"Vito" wrote

Thanks for the info but tell us more. My PBR buddy never mentioned
Swiftboats and the recent History Channel doc on PBRs seemed focused on the
glass boats, so I was unaware of Swifts in the Brown Water Navy. A SEAL
mentioned using them but that was much earlier. Did Kerry command one of
the (older?) PBRs or a Swift Boat and, if the latter, what kind/size?

PBR is a class of boats, not a MFG. It stands for patrol boat river.
Many shallow draft boats fit the bill.


They also make some very nice crewboats, ....

I'll bet!! You didn't work for any Colombians did you (c:?

Well yes and no.

Mostly I worked in the Oilfield servicing the offshore drilling
industry.

But I did work as Mate on a supplyboat called the State Wave that was
leased to search for treasure off the coast of Columbia. To make a
very long complicated story short.... We found the Spanish Gallion.
The diving company was late on over 150K in boat rental fees. State
Boat wanted to take the boat off the job and hold all the diving and
search gear until payment was made in full. The dive co. in
parternship with the Columbian Govt had the crew arrested
and the boat impounded on trumped up BS charges(the columbians govt
was to get 1/2 of the treasure). The President of State Boat and VP of
operations and a few hired guns flew down and broke us out of jail. We
took back the Wave and meet the good Ol US Navy that was waiting for
us in international waters. The fuled us up and escorted us to a safe
waters. The dive Co. later put out a contrat on the prez of
Stateboat...He was packing some serious heat for a year or so untill
things cooled off. Quite the adventure.

Im writing a book about it called Columbian Gold.
Hope to finish it one of these years

Joe