"Seasickness is felt both by conservation and protection and coast guard personnel and has an impact on vessel operation." Most 45-foot [13.7-metre] fishing boats we work around are wider than the [mid-shore patrol vessels]." Stabilizers would add weightMario Pelletier, deputy coast guard commissioner, disputes that, and said stabilizers were never dropped because the coast guard never asked for them. In the meantime, the coast guard is grappling with the added weight and space that would be required to put them on. (CBC)Irving Shipyard did not respond to a request for comment on the issue of installing coast guard stabilizers.

Source: CBC News February 11, 2019 09:56 UTC