So happy I didn't bump into the ship! 😂 😂 😂 Thank you very much for Goga. It is so wonderful to have you guys back in town. I hope to see you one of these days. CUOTO
@@affarabelli1281 the barge has Fuel in it so they would be delivering fuel for the cruise ship just think of it as a,,, (floating gas station) that Tim and his crew/deck hands are delivering Another company I had worked for as a deck hand it was a ocean going tug & we also did a couple of the same type of job U see on this Vid.⚓️👍
Many thanks for these videos. I’m about to enter the maritime industry and will be working likely on ATBs so these walkthroughs of yours with real-time renal explications are incredibly helpful in understanding the thinking behind maneuvers. Fantastic!
That was riveting. Thank you. There's no need to do any fast forward to your video. I found myself glued to the intentional slow mo you use, like watching astronauts manuver up to the space station. In fact, you're smoother! Great stuff, keep 'em coming!
nice to see a new york harbor captain showing this side. running the dinner boats in the harbor and seeing you guys on the tugs doing your thing always catches my attention. really awesome capt
I'm enjoying watching you all work, Captain. Great to hear you giving credit where it's due to the tug too. Watching pros at work is a genuine pleasure.
Wow, nice job Tim with a great assist by Pegasus! That was no easy maneuver to put it mildly. Very humbling to watch you guys, as I used to stress about backing a 33' sail boat into her slip. It's also impressive how you narrate you thoughts real time throughout the process. Awesome video, thanks for bringing us along!
Thank you for watching the Rob. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. You may also like my other channel (SV Paquita). It's a sailing channel. CUOTO
Hi Tim. Thanks for sharing your manoeuvring and commentary, not that I'll ever captain a tug boat. But the interest factor is high, up there with the best. I would be wanting to rush, going that slow is hard for me, but your explanations and reasoning all make sense
Thank you very much for watching. (Aren't you from VTS?) Going slow is the hardest thing to do and what is usually only seen when the operator has been doing it for a lifetime. It is so much harder but so much safer to go that slow. CUOTO
Masterful execution! I don't mind the obvious click bait at all since that is how I discovered your channel. You've earned yourself a new subscriber here. I've worked on a freighter.
My 36' trawler can be a hand full in certain wind and current conditions. I can only imagine what you tug captains have to deal with! Thanks for the ride along.
I just decommissioned the USS Fort McHenry LSD-43 a couple of months again and I saw Tug Fort McHenry on your shirt and that is awesome, I have been in just about 27 years active duty!
Thank you very much for watching and a big thank you for your service Tim. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
White Yokies…very posh! We have a thing called the Portbury kiss here in Bristol, UK. our tidal range is over 46ft so when we have ships docking early on the tide the rubber fenders in the locks come into contact halfway up the side of the ship and with the prevailing winds normally pinning the ship to the rubbers they end up with a large black stripe running along the side, normally on the Port side! So if ever you see a ship (normally a car carrier) and she has a large black mark well above the waterline you’ll now know she’s been into Royal Portbury. Anyway good job Cap…very enjoyable to watch and listening to professional at work! 🇬🇧🇺🇸
I just found you and I love it. I have been on that cruise ship several times watching the fueling barge hook up and it is so cool to see the seamanship involved in getting everything in place. Thanks again. I will be back
Tim...thank you for the video. I sailed with the owner of the Pegasus for quite a few years...the man's a legend!!! I'm not surprised Pegasus was on top of her game!!!
Hi, I really enjoy your videos. I used to bunker out of Falmouth Cornwall UK, and my favourite jobs were the ones with the most possibility for error. Your combination is massive!
Another great job Capt Tim. I've cruised many times out of NYC and never realized just how tricky it can be going in and out of the piers. The Pilots and Cruise ship Captains always make it look like a piece of cake.
Thank you for watching. Just keep in mind that they have 3 or 4 thrusters in the bow and Stern totalling about 3 or 4 time the horse power I gave. CUOTO
@@thazen783 I was onboard,and watched”Oasis of theSeas”,dock in Nassau.I was amazed,and frankly jealous of the captain who made it look so easy.My 50’ DeFever had twin engines,so was fairly agile in a docking situation.Often,it came down to a well placed line,or the competence of my crew.
I work at that pier as a Longshoreman. Always saw you guys coming in and out. Im usually hanging on the back of the pier as yall are pulling in. Its cool to see this process.
Great content, Tim. I never realised just how hairy things get for the tug boys until we shipped into Venice and talked to a few of the guys about the insane restrictions they have there after the big cruise liners kept swamping the city. A hundred and fifty thousand tons of Royal Caribbean makes a hell of a mess if not handled correctly.
@@TimBatSea Great video, great job...You should get a Dji drone flying up above or hovering above to capture some Arial footage. Now that would be an awesome video. If you look up the guy that chases cruise ships with his drone on RUclips you will see some awesome footage 😎 I feel like you could do the same thing for your channel.
Thank you Tim. I have been on the water since I was 12 or so. Just small stuff. I never really understood the finesse used in moving what to me is huge vessel. And slipping in beside a Cruise ship gives me a bit of the scale of both vessels. Cheers!
