New marine patrol boat?

rick35 · 09-01-2024, 04:01 PM

I've seen a different marine patrol boat a couple of times recently. It doesn't have any marine patrol markings that I could see other than the operator was in uniform. It's a North River aluminum hull with an enclosed center console, a radar antenna and a Honda outboard. Maybe MP has decided to go unmarked.

fatlazyless · 09-01-2024, 04:14 PM

Is it this 18'6" or the 21' ..... http://www.northriverboats.com/wp-co...K-PATROL-1.pdf ....... looks very expensive if purchased new as opposed to a Craigslist, New Hampshire, 25-year old boat ?

Puck · 09-03-2024, 09:57 AM

NH Fish and Game? I spotted a boat at a distance back in July and thought it looked like Marine Patrol, but not quite right. He pulled up to the dock a few minutes later to ask how the fishing was. It was a new boat and he was taking it out for the first time. It had a normal gunwale instead of the large bumper / skirt that the MP boats have.

rick35 · 09-03-2024, 10:14 AM

I thought F&G too at first but I thought the operator was wearing black, not dark green. F&G would make more sense considering we see the MP rhibs go by all the time.

upthesaukee · 09-03-2024, 10:22 AM

Ah, there's an old saying on the forum: It didn't happen unless you have pictures. Sooooo, do you have pictures???

Dave

ApS · 09-03-2024, 12:05 PM

NHMP has (or had) a "non-standard", but NHMP-marked gray boat they'd used for late season "mooring compliance".

It may have been the same boat they'd used to maintain navigation markers and flashers. It had a bad case of porpoising, so you could hear it from a mile away.

(Weekdays, anyway).

rick35 · 09-03-2024, 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by upthesaukee

Ah, there's an old saying on the forum: It didn't happen unless you have pictures. Sooooo, do you have pictures???

Dave

No photos, sorry!

rick35 · 09-03-2024, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ApS

NHMP has (or had) a "non-standard", but NHMP-marked gray boat they'd used for late season "mooring compliance".

It may have been the same boat they'd used to maintain navigation markers and flashers. It had a bad case of porpoising, so you could hear it from a mile away.

(Weekdays, anyway).

I've seen that boat recently and it wasn't that one.

09-01-2024, 04:01 PM	#1
rick35 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bear Island/Merrimack Posts: 807 Thanks: 58 Thanked 203 Times in 130 Posts	New marine patrol boat? I've seen a different marine patrol boat a couple of times recently. It doesn't have any marine patrol markings that I could see other than the operator was in uniform. It's a North River aluminum hull with an enclosed center console, a radar antenna and a Honda outboard. Maybe MP has decided to go unmarked.

09-01-2024, 04:14 PM	#2
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,923 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 306 Thanked 1,056 Times in 769 Posts	Is it this 18'6" or the 21' ..... http://www.northriverboats.com/wp-co...K-PATROL-1.pdf ....... looks very expensive if purchased new as opposed to a Craigslist, New Hampshire, 25-year old boat ? __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store!

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upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,614 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,483 Thanked 1,987 Times in 1,087 Posts	Old saying on the Forum Ah, there's an old saying on the forum: It didn't happen unless you have pictures. Sooooo, do you have pictures??? Dave __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!

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ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 6,031 Thanks: 2,280 Thanked 787 Times in 563 Posts	THIS Boat's Replacement...? NHMP has (or had) a "non-standard", but NHMP-marked gray boat they'd used for late season "mooring compliance". It may have been the same boat they'd used to maintain navigation markers and flashers. It had a bad case of porpoising, so you could hear it from a mile away. (Weekdays, anyway).

09-03-2024, 09:57 AM	#3
Puck Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Central NH Posts: 98 Thanks: 0 Thanked 78 Times in 20 Posts	NH Fish and Game? I spotted a boat at a distance back in July and thought it looked like Marine Patrol, but not quite right. He pulled up to the dock a few minutes later to ask how the fishing was. It was a new boat and he was taking it out for the first time. It had a normal gunwale instead of the large bumper / skirt that the MP boats have.

09-03-2024, 10:14 AM	#4
rick35 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bear Island/Merrimack Posts: 807 Thanks: 58 Thanked 203 Times in 130 Posts	I thought F&G too at first but I thought the operator was wearing black, not dark green. F&G would make more sense considering we see the MP rhibs go by all the time.

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