somebody posted on another video that buoy tending was harder than rescue swimming..to me it just looks like a bunch of guys standin around tinkerin with buoys..why would anyone want this shit job?
@bstraws88 My brother in law is a skipper on one here in Australia. Have fun cleaning rotting sea life off the chains and buoy, having a 20+ Tonne buoy swinging around the deck in hard weather and crawling through seal and bird shit. Thats why here they pay indians on minimum wage to work the deck haha.
Looked like District 17 a bit...Buoy tenders are heroes....undersung heroes. Not only do they keep waterways safe, but they protect livelyhoods and save lives on SAR missions, or whereever needed. I salute you all. U R all heroes. Via con Dios
lolololololo this is where coasties get in trouble.WAS AND IF SHE WAS STILL AROUND SHE WOULD BE THE BEST IN THE CG TODAY.U S C G C GENTIAN WLB 290.god how i miss her, great video,sorry to hear about your crew playing the ass,but it will happen from time to time.semper p.
Cutter IRONWOOD WLB297 AKA "BLACK NEEDLE OF DEATH" 1993-1994 2 PEOPLE DIED WHILE ON BOARD, ONE AWOL, ONE WENT SKITZO, 2 DISHONORABLE DISCHARGES, 10 ALCHOHOL INCEDENTS "I TAKE CREDIT FOR ONE", AND ONE STOLEN WIND SOCK FROM DUTCH HARBOR AIRPORT, ONE FORK LIFT FLOAT TESTED ON APL PEIR, 4X4 POST THROUGH THE WINDOW OF A CAR.
Man! I forgot all about the rotten stop. I still have one of the spare knives hanging around. We once faked a mooring that was so long it was chain, doublebraid then chain again. I don't remember how many fathoms, but it got going so fast that the chain arced over the deck into the water.
I spent 5 years in the Emerald Isle (1.5 SupCen/ the rest Airsta). The Fir was in Puget Sound. Much, much gentler weather ;)
Heat and Beats! Buoy critters! Them's were the days.
Which cutter was that? Had a look of Dist 17, but that's a lot of boats.
Was on the original Fir in 89. No GPS , just a big ol brass compass complete with quadrantal spheres; no joystick but she had an old school helm the size of a wagon wheel.
Funny how you only remember the good bits, but the Fir was the reason I went aviation ;)
That is the CGC ABBIE BURGESS out of Rockland, ME 1St District. We still have compasses but they're electronic. We have joysticks and buttons. The videos is from the past three years.
Heat and Beats & Buoy Critters!! Damn, I was on the Firebush in Kodiak in 95. Those were the memories. Cold damn water and trying to place a buoy in 15ft seas.
wow, that was a really boring video
BenBen153 1 year ago
somebody posted on another video that buoy tending was harder than rescue swimming..to me it just looks like a bunch of guys standin around tinkerin with buoys..why would anyone want this shit job?
bstraws88 1 year ago
@bstraws88 good benefits pays collage and other stuff
miked9372 1 year ago
@bstraws88 My brother in law is a skipper on one here in Australia. Have fun cleaning rotting sea life off the chains and buoy, having a 20+ Tonne buoy swinging around the deck in hard weather and crawling through seal and bird shit. Thats why here they pay indians on minimum wage to work the deck haha.
gnarkillkicksass 10 months ago
I would have to say it was kind of a sissy heat and beat, but maybe that is todays CG.
CGC Sweetbrier WLB 405 Cordova AK 81-82 CGC Sweetgum WLB 309 86-87 Jacksonville Fl. I really enjoyed the video thanks.
fyrfyter215 1 year ago
@fyrfyter215 You might call that a sissy heat and beat but for the girls doing it it was pretty awesome!
jhoward812 2 months ago
Looked like District 17 a bit...Buoy tenders are heroes....undersung heroes. Not only do they keep waterways safe, but they protect livelyhoods and save lives on SAR missions, or whereever needed. I salute you all. U R all heroes. Via con Dios
giddydog1 2 years ago
Never thought that seeing a heat and beat would make me choke up.
Sempter Paratus
fullhouserocksmyworl 3 years ago
lolololololo this is where coasties get in trouble.WAS AND IF SHE WAS STILL AROUND SHE WOULD BE THE BEST IN THE CG TODAY.U S C G C GENTIAN WLB 290.god how i miss her, great video,sorry to hear about your crew playing the ass,but it will happen from time to time.semper p.
seadoggiedog 3 years ago
Cutter IRONWOOD WLB297 AKA "BLACK NEEDLE OF DEATH" 1993-1994 2 PEOPLE DIED WHILE ON BOARD, ONE AWOL, ONE WENT SKITZO, 2 DISHONORABLE DISCHARGES, 10 ALCHOHOL INCEDENTS "I TAKE CREDIT FOR ONE", AND ONE STOLEN WIND SOCK FROM DUTCH HARBOR AIRPORT, ONE FORK LIFT FLOAT TESTED ON APL PEIR, 4X4 POST THROUGH THE WINDOW OF A CAR.
shawnstam 3 years ago
Wasn't on a Bouy Tender, rather I served at NKC Loran Sta Port Clarence up in Alaska and Station San Francisco 99-01
Eratimus 3 years ago
Greetings fellow Order of the Black Hulls...
Good to see some things never change..
Don't know where this was, but seeing 2 widow makers on deck at the same time... always a scary thought...
DavisBenjaminA 4 years ago
Plantree aka Black Thunder Ketchikan Alaska
randomck00 4 years ago
How about the rotten stop and the long knife. I used to love to fake the chain as it came to the deck.
Wlb297 Ironwood 93-95 kodiak alaska
shawnstam 4 years ago
Man! I forgot all about the rotten stop. I still have one of the spare knives hanging around. We once faked a mooring that was so long it was chain, doublebraid then chain again. I don't remember how many fathoms, but it got going so fast that the chain arced over the deck into the water.
I spent 5 years in the Emerald Isle (1.5 SupCen/ the rest Airsta). The Fir was in Puget Sound. Much, much gentler weather ;)
barkon 4 years ago
Heat and Beats! Buoy critters! Them's were the days.
Which cutter was that? Had a look of Dist 17, but that's a lot of boats.
Was on the original Fir in 89. No GPS , just a big ol brass compass complete with quadrantal spheres; no joystick but she had an old school helm the size of a wagon wheel.
Funny how you only remember the good bits, but the Fir was the reason I went aviation ;)
barkon 4 years ago
That is the CGC ABBIE BURGESS out of Rockland, ME 1St District. We still have compasses but they're electronic. We have joysticks and buttons. The videos is from the past three years.
jhoward812 4 years ago
Heat and Beats & Buoy Critters!! Damn, I was on the Firebush in Kodiak in 95. Those were the memories. Cold damn water and trying to place a buoy in 15ft seas.
ksnuts 4 years ago
Heat and Beat boys
randomck00 4 years ago