[Bublicus]

http://www.turbinemarine.com/video_PLA_03.html

[ososlow]

Damn, that's a nice boat.

[ososlow]

This one does 190mph+
http://www.turbinemarine.com/video_MTI_01.html

[NotWalkinBlind]

The Coast Guard will catch you and stop you... and take your drugs... and your cute little very expensive boat.



For counter drug operations, HITRON aircrews forward deploy aboard Coast Guard cutters for 30-60 day deployments, and aircrews are typically deployed about 120 days a year total. While on deployment, the go-fasts are hunted not only by the MH-68A but also by maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) such as the Coast Guard HC-130H Hercules. If an MPA locates a go-fast, the HITRON crew launches from the cutter and proceeds to the go-fast intercept location. The crew then approaches the suspect vessel with weapons trained on the vessel solely for self-protection. Once over the suspect vessel, the helicopter crew confirms the nationality or lack of nation status and whether the vessel is in fact a suspect smuggling vessel. The aircrew will then attempt to convince the boat crew to stop through the use of sirens, loud speakers, visual hand signals, and radio communications in both English and Spanish. If the vessel stops during this phase, it is boarded and searched by the cutter's boat crew who accompany the chase in an Over-the-Horizon pursuit boat.

If the vessel is found to be carrying drugs, the cutter crew will take appropriate law enforcement actions. If the suspect vessel fails to stop after these numerous visual and verbal warnings, the helicopter crew will take up a firing position alongside the go-fast and fire warning shots across their bow to further compel them to stop. If the warning shots do not convince the suspects to stop, the helicopter crew prepares to disable the vessel by shooting out the go-fast’s engines. Using precision, laser-sighted .50 caliber rifles, the helicopter crew positions themselves alongside the fleeing go-fast for disabling shots. Most of the go-fasts have multiple engines, and the helo crew will continue to fire into these engines until the suspects stop or they are forced to stop. Once stopped, the vessel will be boarded by the Coast Guard pursuit boat crew and the smugglers taken into custody.

http://www.uscg.mil/history/AC_HITRON_History.html

[Macdaddy4738]

wow, didnt know the USCG was so hardcore!

Awesome

[Bublicus]

Unless they can fire those .50 cal riffles from the hercules, good luck catching the turbine boat. The HITRON MH-68A stingray top speed: 285 km/h = 177.09079 mph. Turbine boat top speed: 190 mph. Good luck catching it.

[NotWalkinBlind]

I guess you're assuming that the Coast Guard only has one of those helicopters and that it would start this race behind the boat... but yeah, I'm sure they can bring out the Herc if they need to... or something even faster.

Also, that boat's top speed is most likely not attained on the ocean, but on a nice, glassy inland lake.

Then there's the question of which can go farther before running out of fuel.

Think about it... only an idiot would try to make a drug run in that thing and expect to get away with it.

[Bublicus]

Originally Posted by NotWalkinBlind

I guess you're assuming that the Coast Guard only has one of those helicopters and that it would start this race behind the boat... but yeah, I'm sure they can bring out the Herc if they need to... or something even faster.

Also, that boat's top speed is most likely not attained on the ocean, but on a nice, glassy inland lake.

Then there's the question of which can go farther before running out of fuel.

Think about it... only an idiot would try to make a drug run in that thing and expect to get away with it.

Why u always gotta ruin my fun?

[Saboteur]

LOL...NWB is right though. Try making a run with that boat on any body of water with waves and you'd crash instead of getting away.

[rccardude04]

Originally Posted by Macdaddy4738

wow, didnt know the USCG was so hardcore!

Awesome

That's only what they want you to think.
The USCG is really the most powerful military group in the universe. They've taken out aliens before. That's why they don't mess with us.
-Eric

[NotWalkinBlind]

Did they take them out to nice restaurants or just to small, dark, out-of-the-way pubs and make them order the jalapeno poppers?