last spring, I was drifting in a small center console, with the engine cowl off, draped over the engine trying to get it to start. I was just going under the Cooper River bridge in Town Creek when I heard a loud noise and looked up in time to get waked by a Coast Guard patrol boat. It just about knocked me into the water. They had to be running 40 knots or better. Afetr I got myself situated and standing back up, I gave them a 1 finger salute as the kept on going by. They were headed back up river to the base so I know they were not going to rescue any one(you can see it from where i was). I didn't have time to get any identification numbers. Ikept on drifing back towards the marina till I got it up against teh dock. When I got home, I called a friend thats the EO on one of the cutters in the dry dock, told him what happened, I asked who I needed to call to chew some one a$$. He told me they are not supposed to be in that creek to begin with unless on a specific patrol. Told me not to worry about it, he'd take care of it. I told him what time of day it was and the best description of the boat and people on it. I haven't seen any of the patroll boats blasting thru there since. Even the coasties don't have any courtisy.
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09-09-2010, 06:31 PM
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