Good job, that was fun to watch and brought back memories of pulling into the Cunard terminal on the Queen Elizabeth in 2019. I was amazed at the old piers with the submarine rafts used as bumpers, it awesome sailing into New York the old fashioned way on board a liner. It’s great to see the history still intact that all the great ships of the past used in their day. We loved New York, Look forward to more of your vids!👍
Amazing Captain! I retired as a Locomotive Engineer and I have a love for boats. People are amazed by trains and I made a career of learning how to operate them, I am amazed by your work also.
Hey Tim, Great video! Great boat handling! I remember doing the Norwegian Breakaway when she was brand new. We hated those life boats too. Just an FYI…the reason you you have to back in now is because we got hemmed up backing out while using an outside tug (not naming names) made up on the hip. I look forward to following your videos.
Could really tell you hadn't done that in 2 years. Just like a bicycle. Perfect job and I was glad for your title otherwise I probably wouldn't have watched. Moved boats many times and no matter how routine it is, it always gives you the ahhhh feeling when your tied up. Nice job and I subscribed to view more of your skills that pay the bills.
Camera angles look great from here Skipper. Its awesome that you take the time to explain to us what your doing and why. Thanks for the ride Captain! Have a great rest of the week and go get some chow.
Yet again Tim fantastic and thanks for taking us all along with you, what I cannot understand is why the ships engineers were not ready and waiting for you
You really got me on that one, sir! I was really afraid of you hitting the ship... I guess reading the description pays off. ;) Regards from Poland. :)
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Hi Tim! I’m not much of a sailor but I have been to many of the places you show. It’s really fascinating to see the perspective of a commercial tugboat captain! Also looking forward to more SV Paquita!
Thank you very much for watching Ben. I just returned to SV Paquita yesterday and have a busy week getting her ready to sail to Virginia. Then after one more hitch at work, we'll be off (God willing) to Puerto Rico. 1500 miles of open ocean sailing! Stay tuned.
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@@TimBatSea Tim I have been subscribed for quite a while now. I would like to know why you deleted my comment. It wasn't fake for untruthful or malicious
@@dhooter Dan I am very glad you wrote back. I have to delete any comment that contains a name of a Tug, Company or Customer. These are some of the conditions I aggreed to in order to be able to film at my boss' pleasure. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea I know your bosses well. I been dealing with them for years, good people. Philly and the Hook. One of thier docks was right across the way. We called it City Dock. And please don't take me the wrong way just wanted to know. Since I was a kid watching tugs I always had a fantasy of working on one. Was always told only family could get jobs on them. Any way I could talk to them? No interest in tankermen jobs but on the tug itself
Hello, Captain. Just wanted you to know how much I've enjoyed your videos. It's quite amazing to see how a professional manages his ship. You do your work so calmly which shows the years of experience you've had. I shipped out twice on the last trips out of San Francisco on the President Cleveland, but was doing food service. What I really wanted to do was actual crewing, then get my pilot's inland license, but..... Anyway, thanks for sharing. Brings back lots of great memories From a lifelong sailor (I never thought I'd say nice things to a stink pot captain!).
A beautiful piece of work. It's been a while since I've cruised but I always make sure I'm packed and ready so I can spend the wee hours on the balcony to watch the fuel barge come alongside.
Wow, that was cool Tim. I was crapping myself there, it looked like you were so close to the ship. How did the Pegasus come in all the way sideways. That looked like two great Skippers at work. Nice one Tim. 👍
Very neat work Tim and your assist tug doing just what you wanted. I find it a bit strange that you were not able to call the ship to find out where they wanted you.
Thank you for watching Roger. The guys on the bridge only let us know when they are finished using their thrusters. They don't seem ti communicate with the engineers as much as you might expect. CUOTO
Obviously the people that give this fantastic video a thumbs down are less than part-time motorboat people on a lake....who think docking is just SOOOOO Easy...
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You make it look easy. After getting twisted around by wind in a small marina in Newport with just my single screw 34 footer with no bow thruster I can easily appreciate you getting that barge in position working with an uncooperative tide. Keep the vids coming!
Thank you very much for watching. By the way, have you checked out my other channel? SV Paquita. I too have a sail and am getting it ready to take down to Puerto Rico. CUOTO
Capt. Tim: Another great start to my weekend. Well done on backing into the cruise ship and without a mark on it. Do we really have to wait a week for another? Have a great week.....
Cool video! I also am curious at the lack of interest displayed by the cruise ship. Maybe I'm a nervous Nellie but I would be hanging out of the ships door talking to your tankerman.
They usually do that. But we are all a bit rusty not having done this for a couple years. I'm sure they had other problems they were dealing with at the time. CUOTO
The video made me think of Uncle who was NY tug captain. He was assisting the QEII. He made some miscalculations and caused her damage. That ended his long career. He was great man. Always fun to be around and funny as hell. He traveled with a hammock. And would say, " don't tell have you no room for me. I brought my own bed." He also said there was no such thing as an ugly woman. Tug people are very unique and fun to drink with.
i feel you anxiety ive been there and i can say it takes full level 10 experience and skill level to achieve this and your so right this can go very wrong very quickly and having an excellent crew makes things so much better but a bad crew makes you look a fool
I thought that your title for this video meant that you COLLIDED WITH a cruise ship. I haven’t read the other comments but I’m sure I’m not alone. Not that I wanted that to happen. I want you to keep doing your job safely.
