The Coast Guard motor lifeboat Potato Patch navigates treacherous waters as it patrols the unruly seas. The boat is named after the notorious Potato Patch Shoal located north of San Francisco. This shoal takes its name from the potato farms that existed near Bolinas Lagoon in the 1800s and where boats sometimes capsized on the shoal’s sand bar. US Coast Guard Art Program 2018 Collection, Ob ID# 201826, "Escort through the Potato Patch," Frank Walsh, acrylic, 14 x 16
