Anonymous wrote:


Hmmm... No one injured, so they get two Hercs, a chopper, a Falcon, and a
cutter. Joe has crew with a sprained ankle and gets ONE chopper. Makes
perfect sense to me. Was Hot Ticket even in danger of sinking? Maybe the
CG just doesn't like Texans?

Cheers
Marty

According to this:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expect...0026.2007.html

Maybe they thought Joe's boat wasn't worth enough to be saved. See how
"property in danger of loss saved" is measured.

I don't see in your link the methodology to which you allude. I do see
this sentence "In 2007 the Coast Guard instituted use of a standardized
cost table based solely upon vessel length, type of construction, and
type of use." Now Red Cloud was longer, of steel rather than fiberglass
and engaged in commercial operation, surely of more value than a toy
used for the diversions of the rich?

Cheers
Marty