I have sent numerous emails to Anchor Bay and have gotten no response from them to date. I really like their rendition of the 175-foot Keeper Class buoy tender George Cobb WLM-564.



Marketing that buoy tender makes no sense when you look at the numbers as compared to a 180-foot seagoing buoy tender. There are 14 Keeper Class tenders in service now for around 10 years, each having a crew of around 18.

I have asked Anchor Bay to consider making a model of the 180-foot buoy tender. There were 39 original 180s, each with a crew of around 45 men. Most of the 39 served in the CG for fifty to sixty years. It would seem to me that with around 100,000 Coasties having served on a 180 would have a much better market than the 175 Keeper Class.

Anchor Bay could make one Class "C" 180 and then have a dry transfer sheet with the tender's name and hull number and they would encompass most Coasties who served on a 180.

Does anyone know how to go about contacting the marketing and design people at Anchor Bay with my idea for a 180 replica?