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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: fishyfish on September 13, 2009, 11:09:20 PM

Title: Search and Rescue on the Vedder
Post by: fishyfish on September 13, 2009, 11:09:20 PM

Search and rescue had a new toy they were trying out today. Maybe it is not a new toy but I have not seen it before. It was as best as I can describe it, a jet powered inflatable (that is what it looked like). They went up river from below lickman and came back down about half an hour later. There were two in the boat and one of the fellows had a mask and maybe a snorkel on. I would geuss it was a trial run because they came back after about half an hour with the original two in the craft. Anybody else see this or have any interesting info?

Title: Re: Search and Rescue on the Vedder
Post by: Rantalot on September 14, 2009, 09:03:26 AM

It was a hovercraft:) It went by me when I was crossing the canal wish I had one of those about then:)

Title: Re: Search and Rescue on the Vedder
Post by: chesapeakebay on September 14, 2009, 10:07:50 AM

More than likely the vessel you saw was the Ridge Meadows Search And Rescue hovercraft , they are the only sar group on the Fraser that have a hovercraft that would fit in the Vedder. the CCG hovercrafts are to large . (http://www.nss.gc.ca/site/ss/magazine/vol16_3/images/Hermanator.jpg)

Title: Re: Search and Rescue on the Vedder
Post by: Rantalot on September 14, 2009, 10:25:43 AM

Is that the one in the pic?If so this one was white but still a search and rescue.

Title: Re: Search and Rescue on the Vedder
Post by: Hohummm on September 14, 2009, 06:27:44 PM

Central Fraser Valley SAR has a white hovercraft made by Neoteric. Not sure what model is, but that's probably the one seen on the vedder . Ridge Meadows has the blue one shown in the previous picture and Surrey SAR has one similar to Ridge Meadows, but a bit longer. Both RM's and Surreys are from Hovertechnics.

One other thing....they are a BLAST to drive!

Title: Re: Search and Rescue on the Vedder
Post by: BigFisher on September 14, 2009, 11:05:54 PM

The guys driving the hovercraft were a bunch of idiots, or just didnt know how to handle it....

Title: Re: Search and Rescue on the Vedder
Post by: Hello on September 15, 2009, 08:49:44 PM

Yeah i saw it to but it didnt look to me like the guys in the hovercraft wer idiots just some of the guys on the bank that pretended not to hear it coming and kept fishing. :P

Title: Re: Search and Rescue on the Vedder
Post by: fishyfish on September 15, 2009, 09:53:11 PM

It was odd at one point. There was a big rock in the middle of the run. I think he was going too fast to see it. On his way down it looked like he just noticed at the last second and he tried to swerve around it but ended up going right over it. I may have been one of the idiots still fishing because I thought it was a yahoo who felt he had the "right" to go up the river because he could. I felt I had the right to still keep fishing. I had to eat my words and inwardly apologize when I saw the search and rescue sign on the front. He could be saving my life one day.  :) Next time I will wait before I throw a stone at a glass house.