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Cape May in the dead of winter.
Nothing like it.
And rescue swimmers are insanely well trained.
https://www.nsin.us/coast-guard-rescue-swimmer/
Got my discharge 50 years ago this November, and this is the only ship they'll let me board any more.
The Potomac, berthed in Jack London Square
Former Coast Guard cutter, and FDR's floating white house.
Wikipedia Page.
An amazing story.
The non-profit Association for the Preservation of the Presidential Yacht Potomac, also known as the Potomac Association, maintains it.
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