The communication with crew, tug and oncoming ship was casual, yet informative and really helped keep everybody in the loop. I like the way you anticipated and pre-empted confusion and gave compliments not showing stress or being curt. Masterclass in friendly radio use.
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Great video Capt! I was actually the deckhand on the Nicholas for this job and wondered if I would be in a video when I saw you carrying the cameras to the upper wheelhouse. I must’ve been a part of more than 100 assists coming out of the south inside during my 3 years at Vinik. I can tell you that it’s almost never easy or pretty coming out of there, no matter the circumstances. I appreciate the concern for safety and it was a great idea to stall out and let the ship pass. I’d say that I hope to see you out there again, but that wouldn’t be very courteous to the Stephen B given their situation when we were given this job. Great job out there, great video, and I’ll see ya on 1 capt.
Hey John. Thank you for watching. You guys do a really good job and I think my dispatchers know that if they give me that job, I am going to want the Nicholas and no other boat. You guys rule! CUOTO!
And folks, that's why HE gets the Big Money! 400 feet of combustible liquids and powerhouse tug squeezing past a rocky shoreline, carefully dodging closely moored barges while backing into an onsetting current. Then stemming, holding and finally turning again to permit a larger vessel to pass, as twilight turns to night and the joy riding little boats play "chicken" off the port bow. Good job Tim and Reggie and the assist tug crew too. They don't pay you enough.
In real life, I had 62 months of sea time, and only twelve months listed on my CDCs. (commercial fisherman; nothing over 200 tons). When they come up with a virtual CDC, I'll be able to run an aircraft carrier!
One way to tell a Professional vs a non professional is how they handle changes..as very finely demonstrated by you Captain. Keep up the work and we'll keep a watching! God bless and safe travels.
Thanks for this video. I'm a pleasure boat guy, sailboat. I had no idea your visibility was so limited. I have always been under the impression that tug captains had a better view than what you have. I'll be making sure to give way more space than I usually give. Stay safe.
Love the radar display. Excellent communications are always key to any safe maneuver. Great work on the assist tug! Always have to have a Plan B and C in your back pocket - Great work by all involved.
Thank you very much for watching Phil, but please remember that it could end at any moment. It is only because of the extremely generous freedoms my employer has given me at the moment. But it is not my boat or equipment and I do not represent or speak for the company that I work for. So cheers! For today, we are all good!
Absolutely loved this video! The levels of attention and caution one must keep at 100% doing what you're doing pushing 400 feet of bulky heavy weight around in a moving mass of liquid, most people would just not understand if they had been there. Sailed and helped manage the tall ship festivals in Los Angeles harbor during 18 years volunteering with Los Angeles Maritime Institute aboard their tall ships working with kids. A couple that were once captains of our twin Brigantine ships now work with Foss, still in LA harbor. I look forward to seeing more of your videos now that I found your channel!
The communication between all of you was amazing. 3 seperate entitites all working together to be sure everyones on the same page. I was trying to figure out at first where u were heading, i thought u were going to parallel that freighter coming in. but once he went by and u turned more to starboard, i knew u were heading up the other way. Good idea to wait for the "big" ship to pass first. Great Video...looking forward to whats next in the saga
thank you for the video.It’s always nice to watch a true professional at work.As a one time yacht captain,I can attest that”better safe than sorry “.are excellent words to live by.
With that skilled tug boat operator and seeing things you have done I think you would have gotten out in front of the ship with time to spare, but as you said better safe than sorry! Don’t want to give the ship’s captain heart palpitations 😂
Tim, best video yet! The ability to switch between plans and keep everything safe is the best skill anyone can perfect! Awesome example of a transition done well!
I heard them mention "BW Jaguar" on the radio which I remember taking photos of that ship in July 2019 in Los Angeles. I have a couple photos of the tanker on Vessel Finder.. Good to see she is making her rounds all over..lol Thanks for the great content Tim!
Nicely done and with no assist tugs the ship would have been in big time trouble if he had lost steerageway. Nice to see you get out of his way. Have a safe trip.
I just found your video's and for me is fun to watch. Everyone wants to do things so fast and then i see your work that requires slow and precise attention...a pleasure to watch. Thanks !
This was great. There are so many teaching moments. It shows how complicated maneuvering a boat is. When I finally saw that ship in the distance I got awful nervous. In my experience, they are always moving faster than I think! Not that it is for me to say, but you made the correct decision, thanks again.
Thanks Tim, that was great seeing the Nicholas work with you. It seems to me when I make a boating mistake, "The magnitude of the mistake is in direct proportion to the number of people watching!" I learned that out on Isl Royal once. Dave
Thank you for watching Dave! Oh yes! Over here we have the boat ramp where people back trailered boats into the water or retrieve them. Outdoor bars with a good view of the boat ramp get really popular about 4 in the afternoon, soon followed by grown men melting down to childish temper tantrums.
