RE: The Coast Guard dropping the ball.

I wish more had been said regarding this. The only comment expressed by the show (if memory serves) was that the Coast Guard received a call that reported that the "Trashman" had come into port that evening.

I think the show glossed that over a bit. I doubt that the Coast Guard would call off a search and rescue after recieving a phone call unless it was a call made by some type of port official.

"Hi Coast Guard... Yeah, this is Stu down at the docks, you don't know me or anything, but I think the Trashman came in..."

Still, I liked the show. LOL

I do agree that the acting was a touch "over the top", but had it been an hour of people in a Zodiac being subdued, I might have gotten bored. <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

As for watching this show to learn survival skills, I have a feeling in the end it will be more about "what not to do in a survival situation" and "how I got lucky" versus knowing the techniques to up the odds of survival.

Still, there is good information to be gleaned in such a show.