend you on all your posts, informative, usually fun, maybe even quirky, and thank you much!
This is a great example of whenever people in the U.S. groan, "The Coast Guard isn't hardcore." Dude, every branch of the military has its own version of hardcore.
Just because a war isn't happening doesn't mean lives aren't at risk. Sometimes you have to strap yourself to a weird boat that flips around in the ocean during the worst weather there is.
Sometimes... it's just a little bit more than a small-brain situation, y'know?
Respect to anybody in the military, in any branch, that's had to work around the weird shit. Because there's _always_ weird shit.
From a survivor of some really weird shit thank you for saying that.
@@darrellcook8253 You're very welcome.
For a touch of perspective, in 2010 I met a lovely English woman from Cornwall who was a psychologist by profession. Her employer? The U.S. Coast Guard. Apparently, Guards see things too horrible to cope with on their own. Mass deaths of women and children, things that can end a career, haunt the strongest of people.
Thank You From M1A2 Abrams operator
I used to spend a bit of time at the Columbia and in Astoria where that bridge is. Now I'm back in the UK, living on the Mersey. For some reason I need to have a large river outside the window to feel at home. Haha
Thanks. ✌🏻👊🏼
Crazy things happen here in Oregon… this was all over the local news when it was happening!
Great video! Go Surfmen!
I loved the wall of honor.
Really enjoyed the ending of the video.
I've been aboard 47s several times-once in 8-10 ft seas. They are amazingly seaworthy and far better than the 44 ever hoped to be.
6:45, 8:47 oh, I LOVE these boats, they’re made by rafnar in Greece🇬🇷.
Good video as always! Keep em coming.
The Columbia River Bar Pilots Association ordered the "Peacock" back then from Germany, using the heavy weather design of the german DGzRS Rescue cruisers.
Those ships are on a completely different level
I’ve crossed that bar many times and a few of those crossings were NASTY!
I always got a kick out of watching the USCG roll those boats. We’d sit on North Jetty fishing and watch the craziness.
But the CS says "most of them never actually get rolled because damage can occur". Out on the water they all pinky swear not to snitch haha
the CG are the butt of a lot of jokes but they are essentially a sea ambulance with machine guns. they can save your life or take it. pretty cool.
I am here not for the content but for the hilarious jokes.
Please keep doing coast guard content!!! A msrt/taclet video or even hitron would be cool
we did a short on hitron, you should be able to find it
@@NotWhatYouThink awesome! I’ve been watching your videos since before I joined up and actually getting explanations on stuff like the cmwds is sick when people on my boat only have a fraction of the info that your videos do!!
These coast guard guys are badass
At 2:40, that was my old coxswain and friend Bruce Terrell getting his surfman pin. That was back when boats were made of wood and men were made of steel. .😎
@8:26. There was one prototype (not ‘several’) and five pre-production models built for field testing
It's interesting to watch this and compare it with the private service of my own country (mostly funded by donations).
They operate several different classes of rescue boats.
Everything he talks about with wave approach is taught at the NMLB School at Illwaco, WA, Cape Disappointment. I'm sure the curriculum hasn't changed much since I went there back in 90' with running the 44; only the boat has changed. The biggest change I really appreciate is the low well deck for port and starboard man overboard pick-ups. I see starboard pick-ups would be more favorable for the coxn (visibility/communication). I'm betting the 47 has a much larger power to weight ratio as the 47 is made out of aluminum and the 44ft was constructed out of Corten steel.
Just a quick but important note: The Coast Guard DOES NOT pay $180,000,00 a year to the Surfmen. Perhaps the Pilots that navigate/escort the large ships do, but certainly not the Coasties! I'm sure you didn't intend to state it that way, but to a person watching, they might think, "hey I think I'll join the CG, that's good money and it does look like fun"! Great video, thanks for showing a job that few realize is out there. By the way, the CG is the smallest branch of the US Military, but saves lives every day of the year somewhere in America!!! Semper Paratus
He was talking about the pilots, not th CG
Military pay is standardized based on rank.
