Pilot cutter being built by Cem Gr in Turkey Cem Gr and colleagues at Classic Boat Turkiye continue to be busy - now they’re concentrating their efforts on this 29ft pilot cutter designed by Paul Gartside. Cem has also promised us some sailing photos of the Thomas Gillmer-designed Blue Moons we have posted about recently - so [...]

The Coast Guard medevaced a 25-year-old man from the Coast Guard Cutter Northland approximately 60-miles south of the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River in the Gulf of Mexico Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008. A watchstander at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans received a call at ...

Coast Guardsmen aboard the cutter Munro, homeported in Kodiak, Alaska, conducted the first-ever high seas boarding and inspection of a fishing vessel Tuesday under the authority of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission. The WCPFC is a regional ...

Lt. Cmdr. Michael J. Davanzo will transfer command of Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock to Lt. Cmdr. James G. Bellaire during a change-of-command ceremony Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, at 10 a.m. The ceremony will be held at the Port Huron Seaway Terminal. Davanzo, who has commanded the ...

At around 8.00 p.m. yesterday evening Portland Coastguard heard from the wife of a man who had fallen overboard from his 30 foot gaff cutter on their way back to their home base of Gosport. The couple come ...

A Strongsville, Ohio native was honored during a change of watch ceremony aboard a Coast Guard cutter here June 27. Senior Chief Petty Officer Christopher R. Swiatek was presented with the Coast Guard commendation medal for outstanding achievement during his two ...

After being ferried out of the Port of Edmonds marina aboard a TANB (Trailerable Aid-to-Navigation Boat), a small group of visitors (part of a much larger group), climbed up the side of US Coast Guard Cutter Eagle.

Once on deck, we were officially greeted by Cadet First Class Craig Johnson.

We got a tour; thanks to our guides, cadets Ted Borny and Carl Luxhoj. Here are some pictures I took.  read more »

German energy company E-On's newest ad will feature a traditional pilot cutter

Cmdr. Scott J. Smith will relieve Capt. John K. Little of command of the US Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw (WLBB-30) in a change-of-command ceremony at its homeport in Cheboygan, Mich., Friday, May 16, 2008 at 10 a.m. Little was commanding ...