😂. Please forgive the click bait. I did warn you in the description, but I am learning that few people ever read the description. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
Tim, sometimes I envy you...this isn't one of those times! Ugh! The second-hand anxiety! This September, my mom got a new toy: a little pontoon boat! It's not anywhere near the same as a tug, but I'd be a liar if I said I wasn't taking notes on vessel handling! lol Now, speaking of anxiety, (and the reason I'm sharing this story), the boat is BRAND new - not show-room new, no no! - because of demand and a manufacturing backlog, my mom had to order it DIRECTLY from the factory, so it is fresh-off-the-factory-floor new! God bless my mom! Now, they had JUST put it in the water, and a short while later, I came out to visit them. Well, my dad got a little upset because I was taking my sweet time to dock the thing, having not handled a boat in years. ...and of course he got a little upset because I was taking my sweet time to dock their new baby! I said "Dad, I'M not going to be the one to put the first scuff on it!" 😂 But, as I mentioned, I've been taking notes, and have been able to avoid any docking mishaps so far! Thanks for continuing to post videos! I can't get enough of them!
Thank you very much for watching and congratulations on your mom's new boat! (It has been said that the only thing better than having a boat is having a friend with s boat. 😂). So most of the same principals apply. You just may have a much better weight to horse power ratio then I do. And i assume you may be be on a pond or lake, which than case would suggest that you would not have to battle the affects of tide. But the rest is all about the same and you give me a great reason to continue to make this kind of content. Thank you. CUOTO
That one was a nail-biter! Great job, Capt. Tim. Do you stay attached the barge while it fuels? How long does it take to fill one of those cruise ships?
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. Most of the time we drop the barge off and goto the next job, but this one is a bit up the Hudson, so we stay with it. Discharge times depend on rate, cargo and quantity. But 6 to 8 hours seems average. CUOTO
I’ve noticed that when you arrive at the ship to be refueled by your barge that you often have to wait. I understand that they are the customer (who is always right), but I would think it would be in their interest to have doors open, & lines or hoses at the ready to begin refueling ASAP. I realize your tug & barge are small in comparison to their ship, but don’t they have someone on watch to notify them that you are there & get ready to receive fuel? Or are they sleeping on the job?
Thank you for watching. So there are a few things going on here and not the least of which is that this was once a standard and weekly job. But they are just starting to do it all again. The bridge crew undoubtedly saw us on the hundreds of cameras all over the ship and if I hit the ship they would have showed me what they see. But the engineering department is a world away and they are tasked to do a ton of things in a very limited time. Someone from the bridge could have called someone down below, but they were busy doing something else. I am sure that the next time we bunker them they will be ready for us. CUOTO
Nice job! I did the first dancing steps with Norwegian Breakaway bringing from the yard to sea and also trained then captains to get her alongside in New York.😊
Once again a fantastic video Tim!👍 I have two questions now: 1) How come the OOW (or anyone) on the cruise ship dont give you any instructions on the fueling position? Wouldn't that be in their own interest regarding safety..? Also in other videos where you approach other ships the vhf seems very silent from the bigger ship (?)🤔 2) How does the Pegasus manage to maintain his 90 degree angle on the barge while you are backing up? Is he just hard starboard on the rudder and clutching in and out? I thaught you had to have Voit Schneider propellers to do that sideways manouver 😅
Thank you for watching and supporting the channel! Some times we will talk to the pilot or OOW when the ship is docking to find out when they stop using their thrusters. But no one on the bridge gets involved with the Engineering department. We have to have 3 radios going at all times and sometimes we turn one down lower than the others. Our assist tug that day was a conventional tug (twin screw). He was most likely "twisting on the line". By doing this, so long as I don't go to fast, he can stay at a 90 without either pushing or pulling on us. CUOTO
You make it looks so easy! I used to "move" wide-body aircraft. Just because things move a bit slower on the water doesn't mean it's any less difficult! I never had to contend with the ground moving while taxiing!! 🙄 I assume the re-fueling barge movement a scheduled job, coordinated between the shipping/cruise company and the fuel supplier. Is your cost just included in the fuel "bill"? Does that include the "assist" tug? Do you also check the oil and clean the "windshield"?! 🤣
Thank you for watching. Although I don't have anything to do with the financial side of the work, I would guess that the agent contracts fuel delivery specific for their schedule (they can't wait) and the oil company contracts the tug and barge company that includes the price of an assist for all of these jobs here at this terminal. CUOTO
Well, this answers a question I had about assists: do you only use your own company's boats or do you use whomever is available? The latter makes more sense if your next company boat is miles away. Do you bill each other per assist, or do you just settle up at the end of the year? Nice work BTW. No pressure docking alongside a cruise ship with a big audience of passengers, eh? :-)
Thank you for watching. I really would love to tell you that I knew what I'm talking about, but I am not involved with any of the financial side of the business. CUOTO
GREAT seamanship! I had a feeling "backed into a cruise ship" was - er - click attraction. I'd have liked to see a still of the final setup with the hoses connected. Maybe next time? Smooth seas.
