ORIGINAL: swampyankee
OK chief, I'll try to get some pictures onboard. The plane is 108 in. Zero, the bump is over B7. I've only gotten as far as sheeting with 1/8th skin.
I take it you attended Cape Dissappointment, how was it? I turned down the billet to the school while I was awaiting GM school. Biggest mistake I made in my CG life, going from BM to GM. Days of 44 footers and Noreasters, good stuff.
Great to see a former Coastie on board.
I've been to Cape D but not as a Bosun. I was an ET. Spent a lot of time in Eureka, CA both at the group and on a cutter. I spent quite a few patrol days out on the Pacific. And, I was the only guy in the Group ET shop that didn't get sea sick, so I did most of the off-shore buoy stuff, mostly from a 44' out of Eureka. I made Chief while on Governors Island, then went back to Eureka for a tour where I made CWO2. From there, it was pretty much shore duty with one assignment to Loran duty in Japan.
CGr.