SAR Vehicle Photos
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BriansFJ
Adventurer
To add to my original post with pictures of El Paso County (Colorado) SAR's vehicles (here http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=273584&postcount=11), I wanted to add a picture of our newest acquisition (sorry for the poor quality cell phone pic; I'll take a better one soon):
Squad 2
Enjoy!:drool:
Squad 2
Enjoy!:drool:
RaginRabbi
New member
New pics...
willyswagon
Adventurer
All boats can sink! The number of compartments / bilge pumps make it impracticle for this design.
What was the name of that other single walled , multi compartment, unsinkable boat???:snorkel:
In my 21 yrs as a SAR Lifeboatman I have never seen a design that is affected as much by icing as the 47' MLBs. In fact in our area (Eastern Canada) we are forbidden to operate them in icing conditions!
Like every design, they have thier strenghs, and weeknesses
jeepmedic46
Expedition Leader
The coast guard does a awesome job. Used to see their boats a lot when I worked in Gloucester Mass.
sprale
Observer
LateNate
Adventurer
Well you can't drive it on land but here is my "SAR VEHICLE"
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:victory::victory::victory::smiley_drive:
I ve got two of those up her in New Hampsire at station Portsmouth Harbor
willyswagon
Adventurer
If your collecting them, you can take the one I'm on!!
Took a pounding again Saturday night. Two tuna boats lost their wheelhouse windows. 38 NM away
We pounded head to it 3 hrs. Winds 35-45 kts, sea state 4 -5 m (yep 12-16ft)!!:snorkel:
The seas broke lights that are attached to the life rings, tore rescue bags lines apart, just another night in paradice!!:Wow1:
Rendez-vous'd up with them, then escorted back home at 9 Kts
The 47's are like going to sea in a tumble dryer!!
SunTzuNephew
Explorer
Thank G-D for the US Coast Guard (and Air Force Pararescue)! Both have saved my butt.....
willyswagon
Adventurer
The Gordon Reid... one Canada's floating FRC platforms! We are hoping that with the arrival of the Mid Shore Patrol boats, we may get one of the Arun class Lifeboats...
Now that's a Lifeboat!!
Now that's a Lifeboat!!
Across the Pond SAR Vehicles
VW Pickup 4X4 turbo diesel - another vehicle NOT offered in the US
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.caradvice.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/vw-pickup-truck-2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.caradvice.com.au/16831/vw-concept-previews-aus-bound-robust/&usg=__0bIlqToQgXrmog7YeS4NwdlEWAI=&h=884&w=1327&sz=368&hl=en&start=4&sig2=W6xEDpssy3nmqFR1vuK9mA&tbnid=6lpPojh_gdodXM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsearch%2Band%2Brescue%2Bvehicles%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den&ei=OzDXStvML4bIMLXn9c8I
VW Pickup 4X4 turbo diesel - another vehicle NOT offered in the US
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.caradvice.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/vw-pickup-truck-2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.caradvice.com.au/16831/vw-concept-previews-aus-bound-robust/&usg=__0bIlqToQgXrmog7YeS4NwdlEWAI=&h=884&w=1327&sz=368&hl=en&start=4&sig2=W6xEDpssy3nmqFR1vuK9mA&tbnid=6lpPojh_gdodXM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsearch%2Band%2Brescue%2Bvehicles%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den&ei=OzDXStvML4bIMLXn9c8I
LateNate
Adventurer
ha, nice to see another CG, i spent a week at Canadian Coast Guard Station Bamfield working relief for the engineer. those 47' lifeboats are amazing. but i think ill stick to my normal SAR vehicle...
PS heres what the canadian 47'ers look like
in action shot
Do they run twin cats.
willyswagon
Adventurer
Yes they do. They are derated to 450hp per side, so you can run all day @25 kts and not hurt them.