Knowing the process of a boarding can help reduce the stress when it happens to you. It is routine business for the Coasties, but can be especially stressful offshore where the Coasties are loaded for bear as they deal with drug running, contraband smuggling, and other serious situations.
It’s been a long time coming but we now see tangible progress emerging to reduce our dependence on fossil fuel. If the U.S. Navy can prove that it works, isn’t it about time the concept of the modern cruising boat includes hybrid forms of propulsion?