I think summer trips to the Carribean are fine without actually living there. And they don’t usually send anybody lower than E-5 to foriegn countries. Except Bahrain, where they’ll send anyone who asks, but I can skip going there unless they’d put me on another cutter, which is a chance to take. I wouldn’t do small boats there.
Actually, I’d like to avoid small boat stations at all, because they look extremely boring. Although my old BM1 worked out of a station in NC...Hatteras, maybe, and said there are SAR cases all over the place due to the number of stupid people that drive boats around the Outer Banks. So that’s a possibility.
You would do a lot of rescue if you did small boats anywhere in touristy areas. My friend Ericka’s father was CG in Virginia Beach, a mecca of stupid boaters.
We’ve been watching some episodes from the first season of “Big Bang Theory.” It’s the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. Pat’s in it, Bill’s in it, your Dad’s in it ...