COAST GUARD AUXILLARY / US POWER SQUADRONS

summer storm · Post by **summer storm** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 7:39 pm

larryeddington wrote:I was there in 1972 I think, trained on the 31 boats, they brought that beautfull twin 41 boat in as I was finishing and never got to run one it, we all drooled over it though. After that I was a Coxswain PS1 on the Houston Ship Channel, there we used the old 30 boats, good boats but that 671 Detroit diesel setting in a non insulated cowl would leave your ears ringing after a few hours of use.

I thought they did away with the 31 as a poor design that would take a dive in a wave, at least that is what they said they were going to do. Fond memories of Wormly Creek.

By the time I was in I think the 31's were only used for training (single screw) at Yorktown. I ran 41's at base Miami Beach for 3 1/2 years and the 43 (FCI) for drug interdiction for 6 months. Those boats (43) were falling apart as soon as we got them. Take a 60 knot go fast boat and load up all the Coast Guard stuff on them and they turned into a 35 knot POS. It was a shame really, we were very happy to be getting something that could keep up with a drug runner, just never worked out.

summer storm · Post by **summer storm** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 7:47 pm

A blast from the past, this is me and my little brother on the 41459, my boat

larryeddington · Post by **larryeddington** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:03 pm

That looks like the 41s I remembered, never got to operate them just old 30s and 31 at wormely.

gettaway · Post by **gettaway** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:58 pm

Prowlerfish wrote

[/quote]Interesting 3 way tie . I wonder who picked

"DONT NEED ONE I ALREADY KNOW EVERYTHING AOUT BOATING" ?

Glad we have someone so smart to help us out .

I laughed when I read your post, I had to add something like this just for fun, kind of like the DMV test,

the reply posts are very interesting, it seems that those of who were boating young continue to boat.

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:21 pm

I ready did like that option
"DONT NEED ONE I ALREADY KNOW EVERYTHING AOUT BOATING"

still wonder how it was

30+ years ago it would have been me

larryeddington · Post by **larryeddington** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:28 pm

Amazing how age let's understand we really don't know everything

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:31 pm

And yet we use to

. ask any 18 yo

davidsmith · Post by **davidsmith** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 7:35 pm

Licensed Captain, Master 100 ton if it counts in this survey.

Rich Schwochow · Post by **Rich Schwochow** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:08 pm

I taught the B.S.+S. course in the Auxilliary for over 25 years, just recently retired from the U.S.C.G.A., last year. I've been a boat owner for over 50 years. I will say that even now, after all these years, I still learn something new every now and again. There is always someone who can share a story about the water that we can all learn from. Listen and learn from them. Safe boating this 2012 to all, Rich, "STARSHIP-II"

jimbo36 · Post by **jimbo36** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:25 pm

right on larry. Interesting the older I got, the smarter my father was.

jimbo36 · Post by **jimbo36** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:26 pm

right on larry. Interesting the older I got, the smarter my father was.

foofer b · Post by **foofer b** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:32 pm

jimbo36 wrote:right on larry. Interesting the older I got, the smarter my father was.

Except for the years between saY 15 and 23. He lost a lot of IQ points in those years!!!

foofer b · Post by **foofer b** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:33 pm

summer storm wrote:A blast from the past, this is me and my little brother on the 41459, my boat

Dang that pic is from the days when shorts were short!

Oh and we were skinny!

seeadler · Post by **seeadler** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 5:23 pm

I took a Power Squadron course back in 1968. I joined the Coast Guard Auxiliary in 1972 and have taught classes for the past 39 years. I put in my papers in 2011 and stepped aside for the younger people to take over.

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