Thank you very much for watching. Sorry about the click bait. 😂 I can not show you the hose connection because of security and proprietary systems. CUOTO
@@Ivansgarage Most companies will not let you film anything. I am lucky to work for one of the only ones that do. But in order to do so, I have to follow the rules they give me. Not filming barge operations is one of them.
Excellent Capt.! I would of loved to have had a tug assist on occasion backing in with a single right hand screw. It's a continual dance. Enjoyed hearing your thoughts as you did this one!
Hey Capt Tim it looked great on film nice and smooth unbelievable and the Pegasus looked great also they were a big help I really enjoyed this one and learned a lot also stay safe and I’ll see you on the one
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Great video! I am a crew on NCL Breakaway and I see you trough my office window every Sunday! So happy I bumped into this video 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻
So happy I didn't bump into the ship! 😂 😂 😂 Thank you very much for Goga. It is so wonderful to have you guys back in town. I hope to see you one of these days. CUOTO
Pegasus was the biggest bow thruster I’ve ever seen. Nice job, Captain.
😂 Thank you for watching Jordan. CUOTO
The Capt. on the Pegasus really knew his stuff. That was interesting to watch. Thanks, Cap'n Tim.
Thank you for watching Bill. Yes. He really was great. CUOTO
So cool how you walk us through your thought process the whole time. I feel like I'm in the house with you. Great job Tim!
Thank you for watching Steve. CUOTO
Wow this is so awesome. I was just on a boat locally here and so much respect for you. Hello from Australia 🇦🇺
Cool stuff I just started watching you and the crew. Question -the barge is it delivering supplies to the cruise 🛳 ship?
@@affarabelli1281 the barge has Fuel in it so they would be delivering fuel for the cruise ship just think of it as a,,, (floating gas station) that Tim and his crew/deck hands are delivering Another company I had worked for as a deck hand it was a ocean going tug & we also did a couple of the same type of job U see on this Vid.⚓️👍
Many thanks for these videos. I’m about to enter the maritime industry and will be working likely on ATBs so these walkthroughs of yours with real-time renal explications are incredibly helpful in understanding the thinking behind maneuvers. Fantastic!
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel Chris. CUOTO
It's relaxing seeing professionals doing a great job, and being chill about it! Thank you!
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel! CUOTO
That was riveting. Thank you. There's no need to do any fast forward to your video. I found myself glued to the intentional slow mo you use, like watching astronauts manuver up to the space station. In fact, you're smoother! Great stuff, keep 'em coming!
Thank you very much Mark. I appreciate that. CUOTO
Your candor - your explaining/describing in a way that makes it easy to follow/understand - is most refreshing - and appreciated - and enjoyed.
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nice to see a new york harbor captain showing this side. running the dinner boats in the harbor and seeing you guys on the tugs doing your thing always catches my attention. really awesome capt
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I'm enjoying watching you all work, Captain. Great to hear you giving credit where it's due to the tug too.
Watching pros at work is a genuine pleasure.
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Wow, nice job Tim with a great assist by Pegasus! That was no easy maneuver to put it mildly. Very humbling to watch you guys, as I used to stress about backing a 33' sail boat into her slip. It's also impressive how you narrate you thoughts real time throughout the process. Awesome video, thanks for bringing us along!
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@@TimBatSea - I am one of your subscribers Tim and do enjoy your channel.
@@robnewell6123 thank you Rob
Thanks for taking us along, captain. I pushed a fuel flat for several years on the Mississippi river. It is great seeing a pro do a job real well!
Thank you very much Larry. I appreciate that! CUOTO
Hi Tim. Thanks for sharing your manoeuvring and commentary, not that I'll ever captain a tug boat. But the interest factor is high, up there with the best. I would be wanting to rush, going that slow is hard for me, but your explanations and reasoning all make sense
Thank you very much for watching. (Aren't you from VTS?) Going slow is the hardest thing to do and what is usually only seen when the operator has been doing it for a lifetime. It is so much harder but so much safer to go that slow. CUOTO
Masterful execution!
I don't mind the obvious click bait at all since that is how I discovered your channel.
You've earned yourself a new subscriber here.
I've worked on a freighter.
Welcome Mike. Glad to have you with us. Thank you very much for subscribing. CUOTO
That was a beautiful example of cooperation between vessels. So much going on here getting everything into position.
Thank you for watching Grant. That guy running the assist boat was very good! CUOTO
I like the way the Pegasus repeated some of your phrases as precise commands, like your saying "let it drift" and he replied "All stop."
My 36' trawler can be a hand full in certain wind and current conditions. I can only imagine what you tug captains have to deal with! Thanks for the ride along.
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I just decommissioned the USS Fort McHenry LSD-43 a couple of months again and I saw Tug Fort McHenry on your shirt and that is awesome, I have been in just about 27 years active duty!
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Outstanding. Slow,steady and speak to people. 10/10. Just discovered the channel and I'm invested.
