We Were Visited By The US Coast Guard! 😮 

If EVERYONE hit the thanks and donated A FEW BUCKS we could quit our day jobs and restore lighthouses full time! 😃 Hello friends! We are working on huge and expensive projects for these 3 lighthouses including a dock that will cost about $200k but will be AMAZING when complete and we will show it all here! Please consider sending supporting our mission by hitting the THANKS button on RU-vid or donating at our website thelighthousecenters.org Let’s “Restore the Lighthouse, Restore the Bay!” 😊

One of the best things about being miles out on the water at night is the lack of light pollution. This is probably the reason why the light doesn't need to be blinding to be seen from miles away.

Just a couple of tips haviing worked over the water in the Navy. Tie a string to the tools you use over the water and attached the other end to something secure or even a belt loop, just in case your wrench slips out of your hand. Second, the line you put through the pulley tie a simple knot after the area of the longest area of line your using. This way you don't loose your line to the water since the weight will act as an anchor. At night, a match light will travel for miles depending on the altitude over the water, we were taught in the Navy as well.

Its cool you got to interview one of the coast guard guys. I imagine there isn't too many interviews on the modern job of caring for these (its a bit boring as its just checking wires) but it is nice seeing how they do this job. Also I bet if you went diving by the lighthouse, I bet you find countless tools people have lost.

ANT (Aids To Navigation) units are an often overlooked but essential unit in the Coast Guard. Most of these units have an average of maybe 20 people but they do quite a lot despite the small unit size. MK1 (the guy in the white hard hat) did an awesome job explaining what they do. Being from Maryland, love what you guys are doing with the old lighthouses and restoring them!

Fascinating.. And thanks to you and the Coast Guard for keeping this history alive...

Glad you guys are saving these old pieces of history .The sooner they are painted and made weather tight the sooner more vistors can be brought out to see the progress.

An old seaplane mechanic told me that he dropped a wrench, in a Pacific lagoon, and he could see it on the bottom. Over 100 feet out of his reach. After that, he learned to use a cord on every one of his tools, because you can't just run and in the middle of the Pacific to get a new tool. Those holes in tool handles are not just for hanging them on pegboard.

Haha love the editing and Rich cracking jokes 🦗. Very nice solution. USCG was very helpful. Well done. Great video. Looking forward to your next upload.

Greetings from India 🇮🇳 All the best for this restoration project 👍

The Admiral of the USCG believes in cross training. The Admiral of the Navy believes in cross dressing. 🤣

Crickets! lol, love it ( me at every party) Incredible work you are doing. Enjoy seeing the updates

Navigation aids are one of the greatest tools mankind has. Without it thousands of lives and billions of dollars would be lost every year. Shout out to the coasties for risking their lives everyday to make sure we stay safe.

You were talking about using tools while you're working over the side of the rail and trying not to drop something into the drink. In another lifetime (11 years in the Navy) I spent a lot of time on three different ships. Much of that time was above the 100' level working on equipment. I really didn't look forward to dropping a wrench or something and having to go down after it. I had a small line tied to the tools and to my safety harness. Sometimes the hookup was inconvenient but it served its purpose adequately. It really annoys your shipmates when a metal tool makes that peculiar "clinking" sound when it hits the deck. The bigger the tool is, the more impressive the "clinking" sound!! 😂🤣

I always love watching the coast guard and what they do. My dad was retired from the USCG.. I hate when you hear people downgrade their importance.. My Father was assigned to the USCGC Bering Strait (WHEC-382) in the mid 60s. He then was assigned to the USCGC Gresham (WHEC-387) He passed two years ago and would give anything to hear is crazy stories again and also all the questions that still come to mind that I could ask him about. I am proud of my father and his commitment to his country and his family.

its cool to see the non-rescue side of the coast guard. The Nav Aid side doesnt get all the media attention and such...but they still play a huge critical role. Its good to see them getting some exposure and explaining their knowledge

When I saw the new episode I was super stoked to get home to watch this with my 4 year old daughter who loves this show and you guys! Keep it up! She says she “loves you guys and can’t wait to see more lighthouse shows!”

Nice videos on lighthouse restoration. Something not a lot of people knows. How about showing the lighthouse at night with the lights working? Keep up the good work!

Your videos make my day! We boat on the Chesapeake and it's so great to see the lighthouses in this new way. Also fun to see a Coastie really enjoying his job.

Just for fun I think you should try magnet fishing around the lighthouse to see what you could pull up.

As an ex-Coastie, I helped maintained Brant Point, Great Point, and Sankaty Head Lighthouses (Nantucket Island, MA). Always an exciting time to go into one of these awesome relics from the past. And the views....yeah. 😎

Thank goodness the algorithm decided to suggest this vid today! I have so many questions, but I'll hold onto them for now and go watch your other vids first. Keep up the great work!

Fun video, you guys are going some great work! I think your day, the coasties day, and my day got better from these interactions.

