From the footage I saw, the boats with orange sponsons that look like RIBS are actually SAFE Boats. They are aluminum hull with hard foam flotation. SAFE Boats is what the U.S. Coast Guard has standardized their small boat fleet with, at least the 25' and 33' models.
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Full many a sailor points with pride To cruises o’er the ocean wide; But they cannot compare with me, For I have sailed the Bering Sea. While though you’ve weathered fiercest gale And every ocean, you have sailed; You cannot a salty sailor be Until you've sailed the Bering Sea.
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