US COAST GUARD AUXILIARY

U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary District 7, Flotilla 3-7
   Lighthouse Point, Florida

Flotilla Activities


Public Education

Approximately six times a year the Flotilla offers Boating Safely classes to the public
 


Boating Safely Class

 

 


George Jeandheur , National Vice Commodore for Operations, instructs a Boating Safely class


 

Public Safety
 

Flotilla 37 provides member-owned Operational Facilities for Safety and Regatta Patrols, such as the Ft. Lauderdale Air and Sea Show held each Spring.

Coast Guard 41' Utility Boat 41448 from Station Ft. Lauderdale passes on the way to a vessel in distress........

USCGC 41448

........and we enjoy both the views of the aircraft and all the floating real estate

PBY aircraft
Sea view

Public Affairs

Lighthouse visitors

Light's mechanism

Flotilla 3-7 provides support to Coast Guard Group Miami's Aids to Navigation Team during an "open house" of the Hillsboro Lighthouse held quarterly by the Hillsboro Lighthouse Preservation Society.

 

(Top Left): a group of visitors awaits their turn to climb to the top of the 95 year-old lighthouse

(Right): after reaching the top, the visitors enjoy the view of the surrounding area

(Bottom Left): Phil Johnson, Group Miami ANT, explains the workings of the mechanism to an interested group

Hillsboro Lighthouse

 

Page updated 2 June 2002