The Coast Guard offloaded more than 40,000 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $500 million from cutter Sherman here April 23, 2007, seized by the crew in three busts near Central America in February and March.
The offload included approximately 38,000 pounds of cocaine seized in the largest cocaine bust in maritime history.
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CHARLESTON, SC, July 24, 2007 (USCG) Coast Guard crews at Station Brunswick, Ga., received a call from the research vessel Lady Lisa reporting the debris field. Rescue crews launched to search the area and confirmed the report. Coast Guard crews also located a stern portion of the vessel with the name Turmoil on it Cumberland Island, Ga.
The debris doesn't have any marine growth on it, which would indicate that it hasn't been at sea for an extended period of time.
A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Savannah, Ga., is searching the area along with a boat crew from Station Brunswick. The Coast Guard cutter Yellowfin from Charleston, S.C., is also assisting in the search. A Coast Guard fixed-wing aircraft from Air Station Clearwater, Fla., is also assisting in the search.
Coast Guard units have determined the debris field is approximately 30-miles long extending from the mouth of the St. Mary's River, Ga., to Sea Island, Ga.
The vessel was last registered in the state of Georgia to Harry Jones of Brunswick. Jones sold the vessel to Jack Evans of Darien, Ga., approximately three years ago. It's not known whether Evans still owns the vessel, but Coast Guard investigators are trying to track down the current owner of Turmoil. Jones told rescue coordinators the Turmoil was an approximately 65-foot shrimp vessel.
Coast Guard rescue coordinators received a call from a sailing vessel reporting they heard a mayday call over VHF marine radio channel 16. No Coast Guard units heard the call. A Coast Guard helicopter searched the area and didn't spot any signs of distress. Nothing indicates that the two cases are related.
If anyone has any information, they are urged to contact the Coast Guard at Sector Charleston at 843-724-7616 or on VHF marine radio via channel 16 immediately.
Get your fly rod out! The Fly Fishing - Art In Motion series is a 7 video playlist from which you can actually learn to fly cast. The first two videos are an introduction to the art and mechanics of fly casting. Video's 3-7 are lessons on specific casting techniques -- The Roll Cast, Back Cast, Shooting Line, Hauls, and the False Cast.
The Fly Fishing Series leads with Joan Wulff's "Greatest Flycaster In History" movie trailer. With Mozart in the background, Joan engages you with the Art of Fly Casting and good counsel on the three stages of fly casting. Very enjoyable even if you're not into fly fishing
Go to www.BoatingChannel.comExcellent video on Life at Inle Lake, Myanmar, Burma. Opening scenes of the people are priceless - Soundtrack "over The Rainbow" melding into "A Wonderful World" into "Wish Up A Star" might get you feeling all fuzzy and contemplative of just how wonderful we peoples of planet earth are... but, hey... what's wrong with that? Time: 04:54. Enjoy.
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About Inle Lake - Inle Lake is a freshwater lake located in the mountains of Shan State in Myanmar (Burma). It is the second largest lake in Myanmar with an estimated surface area of 44.9 sq miles and one of the highest at an altitude of 2900 feet. During the dry season, the average water depth is 7 feet, with the deepest point being 12 feet, but during the rainy season this can increase by 5 feet. It is widely reknowned for it's traditional leg-rowing boat style, floating markets and prolific birdlife. In this unique wetland environment, whole villages sit on floating islands on the lake. Colorful hill tribes inhabit the surrounding fertile valleys and forested mountaintops, and their hand-woven silks are a specialty of the region...
BOSTON, MA, July 22, 2007 (The Boating Channel)
The Coast Guard and the Jamestown, RI Fire Department responded to a burning fishing boat four miles south of Newport, R.I. last Thursday morning
Chris Lutyens, the only person aboard the Lucy when it burst into flames, was taken aboard a 25-foot response boat from Station Castle Hill, transported to the Jamestown pier and transferred by awaiting Jamestown EMS to Newport Hospital for follow-up treatment.
The Jamestown Fire Department arrived on-scene around 7:30 a.m. and fought the fire until the vessel sank in about 100-feet of water.
Lutyens escaped in a life raft and called Coast Guard Station Castle Hill by cell-phone, reporting the Lucy, a Jamestown-based boat, on fire south of Lands End, R.I. around 6:20 a.m.
The crew of another fishing vessel, the Odyssey, observed the fire and took Lutyens aboard.
Coast Guard Station Castle Hill responded with a 25-foot-response-boat crew and a 41-foot-utility-boat crew, who arrived on-scene around 6:35 a.m.
"Since Mr. Lutyens had a life raft aboard and the knowledge of how to use it, he was able to safely evacuate the vessel and call for help. We strongly urge all boaters to ensure they have operable emergency equipment when planning to be at sea," said Petty Officer Jason Ronin of Station Castle Hill.
