US Coast Guard on the Oregon Coast

Had an amazing day on the Oregon Coast today. I have a bunch of shots to process, but wanted to get these up.

Excellent shots, TD. Betcha the gang at Depoe Bay, the "Hole in the Wall Gang", would really like to have theses, too, if you were to send them to 'em. The 47 footer always looks great crashing through a rough bar in the good ol' 13th District.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #2466237
Excellent shots, TD. Betcha the gang at Depoe Bay, the "Hole in the Wall Gang", would really like to have theses, too, if you were to send them to 'em. The 47 footer always looks great crashing through a rough bar in the good ol' 13th District.

I think I might print a couple and send them. I'm sure they have some nice shots, but I got some pretty cool shots.

They took time to wave to the 100-400L on the way in....

wow thats incredible! surely a bit risky, does it ever flip over?! i guess it rights itself but with those people on top....!

stupot wrote in post #2466261
wow thats incredible! surely a bit risky, does it ever flip over?! i guess it rights itself but with those people on top....!

The 47 footer is a self-righting, self-bailing craft. The coxswain (boat driver) is usually the only one that's strapped in, the rest of the crew needs to be mobile on deck. In case of "flip over", the crew is trained to get away, and the coxswain is trained to, well, hold his breath for up to 30 seconds. It takes that long (sometimes longer in rougher situations) for the MLB to right itself. Of course, when it does come back up, usually the boat won't start and most of the radio/radar antennas have been swiped off. But the boat is still in good condition, and the crew and coxswain are in good shape.

They really are incredible crafts. There are some older 52 and 30 footers still operating on the Oregon coast.

stupot wrote in post #2466261
wow thats incredible! surely a bit risky, does it ever flip over?! i guess it rights itself but with those people on top....!

I'm not familiar enough with the 47 to comment, but I'm sure Puddlepirate can. I know the 44s would roll and were self-righting. It was an incredible day on the coast. Beautiful, but the surf was out of this world!

Turnerzdad wrote in post #2466246
I think I might print a couple and send them. I'm sure they have some nice shots, but I got some pretty cool shots.

I'd send them. I'm sure they'd love them. Better yet, take the the shots to them, right to the OINC. They might use you in the future....

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #2466287
The 47 footer is a self-righting, self-bailing craft. The coxswain (boat driver) is usually the only one that's strapped in, the rest of the crew needs to be mobile on deck. In case of "flip over", the crew is trained to get away, and the coxswain is trained to, well, hold his breath for up to 30 seconds. It takes that long (sometimes longer in rougher situations) for the MLB to right itself. Of course, when it does come back up, usually the boat won't start and most of the radio/radar antennas have been swiped off. But the boat is still in good condition, and the crew and coxswain are in good shape.

They really are incredible crafts. There are some older 52 and 30 footers still operating on the Oregon coast.

See, I knew he would know! So they are very similar, in that respect, to the 44s.

Having worked in a Coast Guard town (the one these pictures were taken in), I loved hiring former coxswains. You could always count on them to keep their head in a crisis. Seriously.

That is an amazing boat, and certainly an amazing photographer to grab these shots! Very nice! Great timing! That certainly looks like a challenging job. I was in the Navy on a carrier and we had some small waves which made the boat rock a little bit lol.

Just processing these. Keep finding more that evoke a reaction when I look at them.

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Livinthalife wrote in post #2466311
That is an amazing boat, and certainly an amazing photographer to grab these shots! Very nice! Great timing! That certainly looks like a challenging job. I was in the Navy on a carrier and we had some small waves which made the boat rock a little bit lol.

Thanks. I was really just lucky to be in the right place at the right time. With the 30D and the 100-400, it's hard to go wrong.

I drove out as far as I could on the jetty and then walked a ways. The waves were crashing on both sides of me.

There were other people standing near me with P&S cameras. One said, "Boy, it looks like you've got the right equipment." I said, "Hope so!" I was going to try and sneak a shot of some of them with the boats in the background, but got distracted by the great waves.

These are great, TD. Keep 'em coming.

One more...

Nice shots ... can't wait to get down to Cascade Head in three weeks for college research.
Hope the coasties are playin' when I'm down there.