Doing a great job. Love from India 🇮🇳

Those guys were super nice, great experience!

You couldn't have asked for a more beautiful sky background, when you were up in the lamp room. ☁🌤☁ The crickets cracked me up. 😀

I've been waiting for a new post. I can't wait to see what you complete this summer.

Beautiful just beautiful TY for starting this vlog ❤

Cool lighthouse! I am a commercial clammer in NJ. We use a 12 volt electric pot hauler to pick up our clam rakes full of clams. I have an electra-dyne pot hauler that uses a Boston Gear box attached to a 12 volt motor. Hamilton Marine also sells them. I have a 30 to 1 gear box on mine and it will pick up 25 to 40 pound anchors with no problem, would work well to lift stuff off of the boat..

That is so awesome and sweet that you guys are saving lighthouses❤

If ww3 jumps off , Analog is going to be a thing again , I fully support manned lighthouses

YOU SHOULD have some Ham Radio gear out there and put that place on the Light House on the air Contest each year. [Idont mean C.B.] sure be fun to operate from one of those lights. Dave, W4GSM

Rodney “Rod” Farva is in the Coast Guard? Can I get a liter of chum!

When I was in the Navy and we would have to climb the mast, our tools had to be tied off so we wouldn't drop them on somebody else we'll have them bouncing off into the ocean. That's generally why most tools have a hole in the handle so it can be tied off so you don't lose it. The best way I've found to make a lanyard for your tools, is to buy a bunch of small snap hooks, like you would use for your dog, but not the same size. The cord just needs to be strong enough to catch the tool, and that would include the screw gun. I always used the fisherman's knot and tied an eye at the end of the rope so you could interchange between tools. You should have a stop knot so the rope doesn't fly off through the pulley and into the ocean, 4 or 5 ft from the end of the rope, in a big enough knot so it can't go through the pulley. And if you know how to splice put a rat tail on the end of the rope

The idea of a davit is that it can rotate so you dont have to lean out. It may need greasing, but once the cargo is lifted above the railings you should be able to rotate it over the floor and lower. It helps to bolt or wield a short bar to help turn it. If you have a few things to lift a simple thing like that can really save an aching back.

I grew up fishing all those waters from norfolk, hampton, eastern shore, guinea love yalls work

100 000 subscribers - congratulations and well done....

We need videos more often. Can't wait for another update from lighthouses!

I grew up in 2 lighthouses 1st was Beavertail Light Rhode Island 69-72 then Brown's Head Light on Vinalhaven, Maine 72-76 my dad was a lightkeeper for Coast Guard 24 yrs retired.. They automated lights in 76 and my dad retired 79 i believed he retired cause he wouldnt be a lightkeeper.. His first light was Mount Desert Rock MDI, Maine at 21 1955

This will be a great watch!

Good to see you back!

Another great video!👍Looking forward to future projects on the lighthouse!

Technology so cool that little LED light does all the work of a huge 400 volt light bulb.. not only 1000 w@ 12 volts

Production value on these videos is stellar

Love your videos, thanks for sharing. Surprised it has a simple pulley instead of something with mechanical advantage

Yes another lighthouse video!

Thanks for the update!

Thanks!

Love your videos. Regards from the Republic of Ireland.

These videos are so good, thank you for refreshing content. The editing has something about it that is perfect. Can't put my finger on one individual thing but the over all language of the videos (not English lol) is so entertaining while also being interesting. Thanks for making non-brain rot

Summertime is work time! Glad to see you again! That crane will make things a lot easier, but the base seems to be a bit loose ... Thanks to the coast guard for their service and for explaining all those things. Are you planning on working at Wolf trap any time soon, or will you finish Hooper Island first?

Not coasties, Try green water navy.🤣 Yer welcome, from the blue water navy.

Get that fresh paint going first! Scrape/paint!😅 Yellow black strips around the floor eyelet(that cone will blow off).

That coast guardsman was in one of Peter Santellenos videos!

Thanks for all your work!

YAY! New Video! 😃😄

It's supposed to lean out that keeps stuff from hitting the lighthouse. As you hoist, it up

Outstanding video again. Always wondered how the guard maintains the lighthouse’s after they are removed from service. Very interesting and enjoyed the crickets.

You all need more videos make more money. We like it.

Thanks

13:00 My back yard is, _literally,_ the source of the _Susquehanna_ and _Delaware River._ One side goes to the _Susquehanna,_ and the other goes to the _Delaware._ Everything is connected, and nobody is separate, from anything.

Thomas does such a great job with the editing! 😂

Good to.see the first mate is well fed . I always love a good boat pooch

tools over water....you know it, drill a hole for a lanyard. Or tape the lanyard to the tool...1/4 inch, nylon line, tape it securely to the tool. Adjustable wrench, you have a whole to use....make a loop for the other end , slide over your wrist. Take the time....cause it ALWAYS that one tool you need that slips and gets away from you.....Working on ships 34 years is how I know.

if you get a bigger diameter pully for that lifting frame you can more easily pull up heavier objects.

