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"When I was in the Navy I used to make fun of "coasties" until I saw that they went out in the very same conditions I went out in, but they were aboard a ship ONE-TENTH the size of the one I was on."

I spent 3 years on the same destroyer which was about 300' long.
I spent a lot of days in rough seas on her.
I've been out on this 52' a few times in "somewhat" "rough" seas, 48-8 ft waves.
30-40 ft waves in a destroyer is bad enough, but on a 52' it has to be really bad.
Like I said, I talked to all 4 before they got underway
and all knew what to expect and gladly left.
I know them, their wives (and husband) and kids.
I'm honored to serve with them
and the other crew members on the base each week.

I thought it would be nice to put things in perspective for the landlubbers here. I joined a VERY old picture of a ship I was on, going through a typhoon, with your Coast Guard vessel, so that a comparison could be made. My first ship was 350 feet long. It was an old LST.(tank landing ship).
The Coast Guard vessel is compared to it's size in an approximation. I hope this explains the danger.