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A Coast Guard crew aboard Station Chatham's 42-foot Special Purpose Craft - Near Shore Lifeboat crashes through the surf of the Merrimack River bar during surf training, March 1 - 2, 2012. In addition to training, Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Perkins also received a check ride to certify him as an SPC-NLB surfman. Surfmen are the service's most highly trained boat handlers. Over the course of the two days, the crews dealt with 6-15 foot breaking surf, winds of 15-35 knots, temperatures in the low 20's, freezing spray and icing conditions with intermittent snow. U.S. Coast Guard video.
On March 15, 2010 Chatham Coast Guard Station conducted two boat surf training. For the first on video the 42' SPC NLB can be seen operating in surf as large as 14 feet and winds over 40 mph. Chatham Bar is infamous for its ever changing shoal waters. Chatham is 1 of only 2 surf station in New England.
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