Boats with blue flashing lights.

Mark O. Polo wrote:
 > Scott:
 >
 > I assume you are in the US so the blue flashing lights should
indicate a
 > law enforcement vessel ... if not the Coast Guard/Auxiliary then the
 > local harbor police, perchance.
 >
 > Aloha
I was kind of thinking the same thing and this seems the most likely. I
don't believe we have any local harbor police, not that I have seen
anyway. It is a bit of an overstatement to call what we have a harbor,
more of a bay with a dock.

These boats are bright orange and pretty hard to miss so I would have
thought I would have seen them before if they had been around.

It was pretty impressive to see them out there this morning, it was so
dark we could not make out what was flashing blue, but it was very
bright.

They seem to be going up to any boat that gets at all close to the
ship.

Here is a link to a photo of them, not read good detail this was taken
from about two miles away.

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.pbase.com/konascott/image/40916637/original.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.pbase.com/konascott/image/40916637/original.jpg</a>


Scott<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Boats with blue flashing lights. 

Dick Goldhaber wrote:
 > Scott,
 >
 > Just my opinion, I could be wrong, but you avoided the most important
 > question, which was where this alleged occurrence happened.
 > --
 > DG in Cherry Hill, NJ
 > videomaven1nospam.TakeThisOut@comcast.net
 >

Kona, Hawaii on the Big Island.

Scott<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Boats with blue flashing lights. 

Probably local police boats.


"Scott W" <biphoto RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > I am thinking someone on this news group may know what this is, we
 > have a cruise ship in this morning and early in the morning, before it
 > was light, there were two small boats around it with very bright
 > flashing blue strobes lights. As it got light these boat have hung
 > around, keeping in the area of the cruise ship. I have never seen
 > these boats before, they don't look like coast guard boats but I
 > can't figure out what they are. They are much smaller then the life
 > boats that they ship uses to shuttle people to and from shore. Has
 > anybody else seen these boats and does anybody know what they are?
 >
 > Thank much,
 >
 > Scott
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Boats with blue flashing lights. 

Rich Greene [Old Sarge] nospam wrote:
 > Yep, thought so. Those are the fairly new Coast Guard boats that
 > were recently placed into service following 911. They are only used
for
 > inland waters and harbor patrols. They are armed with machine guns
too.
 > I think they can only hold a crew of four or less due to their size.
They
 > are fast as hell too. They were probably working an exercise where
 > terrorist would place explosives on a ship's hull. They do these
exercises
 > all the
 > time in the event something really does happen. They are in all
major U.S.
 > ports now.

Machine guns, hmm, I think I will give then a wide berth. It will be
interesting to see if they are here every time a cruise ship comes in.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Boats with blue flashing lights. 

Scott,

Just my opinion, I could be wrong, but you avoided the most important
question, which was where this alleged occurrence happened.
--
DG in Cherry Hill, NJ
videomaven1nospam RemoveThis @comcast.net

"Scott W" <biphoto RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 >
 > Mark O. Polo wrote:
  > > Scott:
  > >
  > > I assume you are in the US so the blue flashing lights should
 > indicate a
  > > law enforcement vessel ... if not the Coast Guard/Auxiliary then the
  > > local harbor police, perchance.
  > >
  > > Aloha
 > I was kind of thinking the same thing and this seems the most likely. I
 > don't believe we have any local harbor police, not that I have seen
 > anyway. It is a bit of an overstatement to call what we have a harbor,
 > more of a bay with a dock.
 >
 > These boats are bright orange and pretty hard to miss so I would have
 > thought I would have seen them before if they had been around.
 >
 > It was pretty impressive to see them out there this morning, it was so
 > dark we could not make out what was flashing blue, but it was very
 > bright.
 >
 > They seem to be going up to any boat that gets at all close to the
 > ship.
 >
 > Here is a link to a photo of them, not read good detail this was taken
 > from about two miles away.
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.pbase.com/konascott/image/40916637/original.jpg</font" target="_blank">http://www.pbase.com/konascott/image/40916637/original.jpg</font</a>>
 >
 >
 > Scott
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Boats with blue flashing lights. 

Scott:

Good photo and they looke like CG rigid hull inflatables from a
distance. Where, oh where, are you located?

Aloha
 >> Stay informed about: Boats with blue flashing lights. 

