"Rodney Myrvaagnes" wrote

On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:45:23 -0500, "Jack Painter"
wrote:


4. Some small patrol boats DO have SSB capability, namely all new 47'
MLBs's
which systematically replace the aging 41' patrol boats. Some 41's also
have
SSB. All aircraft have VHF/MF/HF systems.

Don' tyou mean they are replacing the 44' MLBs?


Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC J36 Gjo/a


Those also, yes. Most if not all 44's should already be retired by now, and
there were a lot less of them to begin with (100?). Stations with heavy-surf
requirements had to have a 44, those without that requirement, and that was
a larger number, got various smaller units, 36' & 41' etc. Many of them are
still around. Washington State, notorious for the surf-school and the worst
bar-crossings in the continent, still has a variety of older surf boats for
training. But the new 47 is the mainstay of the med-range surf-boat and
general purpose patrol boat. SAFE boats are the new aluminum cabintops with
orange protective rigid-hulls, generally at 25' with some customs units at
21,23 and 27'.

These two new designs were tested at ISC Portsmouth, VA all summer of '04.
Exciting equipment.
http://www.oceantech.com/whatsnew.htm

Jack