Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 07.24.2018
Stars mark the location of unmanned-adrift paddlecraft reported to Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound personnel since the first of the month, July 24, 2018. Every unmanned-adrift paddlecraft is treated as a potential distress situation, however, when the craft is properly labelled the situation can often be quickly resolved with a phone call to the vessel owner, which minimizes personnel......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Hunter Medley | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 PADET New York | 07.19.2018
Through the Operation Paddle Smart Program, the Coast Guard offers owners of kayaks, canoes, standup paddleboards, and other unregistered watercraft a free "If Found" sticker for their boat to help reduce the number of unnecessary search and rescue cases. Stickers are weatherproof, reflective, and provide room for the vessel owner's name and two phone numbers, written in waterproof marker....
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 | 05.09.2017
The Coast Guard and partner agencies are focusing efforts to educate paddlers on how to “have fun, be safe, and paddle smart.” (U.S. Coast Guard illustration)...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole Groll | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 | 03.24.2017
Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Young sets up the dewatering pump while underway in Potter's Cover, Rhode Island, on Friday, Mar. 24, 2017. The crew tested the pump to make sure it was running smoothly during training. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole J. Groll)...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole Groll | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 | 03.24.2017
Chief Petty Officer Bryan Wallace and Auxiliarist Dave Casey step over onto the second boat with the dewatering pump container while underway in Potter's Cove, Rhode Island on Friday, Mar. 24, 2017. Coast Guard Station Castle Hill conducted two-boat training in preparation for the warmer months. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole J. Groll)...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole Groll | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 | 03.24.2017
Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Young from Coast Guard Station Castle Hill from looks up from checking the lazaret for water on Mar. 24, 2017. While underway in Potter's Cove, Rhode Island, the boat crew ran drills such as a boat taking on water. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole J. Groll)...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole Groll | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 | 03.24.2017
Two seamen throw Oscar, the training mannequin, into the water in Potter's Cove, Rhode Island on Friday, Mar. 24, 2017. Crews from Coast Guard Station Castle Hill conducted boat training to in order to keep their rescue skills up to date. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole J. Groll)...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole Groll | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 | 03.24.2017
Coast Guard Station Castle Hill's boat house in Newport, Rhode Island on Friday, Mar. 24, 2017. Station Castle Hill is a multi-mission station which conducts Search and Rescue, Ports Waterways and Coastal Security (PWCS), Recreational Boating Safety and Fisheries Regulation, in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole J. Groll)...
