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Speaking of, they've got BIG problems with FedGov over claims they falsified data during contract performance (specifically with the structural integrity of said boats).

If they are found guilty, I hope the feds throw the books at Boysie.
I really thought with all of his power he would never be formally investigated about those boats.

It was really a very strange situation with how those boats were refurbed. At the time there was a huge power struggle within the ranks of the coast guard and I really had the feeling someone wanted the project to fail from the beginning.
The first set of sea trials or some similiar event was done in basically tropical storm like conditions with huge waves and they ran the boat too fast and the cracks in that hull were found after that.
That's kind of the way my fussy memory is on that issue.

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Posted by Quidam65

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Posted on 12/24/14 at 9:34 am to notiger1997

Per the opinion the plan was to refurbish the boats AND to add an additional 13 feet to the hulls to make them usable to the CG.

That's where everything appears to go wrong--when adding the 13 feet it caused the integrity of the hull to be compromised without doing more (and more expensive) work. So (per the opinion) Boysie crunches some numbers and comes up with a set that will keep the CG happy AND not make him spend more $$$ (if it was a fixed price contract he's stuck with overages). When called out on them, he agreed to get an outside firm to verify them but never did.

Looks like Boysie may have to sell the yard to pay the lawyers (and the Feds if they sustain their False Claims Act charges)

This post was edited on 12/24/14 at 9:35 am

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