Scott:

Your photo appears to have two 25' CG Defender Class boats similar to
the referenced photo (not all CG vessels sport the racing stripes):

http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=17684

Aloha
 >> Stay informed about: Boats with blue flashing lights. 

"Scott W" <biphoto.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 >
 > Mark O. Polo wrote:
  >> Scott:
  >>
  >> I assume you are in the US so the blue flashing lights should
 > indicate a
  >> law enforcement vessel ... if not the Coast Guard/Auxiliary then the
  >> local harbor police, perchance.
  >>
  >> Aloha
 > I was kind of thinking the same thing and this seems the most likely. I
 > don't believe we have any local harbor police, not that I have seen
 > anyway. It is a bit of an overstatement to call what we have a harbor,
 > more of a bay with a dock.
 >
 > These boats are bright orange and pretty hard to miss so I would have
 > thought I would have seen them before if they had been around.
 >
 > It was pretty impressive to see them out there this morning, it was so
 > dark we could not make out what was flashing blue, but it was very
 > bright.
 >
 > They seem to be going up to any boat that gets at all close to the
 > ship.
 >
 > Here is a link to a photo of them, not read good detail this was taken
 > from about two miles away.
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.pbase.com/konascott/image/40916637/original.jpg</font" target="_blank">http://www.pbase.com/konascott/image/40916637/original.jpg</font</a>>
 >
 >
 > Scott

Yep, thought so. Those are the fairly new Coast Guard boats that
were recently placed into service following 911. They are only used for
inland waters and harbor patrols. They are armed with machine guns too.
I think they can only hold a crew of four or less due to their size. They
are fast as hell too. They were probably working an exercise where
terrorist would place explosives on a ship's hull. They do these exercises
all the
time in the event something really does happen. They are in all major U.S.
ports now.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Boats with blue flashing lights. 

"Mike Cordelli" <mike DeleteThis @cordelli.com> wrote in message
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 > Probably local police boats.
 >
 >
 > "Scott W" <biphoto DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
 > news:1111090569.440704.41120@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
  >> I am thinking someone on this news group may know what this is, we
  >> have a cruise ship in this morning and early in the morning, before it
  >> was light, there were two small boats around it with very bright
  >> flashing blue strobes lights. As it got light these boat have hung
  >> around, keeping in the area of the cruise ship. I have never seen
  >> these boats before, they don't look like coast guard boats but I
  >> can't figure out what they are. They are much smaller then the life
  >> boats that they ship uses to shuttle people to and from shore. Has
  >> anybody else seen these boats and does anybody know what they are?
  >>
  >> Thank much,
  >>
  >> Scott

It's possible but not very likely since the Coast Guard has these boats with
bright orange hulls and steel superstructures. Local harbor patrols/police
boats are not usually orange in color. AND these small boats do not carry
the diagonal white stripe seen on cutters.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Boats with blue flashing lights. 

Scott:

Why don't you assuage our curiosity and call the CG MSO in Kona and ask
them (they don't always take kindly to revealing their assets in a
particular area) to identify the boats you have been seeing lately.
Mahalo.

Aloha
 >> Stay informed about: Boats with blue flashing lights. 

Scott:

Here is a good closeup of the Defender Homeland Security Boat:

https://www.piersystem.com/external/index.cfm?cid=586&fuseaction=EXTER....docvie

Aloha
 >> Stay informed about: Boats with blue flashing lights. 

Mark O. Polo wrote:
 > Scott:
 >
 > Here is a good closeup of the Defender Homeland Security Boat:
 >
 >
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="https://www.piersystem.com/external/index.cfm?cid=586&fuseaction=EXTERNAL.docview&documentID=38731" target="_blank">https://www.piersystem.com/external/index.cfm?cid=586&fuseaction=EXTER....docvie</a>
 >
 > Aloha


That is definitely the boat, neat, thanks much. We have never has a
Coast Guard presents here before, a cutter would visit maybe once a
year but that was it.

You can even see the blue light on it that was flashing the the photo
you posted the link to.

Scott<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"Mark O. Polo" <AlohaNet DeleteThis @webtv.net> wrote in message
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Scott:

Here is a good closeup of the Defender Homeland Security Boat:

https://www.piersystem.com/external/index.cfm?cid=586&fuseaction=EXTER....docvie

Aloha

Thanks for the pics - Maybe I am getting old but it sure seems funny to see
a US military vessel with Honda engines.
 >> Stay informed about: Boats with blue flashing lights.