https://www.uscg.mil/history/faqs/LSSmotto.asp https://www.uscg.mil/history/faqs/LSSmotto.asp Basically, you can't know for sure that the sea is too rough to d

https://www.uscg.mil/history/faqs/LSSmotto.asp https://www.uscg.mil/history/faqs/LSSmotto.asp Basically, you can't know for sure that the sea is too rough to do the rescue until you are already out at sea.