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@@TimBatSea 👍👍
White Yokies…very posh! We have a thing called the Portbury kiss here in Bristol, UK. our tidal range is over 46ft so when we have ships docking early on the tide the rubber fenders in the locks come into contact halfway up the side of the ship and with the prevailing winds normally pinning the ship to the rubbers they end up with a large black stripe running along the side, normally on the Port side!
So if ever you see a ship (normally a car carrier) and she has a large black mark well above the waterline you’ll now know she’s been into Royal Portbury.
Anyway good job Cap…very enjoyable to watch and listening to professional at work! 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Thank you for watching Phil. I appreciate your kind words. CUOTO
I just found you and I love it. I have been on that cruise ship several times watching the fueling barge hook up and it is so cool to see the seamanship involved in getting everything in place. Thanks again. I will be back
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Incredible respect for this gentleman maneuvering amidst hundreds of millions in ship value, which would be hugely damaged with just a touch.
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO
Tim...thank you for the video.
I sailed with the owner of the Pegasus for quite a few years...the man's a legend!!! I'm not surprised Pegasus was on top of her game!!!
Thank you for watching. That guy did a fantastic job! CUOTO
Again, Capt.Tim .. you take a difficult situation and make it look routine, a true professional with great skills. CUOTO.
Thank you very much Glenn. CUOTO
First trip for me, captain has nerves of steel.. mud have big trust in his crew and the assist vessel.. thanks for sharing your day
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Amazing job Captain. I wasn't even mad about the clickbait. That alone deserves a follow. Thanks for the great content.
Thank you very much for watching. I did warn you in the video description that it was click bait. 😂 CUOTO
@@TimBatSea I never read description before watching videos tho. Just for spoilers like that.
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Hi, I really enjoy your videos. I used to bunker out of Falmouth Cornwall UK, and my favourite jobs were the ones with the most possibility for error. Your combination is massive!
Thank you for watching and subscribing Andy! I really appreciate that. Goo to have you onboard. CUOTO
Another great job Capt Tim. I've cruised many times out of NYC and never realized just how tricky it can be going in and out of the piers. The Pilots and Cruise ship Captains always make it look like a piece of cake.
Thank you for watching. Just keep in mind that they have 3 or 4 thrusters in the bow and Stern totalling about 3 or 4 time the horse power I gave. CUOTO
Yes that is true. Modern cruise ships don't need and assist from tugs although I do sometimes see tugs shadow a ship just in case.
@@thazen783 I was onboard,and watched”Oasis of theSeas”,dock in Nassau.I was amazed,and frankly jealous of the captain who made it look so easy.My 50’ DeFever had twin engines,so was fairly agile in a docking situation.Often,it came down to a well placed line,or the competence of my crew.
I work at that pier as a Longshoreman. Always saw you guys coming in and out. Im usually hanging on the back of the pier as yall are pulling in. Its cool to see this process.
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. You guys are the unsung heroes of our industry. Thank you. CUOTO
Great content, Tim. I never realised just how hairy things get for the tug boys until we shipped into Venice and talked to a few of the guys about the insane restrictions they have there after the big cruise liners kept swamping the city. A hundred and fifty thousand tons of Royal Caribbean makes a hell of a mess if not handled correctly.
I would imagine it would. Thank you for watching Geoff. CUOTO
Watching you and Pegasus dance was a thing of beauty! That is a wonderful example of teamwork at its finest! Thanks for letting us watch. CUOTO
Thank you for watching and supporting the channel Laura! I was very lucky to have such a good assist boat on that job. CUOTO
I love how things work and never gave a thought as to how a cruise ship got fueled. Now I know, thx Tim.
Thank you for watching Steve! CUOTO
Was just thinking that myself.
Did you think they just pulled into the corner Circle K and got fuel....
@@Ivansgarage 😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Great video, great job...You should get a Dji drone flying up above or hovering above to capture some Arial footage. Now that would be an awesome video. If you look up the guy that chases cruise ships with his drone on RUclips you will see some awesome footage 😎 I feel like you could do the same thing for your channel.
Thank you Tim. I have been on the water since I was 12 or so. Just small stuff. I never really understood the finesse used in moving what to me is huge vessel. And slipping in beside a Cruise ship gives me a bit of the scale of both vessels. Cheers!
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Good job, that was fun to watch and brought back memories of pulling into the Cunard terminal on the Queen Elizabeth in 2019. I was amazed at the old piers with the submarine rafts used as bumpers, it awesome sailing into New York the old fashioned way on board a liner. It’s great to see the history still intact that all the great ships of the past used in their day. We loved New York, Look forward to more of your vids!👍
Thank you very much Dog. CUOTO
Absolutely incredible. It is fascinating watching a master at work
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Amazing Captain! I retired as a Locomotive Engineer and I have a love for boats. People are amazed by trains and I made a career of learning how to operate them, I am amazed by your work also.
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Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent photography job. Enabling viewers to better understand what the Captain is describing.
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO
You make it look really easy. Great coordination between the tugs. Thanks for taking us along. 👍
Thank you for watching Danny. CUOTO
Looking at the size of the men on the barge provides a perspective on just how big these thing are. Very impressive ship handling.
