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Coast Guard personnel participating in a chain pull event at the annual Buoy Tender Round-up "Olympics" in Juneau, Alaska, August 16, 2023.
The Buoy Tender Round-up (BTR) is a week-long event that gives the participants an opportunity to receive specialized training, provide discussions to enhance operations, and test their seamanship skills.
The Buoy Tender Olympics took place on the third day of BTR and consist of several events designed to test the participant’s seamanship, build camaraderie, and strengthen relationships among the crews and our partners.
Crews from Coast Guard Cutters Kukui, Cypress, Elm, Henry Blake, Anthony Petit, Elderberry, and U.S. Army divers participated in multiple events including a chain pull, line toss, boom spot, Tug-O-War, and the heat-and-beat.
The chain pull consists of two teams pulling apart a pile of 1,700-pound chain with hooks, dragging the chain to the other end of the playing field, and “faking” the chain out on the other end. Faking the chain means laying it on the deck in an organized serpentine pattern. The first team to do this wins. This is practice for the crew members who regularly have to manage similar chain while tending buoys. - U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lexie O'Brien
| Date Taken: | 08.16.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 08.21.2023 15:01 |
| Photo ID: | 7982637 |
| VIRIN: | 230816-G-QU445-3996 |
| Resolution: | 3024x4032 |
| Size: | 2.73 MB |
| Location: | JUNEAU, ALASKA, US |
| Web Views: | 74 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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