Yep.... I knew when I decided to go public with this, it would be quite an event....
5,000 hits on my site yesterday
63,000 impressions on my Twitter account in the last 24 hours...
Lectures from my wife for ever releasing this thing.... (That's the tough one)
A Coast Guard boat sitting in front of my place for several hours yesterday.... (call me paranoid)
If you are on Twitter, it's probably worth a visit... There are a WIDE variety of "interesting" comments out there... It is entertaining....
Greg
Greg,
That's the USCGC 'Sea Lion' watching you.
It's one of the "Marine Protector" class of WPB's (patrol boats), 87' long, displaces 91 tons, 25kt top speed. 74 boats, laid down from 1999 to 2009.
They haven't unlimbered the M2 .50cal's, so you're OK.
Several of them are assigned to guard the USN sub base in Bangor, WA.
USCGC Sea Lion WPB-87352 Bellingham, WA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Protector-class_patrol_boat(Some of my kids are Coasties, but not on these 'small' boats; soon leaving the West Coast with a PCS.
I've seen local boats in this class for many years, hail them on the VHF, got boarded a couple of times for 'inspection', etc. I've seen them anchored having diving exercises from them too.
I got a serious lesson in 'not taking pictures of military assets' (USN) by a crewmember/guest once while cruising around. They have some heavy surveillance optics in use, the better to watch you
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