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Coast Guard personnel participating in a heat-and-beat 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 heat-and-beat consists of crews from each cutter heating a rivet and hammering it into a shackle. This is required when a section the mooring chain connected to the buoy is worn too thin and needs to be changed out with new chain. The crew who completes their heat-and-beat the fastest wins. - U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lexie O'Brien
| Date Taken: | 08.16.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 08.21.2023 14:59 |
| Photo ID: | 7982645 |
| VIRIN: | 230816-G-QU445-4178 |
| Resolution: | 3024x4032 |
| Size: | 2.64 MB |
| Location: | JUNEAU, ALASKA, US |
| Web Views: | 152 |
| Downloads: | 5 |
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