Coast Guard braving cold to train with ice boat
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By CATHARINE HADLEY | Source: Port Clinton News Herald
MARBLEHEAD –Coast Guard personnel have been taking Ohio’s only ice boat out on Lake Erie for training missions.
Five crew members of the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Marblehead braved chilly temperatures this week for a 1 1/2-hour training session which began and ended at Dempsey Fishing Access area in Danbury Township.
The vessel, which is also sometimes called an air boat, is one of only a handful used by the Coast Guard. “We’re the only one in Ohio that’s got one,” the officer said.
The vessel is mainly used for ice rescues. “It’s mainly for shallow water, and that’s why we got it, for the ice,” the officer said.
Read the full story (with pictures) at the Port Clinton News Herald >>
