Japanese Coast Guard Getting Under Way

[Subdeacon Joe 16,352]

Someone has some really good shiphandling skills.
 

 

[Widder, SASS #59054 5,383]

Probably got an E9 at the helm.... 

 

..........Widder

 

[Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme 804]

That was incredible.

[Ramblin Gambler 880]

That's not how I woulda done it.  I guess that's why they don't let me steer the boat. 

 

A couple of times it reminded me of those submarines drug smugglers use.  Only the submarines were sticking up further out of the water.  I recon the japanese boats have better waterproofing all the way around. 

 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 4,972]

1 hour ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said:

Probably got an E9 at the helm.... 

 

..........Widder

 

OR-8 I think

 

 

[Michigan Slim 2,981]

God loves the Coasties -no matter WHAT country their from! 

I grew up with Lake Michigan as my back yard. Saw some amazing things from those guys and gals. Were and still are my heros.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 4,972]

An island nation must have somebody who can steer a boat

[Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life 593]

I know I would have wanted to get that bow pointed into those waves and swells as soon as I could. That boat almost heeled over totally one time. I would have had to change my skivvies after that!

[Smoken D 1,088]

Sun was shining, I wounder what it's like in really bad weather at that port.

[Okiepan 78]

E9 my a$$ dont ever call a BMCM that !

 

I know first hand 

[Noz 1,379]

Sitting in a wooden chair on top of the hill in Southwest Missouri and I'm still seasick.

[Sixgun Sheridan 3,213]

21 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

An island nation must have somebody who can steer a boat

 

Was just gonna say. Between Japan and England they probably have the best sailors in the world.

[Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 2,130]

Just thinking about the return trip....headed back to the opening, with following  30 foot seas running perpendicular to the entrance, and when you make the hard turn to port to enter the channel, you get smacked broadside, and with no where to go except the rocks and the leeward shore.  I think I would be tempted to stand off for a bit, until those waves die down a bit.

 

Great bit of boat handling!

 

LL