Two Great Events with a Purpose

Shameless plug, that’s me introducing the video of the weekend. It’s the time of year when event saturation begins to take place. What to do, where to go, creates stressful decisions. Let me help. Two…

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Sailboats, Fisherman and Ospreys: Coast Guard to the Rescue

The United States Coast Guard is  one of my favorite topics to blog about. Anything to do with either Training Center Cape May TRACEN, or the permanent party assigned to station Cape May gets my…

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Thousands Escape The Cape

 THOUSANDS ESCAPE THE CAPE TRIATHLON IN SECOND ANNUAL EVENT 1500 Athletes, 1 Giant Leap – the Most Unique Race Event on East Coast On Sunday, June 8, 1500 athletes tested their mettle and resilience as…

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Successful Ending if Not Happy

Training, timing and maybe a bit of luck all seem to play into the following account of a Coast Guard rescue at sea. Assuming there is not more than one luxury yacht named Irvmiren at…

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Change of Watch: MCPOCG in Cape May

  Thirty-two years ago when Michael P. Leavitt joined the Coast Guard and completed boot camp in Cape May, he probably did not envision his own Change of Watch ceremony, on the same parade field…

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