Thank you for watching Greg. I appreciate that. CUOTO
Hey Tim,
Great video! Great boat handling! I remember doing the Norwegian Breakaway when she was brand new. We hated those life boats too. Just an FYI…the reason you you have to back in now is because we got hemmed up backing out while using an outside tug (not naming names) made up on the hip. I look forward to following your videos.
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Could really tell you hadn't done that in 2 years. Just like a bicycle. Perfect job and I was glad for your title otherwise I probably wouldn't have watched. Moved boats many times and no matter how routine it is, it always gives you the ahhhh feeling when your tied up. Nice job and I subscribed to view more of your skills that pay the bills.
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Camera angles look great from here Skipper.
Its awesome that you take the time to explain to us what your doing and why. Thanks for the ride Captain!
Have a great rest of the week and go get some chow.
Thank you very much for watching David. CUOTO
What great communications between bunker barge captain and Pegasus captain . Perfect drill .
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I believe the word of the day is “ finesse” one gains an appreciation of the delicate maneuvers needed to do this type of work.
Thank you very much for watching Gordon. Yes, I believe that is the word of the day. CUOTO
its so reassuring for someone like me on my tiny boat, to see that even seasoned professionals can get nervous on docking maneuvers
😂😂😂😂 I was trying to not be so obvious. 😂 Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Yet again Tim fantastic and thanks for taking us all along with you, what I cannot understand is why the ships engineers were not ready and waiting for you
Thank you for watching. They have a lot going on and they are not always aware of what is going on outside of the engineneering spaces. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea thanks for replying Tim always appreciated - - - yes I understand what you are saying as l guess everyone is always busy
Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge .perfect manuvering
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You really got me on that one, sir! I was really afraid of you hitting the ship... I guess reading the description pays off. ;) Regards from Poland. :)
Finally!!!! After almost 100k views someone read the description first!! Bravo Rusty! 😂 Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Very cool!! Thanks! I sail little boats, great to see your perspective on larger ones.
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Hi Tim! I’m not much of a sailor but I have been to many of the places you show. It’s really fascinating to see the perspective of a commercial tugboat captain! Also looking forward to more SV Paquita!
Thank you very much for watching Ben. I just returned to SV Paquita yesterday and have a busy week getting her ready to sail to Virginia. Then after one more hitch at work, we'll be off (God willing) to Puerto Rico. 1500 miles of open ocean sailing! Stay tuned.
@@TimBatSea y5
watching from the Maine coast , you threaded the eye of the needle , great skill, always ready to respond.
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. I'm originally from Maine myself. I grew up on Monhegan Island. CUOTO
Always really entertaining! I love to see the nitty gritty of how this stuff is done. 10/10 on your videos! Hello from Australia!
Thank you very much for watching Bryan. CUOTO
You made that look easy, Cap!
Great job. Professional at work!
Best wishes from the UK.
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Boat handling and seamanship are absolutely unbelievable Capt. I watch you tug guys constantly at when I'm working the docks. Very impressive
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@@TimBatSea Tim I have been subscribed for quite a while now. I would like to know why you deleted my comment. It wasn't fake for untruthful or malicious
@@dhooter Dan I am very glad you wrote back. I have to delete any comment that contains a name of a Tug, Company or Customer. These are some of the conditions I aggreed to in order to be able to film at my boss' pleasure. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea I know your bosses well. I been dealing with them for years, good people. Philly and the Hook. One of thier docks was right across the way. We called it City Dock. And please don't take me the wrong way just wanted to know. Since I was a kid watching tugs I always had a fantasy of working on one. Was always told only family could get jobs on them. Any way I could talk to them? No interest in tankermen jobs but on the tug itself
Awesome job Cap'n Tim! You truly are a master at what you do!! cudos and CUOTO 😄
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The teamwork between the two tugs, and precise communications, was fantastic
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Way to go Captain. This isn’t your first time selling into a tight slip.
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Hello, Captain.
Just wanted you to know how much I've enjoyed your videos.
It's quite amazing to see how a professional manages his ship. You do your work so calmly which shows the years of experience you've had.
I shipped out twice on the last trips out of San Francisco on the President Cleveland, but was doing food service. What I really wanted to do was actual crewing, then get my pilot's inland license, but.....
Anyway, thanks for sharing. Brings back lots of great memories
From a lifelong sailor (I never thought I'd say nice things to a stink pot captain!).
😂😂😂😂 Thank you very much Richard. I appreciate your kind words. CUOTO
A beautiful piece of work. It's been a while since I've cruised but I always make sure I'm packed and ready so I can spend the wee hours on the balcony to watch the fuel barge come alongside.
Be sure to give us a wave the next time. Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Wow, that was cool Tim. I was crapping myself there, it looked like you were so close to the ship. How did the Pegasus come in all the way sideways. That looked like two great Skippers at work. Nice one Tim. 👍
Thank you very much for watching John. Yes, the guy on the Pegasus was very good! CUOTO
You Sir, are one heck of a Capt'n.... Superb job!
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Outstanding job
Thank you for watching Keith. CUOTO
Great stuff! so rare to see professionals at work and clearly enjoying themselves!
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Very neat work Tim and your assist tug doing just what you wanted. I find it a bit strange that you were not able to call the ship to find out where they wanted you.
