Waterwings
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Took some of my students to visit the Coast Guard this morning. Arrived at the boat about 0915 and the students got a really good tour, plus got do some basic fire hose handling, put on the fire fighters ensemble (1 piece turnout gear), toured the bridge, engineroom, galley (they were cooking steaks for lunch, but didn't stay for that). The students had a good time as always, the Coast Guardsmen took their time and explained stuff in detail and answered questions. The boat is a WLR, which works the navigational aides on the river system. I snapped a couple of pics with my phone of their two aluminum work boats. I didn't think to ask, but they appeared to be either 16' - 18' boats (might have 20').The stbd boat has the V-notch bow where they can get a buoy and lash it to the boat. The port boat is a new one and has a flat bottom, with no keel that I could see. I couldn't get real close and took two of the pics standing out on the deck in front of the bridge. Twin 50hp Mercs on both boats.
Port boat:
Stbd boat:
Stbd boat v-notch bow:
Port boat:
Stbd boat:
Stbd boat v-notch bow: