Melissa, did you get intrigued with tugboats from reading Little Toot? My dad wrote and illustrated the picture book and it’s been in press for 83 u years! Dad’s no longer here but he’d be thrilled if the mischievous tug got your love! ❤❤
Looks like a little city at sea ! Just about everything you could possibly need while you were gone for any length of time. Thanks for sharing your ship with us Tim !
Hi Tim, Thanks for opening up yet another aspect of the wide world that most people don't give a second thought to. We all depend on you and your crew in ways that we don't always understand and certainly rarely acknowledge. Awesome.
There's a definite change of 'feel' with the Puerto Rico operations - you are now an offshore vessel, ready to be at sea for weeks without resupply (and needing to handle whatever the weather throws at you). On the 'spontaneous combustion' - really worth reminding people that some paints (e.g. using linseed oil) harden by a chemical reaction with oxygen - not just the solvent evaporating. That reaction makes heat, and goes faster when hot. Thus piles of paint covered rags have large surface area (more heat) - insulate each other (more heat) - get hot (react faster - more heat). And that can progress to fire. Add in some tropical sunshine on the locker and that extinguisher is a really good idea (as is an external paint locker) Please thank your bosses for permitting these videos - I doubt any viewers will contract your company to tow them, but I'd bet there will be suitable people apply to work at sea because you showed what it's like.[For the bean counters - that's a direct reduction in recruitment costs due to Tim's videos🙂] You take a pride in running a safe happy ship - it shows - and it reflects well on your company. Fair weather - good luck in the 2022 hurricane season
It seems that few folks here understand vessel stability, which is an engineering design factor that results from calculations about the vessel, how and where it will be used and what elements are required for a given range of stability characteristics. Most sailing vessels are designed to operate safely in light to medium weather-say 4-6' seas and 25-35 knots of wind. THERE ARE VESSELS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO BE KNOCKED DOWN (MAST AND SAILS FLAT ON THE WATER) AND RECOVER WELL-with a hell of a mess down below and likely some broken gear. Almost all ocean racers have this capability-as do many serious transoceanic cruising sailboats (though not including those many "cruisers" that voyage in less than bomb-proof boats traveling in gaggles on the safest courses and with expensive help at hand).
Watching on Android TV get to appreciate your video's on the big screen but often guilty of not clicking Like or leaving a comment. So wanted to say thank you again for all your videos, much appreciate the entertainment we get.
Your not settling Tim its just that the earth sucks... The rust tells me that you are on a working boat not a showboat, you now spend a lot more time in rougher water compared to harbor time. Loving your new island videos man, you are living the dream brother! #CUOTO
hi TIM GRETINGS FROM A RETIRED CAPTEN FROM ROTTERDAM I WORKT ALSO FOR AN AMERICAN DREGGING FIRM IN AUSTRALIA DREGGING THE PORT HEDLAND HARBER THE FIRM WAS UTHA DREGGING alameda san francisco we had severel tugs and working boats my boat was cold SACRAMENTO - TUG NO 2 WAS THE STOCTON , SAN RAFAEL . WONDERFUL TIME IN 1968-1970 ,
Fascinating stuff! I often see the different Types of tugs in the Sany Hook and Philly areas but always wondered about the mechanics and what was involved with making the run. Great job explaining things. Better than any show on TV, Thanks!
Thank you! Loved the tour👍 It never stops fascinating me how complex boats are, with all their different systems. All the best wishes for your new position!
I saw a large Norwegian stern trawler in Mallaig years ago that had stuffed the bow into a big wave. It bent in the steel below the bridge windows and broke them too. My friend Alister MacDonald worked for the ship yard there that fixed up the local fishing fleet. He said they'd lost all the bridge electronics and also took tons of water down the companionway and flooded the galley and damaged the equipment there too.
Really interesting. Man I wished that more people would interested in really technical videos. Getting the technical part together with the practical impact from someone that’s got all of your experience is a real treat.
Good morning Captain Tim, I couldn't help but laugh when you forgot what you were talking about right after you explained slippage,, we all have a little slippage as we age, I also seem to have the shrinking and widening thing happening. Thanks for the great tour, when I was in the Navy they always said there is nothing that salt water and sailors can't F**k up. so I understand about the light rust you had. I have been spending some time watching tow boats on the Mississippi river,, they get mad if you call them tugs.lol. Again thank you for taking the time to make and edit these videos. CUOTO
Hi Tim. Great to hear you give this first hand account of whats going on and how it works on the Tug. I dream of this, but I'm green and just starting as a deckhand on Line Boats. I am interested to learn what I can so I can get to Tug boats and tug boat skippering some day.
HOLA Tim: Never ever have I found any of your talks about stuff Boring, even if your going over things we already know from your older videos. And not to worry about the scratch. my eyes got used to it and did not notice it. 👍👍👍
@@TimBatSea Ohhh No No Tim. We at the TV station would send the Lens down to maintenance shop at the station. I had asked the techs once How I could clear the scratch of. They told me Don't even try if you don't have the right tools, and that would be Lens polishing liquids of the Right grade. if you have the wrong grade and don't follow the proper way for buffing out. you can make if worse. I once F** up a $10,000 tv camera lens once. trying to get that scratch off something off it. The guy's down in the shops of the station got it right. lessen learned for me. LOL 😂 CUOTO
Went fishing with your old ship mate yesterday in the Gulf of Mexico Tony McFarland. He is about crew change and go thur the Panama Canal to California.
Please don’t worry about talking technical, I love any technical stuff 😊 we call counter rotating props either, outboard rotating or inboard rotating instead of a right hand wheel or left hand wheel. The outboard rotating props help with prop walk in a turn but the inboard rotating don’t. Love your channel 👍
Thank you for watching. We too call the wheels inboard turning and out outboard turning. But that doesn't work for a single screw. That's why we use right hand and left hand wheels. CUOTO
awesome channel. the new tug tour vid is terrific, learned so much about tug boats (useless great info for me but you make it fun and interesting). thanks!
Thank you very much for watching Troy. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
Without naming names, I will say that living most of my life within throwing distance of the Detroit River, and all of the commercial marine traffic there, I recognize the logo on your shirt.
😂😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching and for playing by the rules. I have to give you the inside scoop. I have never worked for that company. One day I received a package at work loaded with Tshirt, hats, coffee cups and knives and a beautiful letter I carry with me in my seabag thanking me for "the positive light I have put on our industry ". Very cool. Very generous. CUOTO
Thank you again for watching Allan. Hey, if you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
I am watching this one now. You are a busy guy so no apology is needed. You just keep enjoying what you do professionally and during leisure time on SVP. Have a pint for me! CUOTO
Great stuff! I'm new to the channel, so this is very much what I need. It sure would have been nice, though, if you started by telling everyone whether you were at the bow or the stern. I finally figured out that the winches would have to be at the stern, but it took a bit. Years ago I read two books by Canadian Farley Mowat. Grey Seas Under was about the salvage tug Foundation Franklin, and Serpent's Coil about Foundation Josephine. Highly recommended.
Thank you for watching. I really is nice down here! If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
Hi Tim, Stumbled on your video's a few weeks ago. My first impression: "Man thay guy loves his job !" I was kinda impressed how complex a big tugboat has to be, but of course as you stated, you have to be able to be at sea for three weeks at a time, and it's a big ship. Me for my selve, i passed for my boatinglicence two a couple of weeks ago (thats for non commercial use only ! not to become a sailor !) Meaning I'm allowed to sail boats up to 25 Meters (abt 80Ft) worldwide. Funny fact is, I have never set foot on any boat and defenitely would not know how to deal with it. Anyhow.. your video's are highly educational. Regards from the South of the Netherlands
That's a beautiful tugboat, Captain! I'd love to work on one before I get too old. I was always more interested in practical seamanship and ship handling than celestial navigation in my short 5 years as a deck cadet.
Just found your RUclips channel and I can't wait to learn a lot of things I didn't know about my dad's life as a seagoing tugboat captain. He worked for Sonat Marine back in the 80's, then Maritrans, and I remember him as a captain on the Columbia for the longest time. I got to go out with him for 3 weeks once when I was a kid, and it was fascinating. I've always wished he would tell me more about tug life than he does, so I can't wait to watch more of your videos. Thanks so much for sharing your life out at sea with us!
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel Jennifer. Just a heads up, we try really hard to not "directly" name Tugs, companies or customers on here as it gets me in trouble with my employer. (FYI one of the companies your dad worked for had many of it's crews come to work for the company I work for now). CUOTO
Thanks, Tim! And I didn't realize. Just delete my comment if you like. It won't bother me, and I won't make that mistake again. And that's really interesting. I'm sure it's a small world.
Hi Tim, I was sweet 16 again for a minute there!!!!! When I refitted my boats twin engines I installed multi filters so I could swap them over underway, my boat suffered from diesel bug that was no problem chugging up down the upper Thames. But down on the tidal section it got stirred up and blocked filters. So I also fitted twin tanks with a recycle filter between then, keeping the tanks topped up so no condensation formed also worked well. The system worked well and saved the cost of polishing the fuel, good to see the professional system though. Thanks for the tour and now get on with the laundry. Stay safe.
Nice Boat Tim! Could have used ya up here in the Chesapeake Bay to get the Everfoward out of here. LOL! 🤣 Thanks For sharing! Be safe down there! Looks like your living the dream! 😎👍⚓CUOTO!
Lovely tour *Thank You* (I've loved tugs since I was little and read "Scuffy the Tugboat" 😊💜 I was Dad's "first mate" on our motorboat for years as a kid, and even got my motorboat pilot's license! We would ply the Erie Canal and go through the various locks and such and Finger Lakes in NY.
Hey there Tim , im Rob from London in the UK. Ive just discovered your channel and its extremely cool. Ive already watched one of your vids and also now this one. Your crew chill area the eating area, it looks amazing, it looks gr8 down there. Everything u was telling us was extremely interesting throughout the vid and tour of the whole boat. Your a cool guy Tim . I will b watching more of your vids.
Well said! 😂 Thank you very much for watching and supporting both channels Ian! Really appreciate it. Watch that wire! It'll cut you in half, and that would be kinda awful. CUOTO
Hi Skip. Very interesting video. I lapped up the details. Interesting, how the terminology changes, depending on where you are in the world. Your Texas Bar, is a Horse to me. Depending on the tug type, there would be a series of Horses between the tow hook/winch gear and capstan and the stern. They aren't seen on modern tugs with more open aft deck. And there would be a Gob Rope, the purpose of which was to limit how far the tow line could move side to side. It's purpose was to help avoid girting. Propulsion tech has come on leaps and bounds, what with the different types. With computer modelling, all manner of discoveries have been made, re effects of Kort and other nozzles and how water behaves as it is being manipulated.
Captain Tim: Thank you for the video and another production well done. Think I wold go for no nozzles, prop walk is a friend if used correctly. Anyway, I greatly appreciate your efforts in doing these videos. Bill
Thank you for watching and supporting the channels Bill. I would have agreed with you awhile ago, but I have grown to see it a different way. Bunkering and ship handling, you definitely want open wheels. Any time you want to walk, open wheels are where it's at. But if 99 percent of your time is spent towing on the wire, you are going to really like that addition of speed for 99 percent of the time. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Hi capt Tim great vid as usual....With your korts nozzels do they spin or are they fixed...I ask this as heard you reference rudders early on...cheers from sunny Cornwall UK
New Sub. I worked on a pilot boat back in 90’s.(Port Royal, S.C.) After I dropped the Pilot off I would hang around, and, go out on the tug (1960’s)for extra wage. Extra wage would most always workout except for times when the Custom Agents would show up to inspect a “Bulk” hauling concrete mix from South America.(looking for Kakain). That would be a long day of sitting around. Love your Channel.
Great vessel. Now I understand why your not in NY, I worked par-time as the launch operator on the HR Pilot Boat as well as Miller's Launch in the Harbor. Gonna miss hearing your Security calls, pal! Best of luck in PR. Joe
Thanks for the tour Propeller shrouds effectively gear up the rotation right, so that's why the prop walk is so reduced, it's reduced in force by a factor of how large the water flow now is.
Great video capt. You managed to cover just about everything in a way everyone could understand in just a great way. Rust on a working ship is just it's way of showing its used. Especially tugs, it's not rust, it's just sweating power !! Safe sea's welcome to the salt 👍
Thanks Tim. Sorry not been about much lately as have a new job, but your videos are always at the top of my watch list. Keep up the great work. Cuoto 👌🏼
Love it! I was wondering if you could do an in-depth of the lower wheelhouse controls some time - I know you've done the steering and throttle, chartplotter and radar, but there's a lot of stuff going on here, and I'm sure a lot of folks would really like to see it all and in some detail. In any case, whether you do or not, these videos are a pleasure. Something to look forward on a tuesday morning!
Thank you for watching. So there is no doubt that there is plenty of fun and good content to shoot in the wheelhouse. But there are reasons why I have limitations on what and how much I can show to the public. Besides not wanting competitors to know what we have or what we don't have for systems, there is the issue of Maritime security as well. I feel extremely grateful for the access I have been allowed so far but don't want to push my luck. CUOTO
This is like going to work with a close friend. He is proud of what he does and willing to share what he knows. Seems like a one on one tour with the answers to the questions that most of us would ask had we been there . Thank you so much for sharing this well earned life. It really shows your love of the sea life.
Kort nozzles are similar to the ducts around the fan blades in aircraft fanjet engines; they reduce tip vortices, which reduce efficiency and add noise. I assume that running props at high slippage causes cavitation, which Kort nozzles reduce. They reduce power loss, and help to prevent pitting of the prop blades.
Love the "technicals" and by no means "boring".
Thank you for watching. I'll try to do more. CUOTO
You are not fooling me you just didn’t want to walk up all theses steps to the bridge. I really enjoyed that tour.
😂😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching Jeffrey. CUOTO
I have always loved Tugboats ever since I was a little kid. Definitely the hardest working boat in the harbor. Sturdy and strong.
Thank you for watching Mellissa. CUOTO
Melissa, did you get intrigued with tugboats from reading Little Toot? My dad wrote and illustrated the picture book and it’s been in press for 83 u years! Dad’s no longer here but he’d be thrilled if the mischievous tug got your love! ❤❤
@@lindagsmith3281 my dad and grandfather were tugboat captains.i rode on a few boats
I loved that book, I haven't thought about it for years till I read your comment. My hat is off to your father.
Tim. Not boring not boring. For you I’m sure, but I love all these details. Thanks and CUOTO.
Thank you for watching Jan. CUOTO
Boring!?!? Are you kidding!? I was hanging on Every.Single.Word. This is absolutely fascinating! Thank you so much for the tour and explanations!
Thank you for watching Laura. I appreciate that very much. CUOTO
"I'm not shrinking...I'm settling." Ha! So true for all of us. May you continue settling for many years to come. :) :) :)
😂😂😂😂😂 Thank you very much Adam. CUOTO
Great tour. Not one second of the video was boring. I hope you do more tours in the future.
Thank you very much for watching Rob. CUOTO
Thanks!
Thank you very very much! Cheers 🍻 CUOTO
Great funky intro👍 The ‘lift’ point is fascinating!… as is EVERYTHING else!
Thank you very much for watching (and listening) Stephen. CUOTO
I remember “Tug boat Anne”! That’s old.
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Thanks for the tour, and many thanks to your company for allowing you to show us your office!
Thank you for watching Paul. CUOTO
Looks like a little city at sea ! Just about everything you could possibly need while you were gone for any length of time. Thanks for sharing your ship with us Tim !
Thank you for watching Cliff! CUOTO
Hi Tim, Thanks for opening up yet another aspect of the wide world that most people don't give a second thought to. We all depend on you and your crew in ways that we don't always understand and certainly rarely acknowledge. Awesome.
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO
THANKS TIM FOR EXPLAINING ABOUT YOUR TUG, AND THE PROP NOZZLE AND WHY THEY ARE DESIGNED THE WAY THEY ARE
AND IT GIVES YOU BETTER PULLING POWER
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Hey Tim, Like almost all of the tugs engine rooms I’ve seen you can eat off the floor.👍
Thank you very much for watching Chuck. A clean ER shows a problem faster than a dirty one. CUOTO
So much equipment to push or pull bigger boats.
Yes Sir. Thank you for watching. CUOTO
This is one of the most informative videos I've ever seen! Thanks!
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel Ken. CUOTO
There's a definite change of 'feel' with the Puerto Rico operations - you are now an offshore vessel, ready to be at sea for weeks without resupply (and needing to handle whatever the weather throws at you).
On the 'spontaneous combustion' - really worth reminding people that some paints (e.g. using linseed oil) harden by a chemical reaction with oxygen - not just the solvent evaporating. That reaction makes heat, and goes faster when hot. Thus piles of paint covered rags have large surface area (more heat) - insulate each other (more heat) - get hot (react faster - more heat). And that can progress to fire. Add in some tropical sunshine on the locker and that extinguisher is a really good idea (as is an external paint locker)
Please thank your bosses for permitting these videos - I doubt any viewers will contract your company to tow them, but I'd bet there will be suitable people apply to work at sea because you showed what it's like.[For the bean counters - that's a direct reduction in recruitment costs due to Tim's videos🙂] You take a pride in running a safe happy ship - it shows - and it reflects well on your company.
Fair weather - good luck in the 2022 hurricane season
Thank you very very much. I appreciate that more than you know. CUOTO
Not to mention the hot thinner storied for clean up of epoxy paints
Thanks for the tour. Being an old Navy vet, I could almost smell the fuel and oil.
Thank you for watching Robert. CUOTO
Recently found your channel. It was great to see around the inside of a tug. Thanks for showing it
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel John. CUOTO
I enjoyed this walk through. Hope to see you back soon.
Thank you for watching Don. New content coming. CUOTO
It seems that few folks here understand vessel stability, which is an engineering design factor that results from calculations about the vessel, how and where it will be used and what elements are required for a given range of stability characteristics. Most sailing vessels are designed to operate safely in light to medium weather-say 4-6' seas and 25-35 knots of wind. THERE ARE VESSELS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO BE KNOCKED DOWN (MAST AND SAILS FLAT ON THE WATER) AND RECOVER WELL-with a hell of a mess down below and likely some broken gear. Almost all ocean racers have this capability-as do many serious transoceanic cruising sailboats (though not including those many "cruisers" that voyage in less than bomb-proof boats traveling in gaggles on the safest courses and with expensive help at hand).
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. I agree. CUOTO
Watching on Android TV get to appreciate your video's on the big screen but often guilty of not clicking Like or leaving a comment. So wanted to say thank you again for all your videos, much appreciate the entertainment we get.
Thank you for watching Ian. I appreciate it no matter how it happens. CUOTO
Your not settling Tim its just that the earth sucks... The rust tells me that you are on a working boat not a showboat, you now spend a lot more time in rougher water compared to harbor time. Loving your new island videos man, you are living the dream brother! #CUOTO
Thank you very much David. I appreciate that. CUOTO
hi TIM GRETINGS FROM A RETIRED CAPTEN FROM ROTTERDAM I WORKT ALSO FOR AN AMERICAN DREGGING FIRM IN AUSTRALIA DREGGING THE PORT HEDLAND HARBER THE FIRM WAS UTHA DREGGING alameda san francisco we had severel tugs and working boats my boat was cold SACRAMENTO - TUG NO 2 WAS THE STOCTON , SAN RAFAEL . WONDERFUL TIME IN 1968-1970 ,
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel Captain Jack. CUOTO
Fascinating stuff! I often see the different Types of tugs in the Sany Hook and Philly areas but always wondered about the mechanics and what was involved with making the run. Great job explaining things. Better than any show on TV, Thanks!
Thank you very much for watching and for your kind words. CUOTO
Thank you! Loved the tour👍 It never stops fascinating me how complex boats are, with all their different systems. All the best wishes for your new position!
Thank you very much for watching and supporting both channels Magnus. I really appreciate it. CUOTO
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Learned more about boats in 30 minutes , nice explanation !
Thank you for watching Jay. CUOTO
Man Alive! The sheer complexities of it all! A self sufficient ship and crew at sea.....nice.
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
I saw a large Norwegian stern trawler in Mallaig years ago that had stuffed the bow into a big wave. It bent in the steel below the bridge windows and broke them too. My friend Alister MacDonald worked for the ship yard there that fixed up the local fishing fleet. He said they'd lost all the bridge electronics and also took tons of water down the companionway and flooded the galley and damaged the equipment there too.
Thank you for watching. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
Really interesting.
Man I wished that more people would interested in really technical videos. Getting the technical part together with the practical impact from someone that’s got all of your experience is a real treat.
Thank you Petter. I appreciate that! CUOTO
Good morning Captain Tim, I couldn't help but laugh when you forgot what you were talking about right after you explained slippage,, we all have a little slippage as we age, I also seem to have the shrinking and widening thing happening. Thanks for the great tour, when I was in the Navy they always said there is nothing that salt water and sailors can't F**k up. so I understand about the light rust you had. I have been spending some time watching tow boats on the Mississippi river,, they get mad if you call them tugs.lol. Again thank you for taking the time to make and edit these videos. CUOTO
😂😂😂😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching and supporting both channels James. Yes, my mind suffers from it's own slippage. 😂. CUOTO
Hi Tim. Great to hear you give this first hand account of whats going on and how it works on the Tug. I dream of this, but I'm green and just starting as a deckhand on Line Boats. I am interested to learn what I can so I can get to Tug boats and tug boat skippering some day.
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. It's not for everyone, but for people like you and me, it's the best! CUOTO
Very nice wheelhouse Tim,nothing can beat real timber joinery in the wheelhouse.
Thank you for watching Rusty. If you are new to the channel Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
A wonderful tour of your tug, very enjoable and informative. Thank you Capt.
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO
It’s amazing you reply to every comment here, really shows you are passionate. Hope you have a great day and thank you for making these videos!
Thank you for watching and noticing that I reply to the comments. (I too like Windex. 😂) CUOTO
6.30 NOT DUMB ,, I just learned form you today ,, ty for the vid
Thank you for watching John. CUOTO
Fascinating... it's a little floating city complete with all the utilities.
Thank you for watching. CUOTO
HOLA Tim: Never ever have I found any of your talks about stuff Boring, even if your going over things we already know from your older videos. And not to worry about the scratch. my eyes got used to it and did not notice it. 👍👍👍
Thank you for watching and for the kind words Gregory. I really appreciate that. CUOTO
Thank you for watching Jim. I spent the better part of yesterday trying to buff out the problem. Haven't tested it yet. Crossing fingers. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Ohhh No No Tim. We at the TV station would send the Lens down to maintenance shop at the station. I had asked the techs once How I could clear the scratch of. They told me Don't even try if you don't have the right tools, and that would be Lens polishing liquids of the Right grade. if you have the wrong grade and don't follow the proper way for buffing out. you can make if worse. I once F** up a $10,000 tv camera lens once. trying to get that scratch off something off it. The guy's down in the shops of the station got it right. lessen learned for me. LOL 😂 CUOTO
Went fishing with your old ship mate yesterday in the Gulf of Mexico Tony McFarland. He is about crew change and go thur the Panama Canal to California.
Thank you for watching Hunter. Oh yes. Tony and I have sailed all over together. Be sure to ask him about Puerto Rico. 😂 CUOTO
Please don’t worry about talking technical, I love any technical stuff 😊 we call counter rotating props either, outboard rotating or inboard rotating instead of a right hand wheel or left hand wheel. The outboard rotating props help with prop walk in a turn but the inboard rotating don’t. Love your channel 👍
Thank you for watching. We too call the wheels inboard turning and out outboard turning. But that doesn't work for a single screw. That's why we use right hand and left hand wheels. CUOTO
I can relate to the settling and getting wider theory.
😂😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching Kelly. CUOTO
Only from the outside it's clear how huge the barge is. Thank you for the tour!
Thank you for watching Ilia. CUOTO
I was thinking the same thing.
awesome channel. the new tug tour vid is terrific, learned so much about tug boats (useless great info for me but you make it fun and interesting). thanks!
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO
Thanks to you and of course your bosses for letting us ride along!
Thank you very much for watching Troy. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
Thanks Tim for showing us your new boat!
Thank you for watching Ken! CUOTO
Without naming names, I will say that living most of my life within throwing distance of the Detroit River, and all of the commercial marine traffic there, I recognize the logo on your shirt.
😂😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching and for playing by the rules. I have to give you the inside scoop. I have never worked for that company. One day I received a package at work loaded with Tshirt, hats, coffee cups and knives and a beautiful letter I carry with me in my seabag thanking me for "the positive light I have put on our industry ". Very cool. Very generous. CUOTO
Congratulations! Your new boat reminds me of the USN Salvage Tug USS PRESERVER ARS-4 I served on in the late 1960's. Interesting times.
Thank you for watching Greg. CUOTO
Boy do I want to reach out and clean the Lens! 😀. Nice video Tim! Best of success in the new gig.
Thank you very much for watching David. Those scratches are very deep. I spent the better half of a day trying to grind them out. CUOTO
Thanks Tim it's never boring, always learning.
Thank you for watching Richard. CUOTO
Good tour Tim, brings back my time at sea, that water maker noise is just as I remember it, Cheers.
Thank you again for watching Allan. Hey, if you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
I am watching this one now. You are a busy guy so no apology is needed. You just keep enjoying what you do professionally and during leisure time on SVP. Have a pint for me! CUOTO
Thank you for watching and supporting both channels Norm! Are you currently busy? Do you have time for a Zoom call in 25 minutes or so?
@@TimBatSea Yes, that would be good. You send me aninvite when ready please
Great stuff!
I'm new to the channel, so this is very much what I need. It sure would have been nice, though, if you started by telling everyone whether you were at the bow or the stern. I finally figured out that the winches would have to be at the stern, but it took a bit.
Years ago I read two books by Canadian Farley Mowat. Grey Seas Under was about the salvage tug Foundation Franklin, and Serpent's Coil about Foundation Josephine. Highly recommended.
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. He is one of my favorites! Ive read I believe, 17 of his books. CUOTO
Lucky you, the Caribbean. Woohoo.
Thank you for watching. I really is nice down here! If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
Hi Tim, Stumbled on your video's a few weeks ago.
My first impression: "Man thay guy loves his job !"
I was kinda impressed how complex a big tugboat has to be, but of course as you stated, you have to be able to be at sea for three weeks at a time, and it's a big ship.
Me for my selve, i passed for my boatinglicence two a couple of weeks ago (thats for non commercial use only ! not to become a sailor !)
Meaning I'm allowed to sail boats up to 25 Meters (abt 80Ft) worldwide.
Funny fact is, I have never set foot on any boat and defenitely would not know how to deal with it.
Anyhow.. your video's are highly educational.
Regards from the South of the Netherlands
Thank you for watching Pascal. Congratulations on passing your test. I am surprised that sea time was not part of the licensing process. CUOTO
That's a beautiful tugboat, Captain! I'd love to work on one before I get too old. I was always more interested in practical seamanship and ship handling than celestial navigation in my short 5 years as a deck cadet.
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Looks like somebody moved to the tropics. I envy you. Hoping you're having fun.
Thank you for watching. Yes. We are flipping things around. SVP is coming north (currently in FLL) and work went south to Puerto Rico. CUOTO
AMEN BROTHER. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU SHARE WITH US.
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Tim regarding height as we progress to obsolescence, I once was 5'10" and now am 5'8.75". This proves Newton's law and illustrates that gravity sucks.
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That's a nice-looking Vessel Capt. Tim looks a lot bigger than the other Tug, best of luck on your new command, Godspeed...
Thank you for watching James. CUOTO
Just found your RUclips channel and I can't wait to learn a lot of things I didn't know about my dad's life as a seagoing tugboat captain. He worked for Sonat Marine back in the 80's, then Maritrans, and I remember him as a captain on the Columbia for the longest time. I got to go out with him for 3 weeks once when I was a kid, and it was fascinating. I've always wished he would tell me more about tug life than he does, so I can't wait to watch more of your videos. Thanks so much for sharing your life out at sea with us!
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel Jennifer. Just a heads up, we try really hard to not "directly" name Tugs, companies or customers on here as it gets me in trouble with my employer. (FYI one of the companies your dad worked for had many of it's crews come to work for the company I work for now). CUOTO
Thanks, Tim! And I didn't realize. Just delete my comment if you like. It won't bother me, and I won't make that mistake again. And that's really interesting. I'm sure it's a small world.
Thank you .. Thats a big badass tugboat 👍
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Gorgeous new boat
Congrats 😊
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Hi Tim, I was sweet 16 again for a minute there!!!!!
When I refitted my boats twin engines I installed multi filters so I could swap them over underway, my boat suffered from diesel bug that was no problem chugging up down the upper Thames. But down on the tidal section it got stirred up and blocked filters. So I also fitted twin tanks with a recycle filter between then, keeping the tanks topped up so no condensation formed also worked well. The system worked well and saved the cost of polishing the fuel, good to see the professional system though.
Thanks for the tour and now get on with the laundry. Stay safe.
😂😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching. Most fuel problems don't show up until the tanks get stirred up from the seas. CUOTO
Nice Boat Tim! Could have used ya up here in the Chesapeake Bay to get the Everfoward out of here. LOL! 🤣 Thanks For sharing! Be safe down there! Looks like your living the dream! 😎👍⚓CUOTO!
Thank you for watching Rick. One of my friends the captain on one the big tugs sent to tow it out of the mud. CUOTO
It's called hardfacing when they weld to save the metal
That's it! Thank you for watching Zack. CUOTO
Lovely tour *Thank You* (I've loved tugs since I was little and read "Scuffy the Tugboat" 😊💜 I was Dad's "first mate" on our motorboat for years as a kid, and even got my motorboat pilot's license! We would ply the Erie Canal and go through the various locks and such and Finger Lakes in NY.
Thank you sounds like a wonderful childhood! Thank you for watching Brettany. CUOTO
Hey there Tim , im Rob from London in the UK.
Ive just discovered your channel and its extremely cool.
Ive already watched one of your vids and also now this one.
Your crew chill area the eating area, it looks amazing, it looks gr8 down there.
Everything u was telling us was extremely interesting throughout the vid and tour of the whole boat.
Your a cool guy Tim .
I will b watching more of your vids.
Thank you for watching Rob, and welcome to the channel. CUOTO
Very enjoyable as an ex seaman I knew where you was coming from on most off the information
Thank you for watching Kenneth. CUOTO
The biggest benefit to a nasal is helps to keep stuff out of the wheels
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“The wire cuts people in half…. And that’s kinda awful!” 🤣🤣🤣 Fun video!! #CUOTO
Well said! 😂 Thank you very much for watching and supporting both channels Ian! Really appreciate it. Watch that wire! It'll cut you in half, and that would be kinda awful. CUOTO
4/18!!!!! 🤣
Having never set foot on a tugboat I enjoyed seeing this video. Thank you
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I never thought about all the details about tugboating! Very interesting!
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Thanks for the tour! This was really interesting!
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You're the man, thanks for these videos. And sharing your knowledge and experience with us.
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Super interesting will be checking back in used to work in a plant that made crankshaft for marine use they were EMD motors
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel Dale. That's great. I used to love the old 2 stroke EMDs. CUOTO
Hi Skip. Very interesting video. I lapped up the details. Interesting, how the terminology changes, depending on where you are in the world. Your Texas Bar, is a Horse to me. Depending on the tug type, there would be a series of Horses between the tow hook/winch gear and capstan and the stern. They aren't seen on modern tugs with more open aft deck. And there would be a Gob Rope, the purpose of which was to limit how far the tow line could move side to side. It's purpose was to help avoid girting.
Propulsion tech has come on leaps and bounds, what with the different types. With computer modelling, all manner of discoveries have been made, re effects of Kort and other nozzles and how water behaves as it is being manipulated.
Thank you for watching Jake. Things certainly have come a long way
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Great ship
Excellent video
Thank you for watching Adam. CUOTO
Captain Tim: Thank you for the video and another production well done. Think I wold go for no nozzles, prop walk is a friend if used correctly. Anyway, I greatly appreciate your efforts in doing these videos. Bill
Thank you for watching and supporting the channels Bill. I would have agreed with you awhile ago, but I have grown to see it a different way. Bunkering and ship handling, you definitely want open wheels. Any time you want to walk, open wheels are where it's at. But if 99 percent of your time is spent towing on the wire, you are going to really like that addition of speed for 99 percent of the time. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Hi capt Tim great vid as usual....With your korts nozzels do they spin or are they fixed...I ask this as heard you reference rudders early on...cheers from sunny Cornwall UK
New Sub. I worked on a pilot boat back in 90’s.(Port Royal, S.C.) After I dropped the Pilot off I would hang around, and, go out on the tug (1960’s)for extra wage. Extra wage would most always workout except for times when the Custom Agents would show up to inspect a “Bulk” hauling concrete mix from South America.(looking for Kakain). That would be a long day of sitting around.
Love your Channel.
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My dad and brother used to work there and they called does boats Las brutas, so was cool to know more about it.
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Excellent tour Capt Tim very informative should be thinking about becoming a instructor
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First of your videos that I have seen. A friend recommended your channel, and hooked now. Also, what a great guy, you do a great job!
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Complexity matched to competence. Way too cool Cap Tim!
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Nice tug! 🛥️
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14:37: you're neither shrinking not settling. Same as with planets, gravity pulls you into a ball. Happens to me, too. ;-)
SCNR ;-)
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Great vessel.
Now I understand why your not in NY, I worked par-time as the launch operator on the HR Pilot Boat as well as Miller's Launch in the Harbor. Gonna miss hearing your Security calls, pal!
Best of luck in PR.
Joe
Thank you Joe! I pass through the harbor at least twice a year just to say hi to all you guys. Merry Christmas and I'll CUOTO.
Thanks for the tour
Propeller shrouds effectively gear up the rotation right, so that's why the prop walk is so reduced, it's reduced in force by a factor of how large the water flow now is.
Thank you for watching. I'm not sure you understand what prop walk is or perhaps we are calling two separate things the same thing. CUOTO
Great video capt. You managed to cover just about everything in a way everyone could understand in just a great way. Rust on a working ship is just it's way of showing its used. Especially tugs, it's not rust, it's just sweating power !! Safe sea's welcome to the salt 👍
😂😂😂😂 "Sweating Power" I love that!! 😂 Thank you for watching Jack. CUOTO
Very good. Always enjoy a full boat tour.
Thank you very much for watching Stephen. CUOTO
Nice tour and interesting to see all that's on the boat. Not boring at all.
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Thanks Tim. Sorry not been about much lately as have a new job, but your videos are always at the top of my watch list. Keep up the great work. Cuoto 👌🏼
Thank you very much Matt. And congratulations to you on your new job. CUOTO
Great explaination Tim, thanks for the clear information.
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Love it! I was wondering if you could do an in-depth of the lower wheelhouse controls some time - I know you've done the steering and throttle, chartplotter and radar, but there's a lot of stuff going on here, and I'm sure a lot of folks would really like to see it all and in some detail. In any case, whether you do or not, these videos are a pleasure. Something to look forward on a tuesday morning!
Thank you for watching. So there is no doubt that there is plenty of fun and good content to shoot in the wheelhouse. But there are reasons why I have limitations on what and how much I can show to the public. Besides not wanting competitors to know what we have or what we don't have for systems, there is the issue of Maritime security as well. I feel extremely grateful for the access I have been allowed so far but don't want to push my luck. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea thank you for taking the time to explain. I very much understand and appreciate it.
Cold and rain in NY harbor today. I bet you don’t miss it!
You are correct! 😂 Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Hey Tim, your videos are always educational, interesting and informative. Keep making them. Greetings from Barbados.
Thank you very much for watching Geoffrey. I appreciate that. CUOTO
Hey Tim you da man even though you can't get alongside a car ship your vids are AAA+ content thanks for showing the world what we do.
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This is like going to work with a close friend. He is proud of what he does and willing to share what he knows. Seems like a one on one tour with the answers to the questions that most of us would ask had we been there . Thank you so much for sharing this well earned life. It really shows your love of the sea life.
Thank you very much for watching and for your kind words. CUOTO
Thanks for the in-depth tour of the boat.
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Kort nozzles are similar to the ducts around the fan blades in aircraft fanjet engines; they reduce tip vortices, which reduce efficiency and add noise. I assume that running props at high slippage causes cavitation, which Kort nozzles reduce. They reduce power loss, and help to prevent pitting of the prop blades.
Thank you for watching Sam. I think you are correct on all counts. CUOTO