Thank you for watching Roger. The guys on the bridge only let us know when they are finished using their thrusters. They don't seem ti communicate with the engineers as much as you might expect. CUOTO
Obviously the people that give this fantastic video a thumbs down are less than part-time motorboat people on a lake....who think docking is just SOOOOO Easy...
Thank you very much Nancy. I appreciate that. CUOTO
Way to handle the busiest seaport on the entire western Atlantic! Well done sir.
Thank you very much! I appreciate that. CUOTO
I don't know how stumbled on this video but I'm glad I did. Very interesting! Great video, Sir.
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Very interesting video 😎👍
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You make it look easy. After getting twisted around by wind in a small marina in Newport with just my single screw 34 footer with no bow thruster I can easily appreciate you getting that barge in position working with an uncooperative tide. Keep the vids coming!
Thank you very much for watching. By the way, have you checked out my other channel? SV Paquita. I too have a sail and am getting it ready to take down to Puerto Rico. CUOTO
Capt. Tim: Another great start to my weekend. Well done on backing into the cruise ship and without a mark on it. Do we really have to wait a week for another? Have a great week.....
😂😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching and supporting the channel! I really appreciate it. CUOTO
Love the Hammond organ with overdrive in your soundtrack. Cool music,cool channel. Thank U!
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. I too love our soundtrack! Glad you liked it as well. CUOTO
Cool video! I also am curious at the lack of interest displayed by the cruise ship. Maybe I'm a nervous Nellie but I would be hanging out of the ships door talking to your tankerman.
They usually do that. But we are all a bit rusty not having done this for a couple years. I'm sure they had other problems they were dealing with at the time. CUOTO
The video made me think of Uncle who was NY tug captain. He was assisting the QEII. He made some miscalculations and caused her damage. That ended his long career. He was great man. Always fun to be around and funny as hell. He traveled with a hammock. And would say, " don't tell have you no room for me. I brought my own bed." He also said there was no such thing as an ugly woman. Tug people are very unique and fun to drink with.
Agreed on all points! Guilty as charged. LOL. Thank you for watching. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea thank you. I always loved being on tugs. Brings back good memories.
i feel you anxiety ive been there and i can say it takes full level 10 experience and skill level to achieve this and your so right this can go very wrong very quickly and having an excellent crew makes things so much better but a bad crew makes you look a fool
Yes Sir! Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Great job, Tim. We were on the Breakaway a few years ago. Very nice ship. Kudos!!!
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Always fascinating, Tim! So cool to see expert seamanship like this with your input and commentary.
Thank you very much! CUOTO
Watched freighters all my life in Michigan st Clair river , always amazed me, good sky captain
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel Shane. CUOTO
This was a rare treat. It obviously, took a great deal of extra effort to make this happen. Thank you.
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Wow great job Tim that looked like a tight squeeze to me!
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I thought that your title for this video meant that you COLLIDED WITH a cruise ship. I haven’t read the other comments but I’m sure I’m not alone. Not that I wanted that to happen. I want you to keep doing your job safely.
😂. Please forgive the click bait. I did warn you in the description, but I am learning that few people ever read the description. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
So cool, Tim thankyou for sharing , hope you are have a awesome Vacation.
Thank you for watching Marie. Just a 24 vacation for me today. Tomorrow I'm off to class, then back to work. CUOTO
Tim, sometimes I envy you...this isn't one of those times! Ugh! The second-hand anxiety!
This September, my mom got a new toy: a little pontoon boat! It's not anywhere near the same as a tug, but I'd be a liar if I said I wasn't taking notes on vessel handling! lol Now, speaking of anxiety, (and the reason I'm sharing this story), the boat is BRAND new - not show-room new, no no! - because of demand and a manufacturing backlog, my mom had to order it DIRECTLY from the factory, so it is fresh-off-the-factory-floor new! God bless my mom! Now, they had JUST put it in the water, and a short while later, I came out to visit them. Well, my dad got a little upset because I was taking my sweet time to dock the thing, having not handled a boat in years. ...and of course he got a little upset because I was taking my sweet time to dock their new baby! I said "Dad, I'M not going to be the one to put the first scuff on it!" 😂
But, as I mentioned, I've been taking notes, and have been able to avoid any docking mishaps so far! Thanks for continuing to post videos! I can't get enough of them!
Thank you very much for watching and congratulations on your mom's new boat! (It has been said that the only thing better than having a boat is having a friend with s boat. 😂). So most of the same principals apply. You just may have a much better weight to horse power ratio then I do. And i assume you may be be on a pond or lake, which than case would suggest that you would not have to battle the affects of tide. But the rest is all about the same and you give me a great reason to continue to make this kind of content. Thank you. CUOTO
Great Great Job captain and what a marvelous maneuver.
Keep them coming
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
That one was a nail-biter! Great job, Capt. Tim. Do you stay attached the barge while it fuels? How long does it take to fill one of those cruise ships?
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. Most of the time we drop the barge off and goto the next job, but this one is a bit up the Hudson, so we stay with it. Discharge times depend on rate, cargo and quantity. But 6 to 8 hours seems average. CUOTO
I have never seen that before and it was AWESOME!!!! So cool. I was nervous but that was pretty smooth! Great job and great video!