As a civilian who worked for every penny, I can say after talking at length with many former mil members: The pay goes farther when you can live on base, medical is covered, and even hair cuts are free. It's not a bad life, but definitely pay attention to their financial saving and banking programs. Army/Navy credit union, veteran school benefits, retirement plans, etc. are all very good.
We just pulled one into the shop for a 25 year refit. Their design is very impressive.
Pretty impressive video. Great for educational purposes
Grew up in that area watched them do surf drills and roll a few times crazy bastards but glad we got them!
Damn it. We won't know the fish's identity
His name was Chester. I used to be friends with his widow.
Man, awesome title
Been there done that 40 years ago on the 44MLB
Gotta love those coasties.
For the self righting ones with outboards, won’t it damage them when their submerged under water
The equivalent service in the UK is the RNLI. The RNLI is staffed by volunteers and is a charity, so all the boats are paid for from contributions from ordinary people. The boats the RNLI use are very similar to the boats in this video. I'm guess most rescue services around the world will be using similar boats?
2:58 that shot is from Gold Beach, Oregon and the mouth of the Rogue River, which is on the Southern end of the Oregon coast line. Definitely not the Columbia, though I imagine the editor picked this snippet due to the wreck of the Mary D Hume in the foreground.
I wish I had known about our coast guard when I was younger. I'd be one today.
2:55 that is the Mary D. Hume in Gold Beach Oregon, quite far from the Columbia river actually lol
man i wish i can be young again so i can be a coast guard. this looks fun!
Amazing content once again!
I filmed the 2nd clip.. it was at morrow bay... amazing day! Glory be to GOD!!!
ive been on and steered one of these. back when i was 16 in NJROTC we had one of these stationed near my city and we got our seamanship ribbon during our field trips to the coast guard base here. we didnt go upside down at all but it felt like a small fishing boat with how it handled. just sorta gliding in the water
Barneget Light?
That half-sunk steamship (the Mary D. Hume) is not in the Columbia river, but near the mouth of the Rogue river (a much smaller but also very dangerous river mouth).
I sure am glad that boat can self-right itself. It’s far better than working in the department of redundancy department.
TRUE Courage is going into seas like that, 2am and pitch dark, rain/hail storm, in the middle of the ocean/bay, at 18yo, IN AN OLD 30 FOOT BOAT THAT ABSOLUTELY WILL SINK. Sorry I digress, but they had the first of them just as I was getting out of the Guard in 1981, it was a 44 footer.
It’s very unfortunate that they were unable to identify the dead fish, but I bet they did their best 😢
The guy was arrested on a warrant from Canada and for stealing the boat.
@@bobwiley6221 but the fish 😢😢😢
What a pleasant ride🎉
Actually looks fun to ride.
My dad was a Coastie, actually a Coastie lighthouse keeper for 23 yes retired.. I want 1 of those boats they are bad ass
I live in the PNW and local lore claims the the 47' MLRB was designed because once, just once, a 44 footer was lost on The Bar. The Coast Guard was not amused. It was one of those "Here, hold my coat!" moments. Personally? I fish inshore and in fresh water. Heck, I don't even go out on the Columbia. With all the rivers and lakes around here, why bother?
I also live in the PNW and I have heard the same story. And, dude, I'm with you. I live two blocks from the Willamette and about 2 miles from the Clackamas. People fly here from all over the world to fish. Why would I want to risk crossing The Bar just for some other dumb fish out there in the world's second worst water. Only the Southern Ocean is worse.
My brother in law was the pilot on a life boat on the Oregon Coast.
I was a boatcrew engineer on this boat for 5 years. I never thought I'd say this, but I do miss working on this boat.
1:21 I guess this guys boat was self-righting too lol
They had to modify the toilets due to the large balls of the brave man that work on these ships. Harder to watch parts of this vidio then the scariest horror movies.
We have a very nice police launch like this boat, to operate in port Nicholson and cooks strait.
providing information on how to locate or rent the world's safest boat would be helpful for those looking for a safe boating experience.😃
What a great fish 🐠