Thunder

THUNDER ON THE BAY
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While on Regatta Patrol mile 327 UMR(Quincy, IL) August 21 1999 members of Division 8, Eight Western Rivers Region, Coast Guard Auxiliary had the opportunity to escort the replica of Christopher Columbus' ship "The Niña" through their patrol zone as she made her passage by Quincy, IL down river from Burlington, IA. Burlington, IA being her last port of call.

Dean Brader aboard his facility (IA 200875) awaiting the word to shove off from Division 8’s Staff Officer of Operation ( AUXPATCOM) Clyde Barnes.
	Facility 170846 with Clyde Barnes as coxswain and Commodore Jack Lowther as crew leading "The Niña" past mile 328UMR.
Facility 200875 with Dean Brader as coxswain and coxswain Bill Moreland as crew screening "The Niña" on her port side mile 328UMR.
	Brader and Moreland screening for "The Niña" as she passes under the Quincy Memorial Highway Bridge at the entrance way to Quincy Bay (mile 327 UMR) where Thunder on the Bay races were soon to start .

Additional Coast Guard Auxiliary members from Flotilla 84 that also assisted as crew during operation Thunder on the Bay were Randolph Calhoun and Chris Urban.

OPSAIL 2000

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Penelope Clay and Dr. Luis Clay Méndez, two Auxiliarists from the Division 8, 8WR were transported with a USCG task force to participate in the first leg of OPSAIL 2000, called Regata 2000 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

They served as interpreters, crew at two Coast Guard vessels and coxswains at three Auxiliary facilities. To the left, the crew of the 41' taxi boat that ferried personnel from the base to the mainland.

Among the many highlights of the three-week experience, were visiting many foreign tall ships and being piped aboard the CG Barque Eagle, for a gradiose tour of the inside of the vessel.

                                  Flooding Disasters

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                            Search and Rescue Patrols

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                         Blessing of the Fleet Ceremony

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              Adopt a Highway Trash Collection Project

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                         Regatta Patrols

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                                             Air Shows

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Penelope Clay and Dr. Luis Clay Méndez, two Auxiliarists from the Division 8, 8WR were transported with a USCG task force to participate in the first leg of OPSAIL 2000, called Regata 2000 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
	They served as interpreters, crew at two Coast Guard vessels and coxswains at three Auxiliary facilities. To the left, the crew of the 41' taxi boat that ferried personnel from the base to the mainland.
Among the many highlights of the three-week experience, were visiting many foreign tall ships and being piped aboard the CG Barque Eagle, for a gradiose tour of the inside of the vessel.