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I’ve noticed that when you arrive at the ship to be refueled by your barge that you often have to wait. I understand that they are the customer (who is always right), but I would think it would be in their interest to have doors open, & lines or hoses at the ready to begin refueling ASAP. I realize your tug & barge are small in comparison to their ship, but don’t they have someone on watch to notify them that you are there & get ready to receive fuel? Or are they sleeping on the job?
Oops... just asked the same question.
Thank you for watching. So there are a few things going on here and not the least of which is that this was once a standard and weekly job. But they are just starting to do it all again. The bridge crew undoubtedly saw us on the hundreds of cameras all over the ship and if I hit the ship they would have showed me what they see. But the engineering department is a world away and they are tasked to do a ton of things in a very limited time. Someone from the bridge could have called someone down below, but they were busy doing something else. I am sure that the next time we bunker them they will be ready for us. CUOTO
Nice job! I did the first dancing steps with Norwegian Breakaway bringing from the yard to sea and also trained then captains to get her alongside in New York.😊
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Once again a fantastic video Tim!👍 I have two questions now:
1) How come the OOW (or anyone) on the cruise ship dont give you any instructions on the fueling position? Wouldn't that be in their own interest regarding safety..? Also in other videos where you approach other ships the vhf seems very silent from the bigger ship (?)🤔
2) How does the Pegasus manage to maintain his 90 degree angle on the barge while you are backing up? Is he just hard starboard on the rudder and clutching in and out? I thaught you had to have Voit Schneider propellers to do that sideways manouver 😅
Thank you for watching and supporting the channel! Some times we will talk to the pilot or OOW when the ship is docking to find out when they stop using their thrusters. But no one on the bridge gets involved with the Engineering department. We have to have 3 radios going at all times and sometimes we turn one down lower than the others. Our assist tug that day was a conventional tug (twin screw). He was most likely "twisting on the line". By doing this, so long as I don't go to fast, he can stay at a 90 without either pushing or pulling on us. CUOTO
Wow Tim the channel has come a long way since I started to watch. Great job Capt.
Thank you for watching. It sure has. I've been very lucky. CUOTO
You make it looks so easy! I used to "move" wide-body aircraft. Just because things move a bit slower on the water doesn't mean it's any less difficult! I never had to contend with the ground moving while taxiing!! 🙄
I assume the re-fueling barge movement a scheduled job, coordinated between the shipping/cruise company and the fuel supplier. Is your cost just included in the fuel "bill"? Does that include the "assist" tug? Do you also check the oil and clean the "windshield"?! 🤣
Thank you for watching. Although I don't have anything to do with the financial side of the work, I would guess that the agent contracts fuel delivery specific for their schedule (they can't wait) and the oil company contracts the tug and barge company that includes the price of an assist for all of these jobs here at this terminal. CUOTO
There being no tyres to check makes it a whole lot easier and quicker! 🙂
@@rayjennings3637 🤪
Dude your kahunas are way bigger then mine!!! Great job. Thank you for this video.
😂😂😂Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Well, this answers a question I had about assists: do you only use your own company's boats or do you use whomever is available? The latter makes more sense if your next company boat is miles away. Do you bill each other per assist, or do you just settle up at the end of the year?
Nice work BTW. No pressure docking alongside a cruise ship with a big audience of passengers, eh? :-)
Thank you for watching. I really would love to tell you that I knew what I'm talking about, but I am not involved with any of the financial side of the business. CUOTO
OH very nicely done there Capt!. I aso enjoy your videos!
Thank you very much for watching John. CUOTO
GREAT seamanship! I had a feeling "backed into a cruise ship" was - er - click attraction.
I'd have liked to see a still of the final setup with the hoses connected. Maybe next time?
Smooth seas.
Thank you very much for watching. Sorry about the click bait. 😂 I can not show you the hose connection because of security and proprietary systems. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea OK... cool!
Looks like you lost some weight since I last saw you... nice haircut and goatee, too.
But mainly, the seamanship. Impressive!
@@TimBatSea yes pumping fuel through a hose TOP SECRET shit
@@Ivansgarage Most companies will not let you film anything. I am lucky to work for one of the only ones that do. But in order to do so, I have to follow the rules they give me. Not filming barge operations is one of them.
excellent all around man!! 🙌 ... I have a good friend that's a tug captain down in Brooklyn ... now I know what he does ... incredible stuff
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I am not a professional but it looked textbook to me
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You make it look so easy, when we know it isn't. Great job Tim
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Great stuff. And yes... sometimes "do nothing" is the best input you can have on those controls!
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Excellent Capt.! I would of loved to have had a tug assist on occasion backing in with a single right hand screw. It's a continual dance. Enjoyed hearing your thoughts as you did this one!
Thank you for watching Tim. CUOTO
Hey Capt Tim it looked great on film nice and smooth unbelievable and the Pegasus looked great also they were a big help I really enjoyed this one and learned a lot also stay safe and I’ll see you on the one
Thank you for watching Eddie. CUOTO
That really takes some skill, most people don't think about how critical it is to maneuver these barges in close quarters.
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