Great day on the North Atlantic Ocean, that is until the wind shifted to the NE and it got cold and snotty. Got some tow training in with the new MAR6.
Century Club: Billy Hannigan
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
Chesapeake Tower
NOAA Wave Buoy
Got buzzed by America!
Tow training
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
Get a room
Another beautiful day. More daylight and warmer days are here. Also, love is in the air.
Monday, March 10, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
Smooth pile
Comorants painting the buoy white
York River Yacht Haven
Good looking deadrise
Big
Boys
Getting ready to kiss
Like butter on the water today. Not a lot of traffic, so created a nav course up the York River to York River Yacht Haven and out to the CH Buoy. Super low tides this a.m. so I got some piles scraped so mother nature's razor don't damage the boats.
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
CBBT
Rafting up and chit chatting
Little Creek, VA
You can't park there
Who's a pretty bird.
Taste of spring...gonna be a great boating season.
Monday, March 3, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
Splashing the new 507
Apparently this was a rare duck for our parts ... The birders were snapping pics
What a glorious day. Got to.splash the units newest boat and take her out for her maiden voyage before dropping her off at the yard for bottom paint.
Monday, February 24, 2025 to Friday, March 28, 2025
Number of days:
5 days
Maryland Pilot boat
Boom training
Saw this osprey perched on Blackbeards ship
Flare demo
Getting underway for night ops
Osprey was back again this night
Looking for the Jane McAllister
Night ops
Transfering the Captain to the 45'
Helo demo out of CG Air Station Elizabeth City
The fleet, had over 40 vessels this year
Transfering the victims of the plane crash
On the Jane McAllister
Victims pulled from the water
Another SAR Forum down. Changed it up a little this year. Instead of attending as a participant, I was staff. I was the safety officer for the forum. Got to see the forum from a different perspective and was able to ride on other agencies vessels as well as Maryland Pilots and several tugs, including Hampton Roads newest tractor tug. Looking forward to participating as staff in 2026.
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
My balls
Best tackle shop on Long Creek
Got underway today before the pending Armageddon. Heard the fuel docks will be shut down for the storm, so wanted to be sure the tanks were topped off. Patrolled for several hours without another boat in sight.
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
Leaving the inlet just before I started to sink
Rudder!
Only got 1 pic because 187 started taking on water and had to do an emergency pull. Turns out there were two small corrosion holes in the transom. The garage is welding it up. The new 187 can't be built fast enough. Included a pic of Rudder from early morning walk.
Monday, February 3, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
That's me
That's me on the bow, taking from the Towne Bank building
Got to go tugboating today. Don't get too excited, it's an actual workboat, not a boat where you get a happy ending.
Sunday, February 2, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
But why are all the birds gone
New decal
Still hanging on
Thimble Shoals Light
Neat root system
Someone screwed up, that's a lot of boom
Lonely day on the water, like most of winter. Had to put a new decal on the BBSA buoy and saw that Thimble Shoals Light is still representing.