It's a highlight on every vacation in France, GB or somewhere else, to watch the rotating beam of a lighthouse while dozing off in the cozy bed of our RV/motorhome... 🌛👻

Get a tool belt with an extendable cord like the old school builders used so they'd never lose tools when working from a great height.

As a guy named Alan, I felt that. Nobody ever gets it right the first time. Or spells it right, half of the time...

Love what your doing. great and interesting video's. Thank you for sharing.

As cool as the old pully looks, you can pick up a new block and tackle with much more mechanical advantage pretty cheap.

Good to see a new video. Do the coast guard have a statutory right of entry into the lighthouse to maintain the light ?

As to the wrench, I'd do one of three things -- weld a ring on it and tie a lanyard to it, drill a hole and tie a lanyard to it, or tape a lanyard on it if you can't drill it. Yeah, it adds a little complication to its use, but you won't lose it if you drop it.... personally, I'd drill it. Easier to store afterwards, untying the lanyard would be easy enough...

Loving your channel chaps, doing good work. Would love more regular updates, but know time an money is a restraint for you. You leave more cliffhangers than Dallas sometimes lol

Props to the ATON folks from a NYC Auxiliarist. Working ATONs is the toughest job in the Coast Guard.

According Wikipedia: the range for the light visibility is 9 to 10 miles and not 19.

The navy always had us tie lanyards to the tools so they could be affixed to us or something anchored so we wouldn't drop them overboard.

4:50 I know you guys are fixing up the place, but still seems mighty brave to be climbing up that railing and trusting it with your full body weight here. ( Also RU-vid is being RU-vid again, I never got the notification for this, so happy coincidence I stopped by to see if I missed any uploads! )

New sub here.... Hey you guys need to do the light house from New York City all the way up the Hudson River and Connecticut's lighthouse they are all run down and we need people like you to bring back the lighthouses not only for landmarks to visit but to educate as well about these from the past bring into the future....

Go, Coast Guard! My father was a Coast Guardsman in WW 2, serving in the Southwest Pacific.

I'm not asking about the orange cone. What I'm really asking is - Why are you wearing a Buc-ee's hat? lol

Great video again Cant wait to see more!

@thelighthousecenters in theatre when working on rigging, lighting, or other elevated areas we tie our tools to a leash. The leash is then connected to your belt or belt loop by a carabiner. Might be a good not to loose your wrenches in the bay.

The hardest preservation scheme on the planet, as nature is constantly, every second forcefully wearing away the edifice

You might look into a capstan for that jib. Depending on how it is set up, it will hold the rope if you let go, and it can make lifting things pretty easy. I bet there is a yacht surplus store somewhere around, you can pick up a used capstan for cheap, depending on size

Wow this is really cool, also currently at 99.9k subscribers. So close to 100k :D

Great video, I'm enjoying watching your progress and wish you all the best, these old lighthouses deserve to be preserved. Looking at the weight you had at the end, I think it looks more like the weight from an old lead and line, used to measure water depth in the age of sail, if it has a domed bottom, that would be to take a tallow pellet which would indicate the type of sea bottom, that's a cool find if it is!

I live in the very 1st "Coast Guard City, USA" here in Grand Haven, MI on Lake Michigan. Just a couple weeks away from our annual Coast Guard Festival.

Great work team. 👍

Noticed the bullet hole in the glass when you were looking at the light!

I actually live on the Susquehanna River in Northeastern Pennsylvania! Thanks for noting it's the largest tributary to the Chesapeake Bay at nineteen million gallons per minute! The Susquehanna also supplies 90 % of the fresh water that flows into the upper bay.

You guys should checkout Wachapreague Va. a lot of history there. My dad was born there on the kitchen table in 1922!

16:45 "ATON" means 'aid to navigation'. Just one of 14, 287 acronyms used by the Coast Guard.

I just discovered your channel. I immediately knew I wanted to spend a night out there. It's be just so very quiet.

Got the heebee jeebies watching you put the pulley on the boom. No life jacket, a fall could hit your head and be unconscious in the water. Obviously that didn’t happen, but I would think any climbing like that should have safety gear.

You’re gonna need a placard on the crane for max load! Maybe even an inspection tag. Safety first.

If you trade out that single block for a more compound block and tackle, you'll gain mechanical advantage. As it is, you'll need to pull with a force equal to the weight of the object you're lifting.

You should do some magnet fishing around the lighthouse, see what others have dropped.

I just found this cool channel! It would be neat if you made playlists for each Lighthouse, that way it is easier to follow each one without having to try and guess! Thanks, I enjoy your content

respect from Ukraine.

Hello! Big fan of the series! One thing I want to suggest is putting the name in the title for each video of what lighthouse the video will be about. My wife and I love watching ‘This Old Crack House’ and I’m personally a fan of the way he has his videos formatted. Ex. Hooper Island: We got visited by the US coast guard