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Mark Borgerson

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Here in SW Fla they seem to like RIBs for small boats.

The RIBs seem to have largely supplanted the sleek 41-
footers that came into service in the late Seventies.

Here on the West Coast, RIBs may be used for harbor patrols,
but most work past the entrance bar is done with larger
vessels, including the 47-foot motor life boat. These boats
are designed for short-duration rescue missions, rather than
long-term offshore patrols.

They do have a "Point" cutter.

Cutters with "Point" names were originally 82-foot
patrol boats. I'm not sure whether some of the names
have been transferred to the new 87s, or some of the
82s are still around, or both.

(There was a contemporary class of 95-footers, all of
which are gone now. Their names begane with "Cape.")

Mark Borgerson