This summer boat crew members of the Flotilla have been performing many patrols. They have been out on the water verifying the location of some of our science buoys and running search patterns. They also used the WA360 race as practice for locating and identifying boats in our AOR. The most recent patrol was to transfer the boat to Edmonds marina in order to escort the USCG Eagle into the bay and to Pier 66. This was a joint effort with other flotillas in the division.
Sector Puget Sound is establishing an Auxiliary Emergency Management Team to support contingency exercises, ICS training and contingency planning, coordinated by Auxiliarist Stephen Hueffed.
Dozens of Auxiliary boat crew members from Puget Sound flotillas, including Flotilla 11, escorted the USCGC Eagle into Seattle on July 9.
Pam, Peter and Leslie taught boating safety topics to the Bellingham Yacht Club’s youth program at the club’s request.
Pam helped instruct an eleven-student Boat America boating safety class in Anacortes for Division 2.
Command of the Bellingham-based 87-foot cutter USCGC Terrapin passed from LTJG Katya L. Armbrecht to LTJG Jane A. Alandydy.
Manny Eusebio, Jeff Shaw and Moti Krauthamer crewed the flotilla’s safety patrol for the race, which went smoothly with no kayak leg rescues needed.
Auxiliarist Steve Bell performed four Vessel Safety Checks at Sandy Point Marina for its Opening Day and the start of National Safe Boating Week; two boats passed.
Auxiliarists trained on FEMA’s mapping system help record disaster damage; a flotilla member’s team identified damaged buildings in Ruidoso, New Mexico, supporting a federal disaster declaration.
Manny Eusebio completed the requirements for AuxOp, and a hybrid Core Training Blitz is planned for the fall.
Two flotilla AVs have begun 2025 PATON verifications, completing 12 of 44 with two discrepancies reported.
Flotilla members recognized in 2025 for years of membership, AUXOP qualification, operations service and public education service.
A surprise occupant of a kayak, photographed by Coast Guard Station Seattle.