Sticking to a plan when things change on you is a sign of lunacy. Managing change is the sign of a skilled person.. Then to apologise to the assist for a change is not just good manners but acknowledgement of the WHY.. The why is far more important than the sorry. “ don’t worry Ive been up to double ( or was it Triple ) Z..” is the acceptance and understanding of another skipper. Enjoy them all but this was out of the norm and the good old “thinking on your feet”. Some would not have shown the change as “I’m always right “attitude would have shown they aren’t . Amacf
What kind of mains power do you have under the deck? I used to work integrated tows from Houston. We pushed a 600' tank barge or a 200k Gal. Propane rig, both built by the owners, Bludworth brothers. We sailed Coastwise, Caribbean, S.A., even had one long Winter trip to Egypt. I also worked for Twin City Barge, on a unit tow on the Missippi/Ohio. I finished my on-the-water work fueling tow boats and fabricating in the St Paul harbor. Watching your channel brings back a lot of memories, thanks for posting the videos.
Thank you very much for watching. You may like my two engine room videos (one of a 3000 hp and the other a 4200Hp). But to answer your question, we have 3512s on this boat at 3000 hp.
That was *awesome*. Really felt like I was right there in the wheelhouse, watching, Niggle: better view of the chart plotter, couldn't see much, much less the predictor line.
Thank you for watching the Matt. That was completely my fault. I didn't think I would film anything on the watch. Then I saw the sky and tried to through everything together but ran out of time before we had to go. I just uploaded next week's video and it was a much better set-up with the plotter.
My apologies for previous comment. Just found your channel recently and was very cool to see things live from the dock after having watched your previous videos from the house. Nice work sliding her in there. Looking forward to future vids.
Your docking refresher and this installment brought to mind some sage advice from the Panama Canal's first pilot, John Constantine. While mentoring a young pilot, things seem to be slipping by a little too quickly. Rather taking over for the young pilot, he calmly told him, "Son, if you are in a big hurry to get this vessel along side, then I would advise you to go very slow."
I was working your engine controls from my armchair here in Australia Capt. Tim, great job but I might've swung a little further and passed him red to red if there was enough water out there. A great video.
Thank you very much for watching Russell. There isn't much room there at all. Well at least in the channel. And I knew that ship had to make that turn around the dock and with the scows behind it that left me a perfect spot to hide without having the ship have to change anything on his end.
Wow nice job Captain. Funny how Mother Nature and Neptune can make you call up plan B. The more I watch your videos, the more I have respect of the forces that are encountered on the water. Nice video, great job. Thank you Tim.
Great and as always informative. But why did the ship have right if way? Just because it was larger? I thought vessel under tow had right of way. Thanks
Thank you for watching Jim. It really wasn't a right of way issue. It was more like he can't stop but I can move out of the way. Few mariners worry more about right of way than ways to stay alive. #CUOTO
You got a new subscriber here mate, G'day from Australia and thank you for such well made vids. I love the narration mixing in with the radio work, I really did feel part of this manoeuvre.
Thank you for watching Matt. I actually ran out of time and couldn't set up the cameras the way I like to where one is on the chart plotter. But be sure to check out the others like this in my playlist "Split Screen videos" (and next week I thing you will have another new one too)
Great experience as always. Your comment regarding the small pleasure craft crossing your bow reminded me of a personal experience. I taught sailing in Marina del Rey. The boats were small and engineless. On the weekends large party boats would cruise the bay. I had an occasion to be a guest on the largest party boat. The captain, as a courtesy, allowed me to pilot one circumnavigation of the marina. I had my 100 ton license. I was astonished at the length forward blind spot. In future sailing lessons in the marina and transiting LA/Long Beach in my 100 ton job I became mindful of the ships blind spot. Incidentally, i was viewing the Panama Canal website. Looking at the transit application, there is a requirement to show a calculated forward zone of no visibility.
Better to miss it by that much than to be sat there dealing with all the paperwork. It's funny how old habits kick in, as I was watching you I kept picking up transits lines to see which way you were going or, in your case not going! Anyway another great video Tim, keep safe and keep afloat.
Did the dock you were leaving from have another barge scheduled to come in? Is that why you could not just wait there and avoid having to kill time in an anchorage?
That is actually a great question. But no. There were two things that made my decision to go easy. 1) The order for the assist tug had been given out before we new that the next berth was going to be delayed. We would have to pay it weather we used it or not. 2) the tide had just changed and would continue to get worse for a long time.
This is one of those times a bow and stern thruster would have been a huge help. The amount of shaking when you pushed the rpms up just screams how much power your tug has.
A fine example of how early and substantial action can resolve a questionable situation before it actually gets risky. I have often heard it said how maritime incidents are slow to develop but quick to worsen. Here, an excellent demonstration of how early detection and reaction completely defuses a situation.
Wow! "Maritime incidents are slow to develop but quick to worsen" That's Gold! Really good stuff. Thank you very much for watching and for the great quote. Someone in the comments yesterday said something like, "It didn't seem like there was anything that was going to be a problem". I wanted to (but didn't) reply "That's because I saw it coming before you did and corrected for it so you wouldn't know". Thank you again!!!!
That's why you always have "what if's" in the back of your head when maneuvering. The idea it to avoid problems before they become problems. And, I could see the tide pushing you as you backed away from the cofferdam. That means the ship was running faster than the tide to keep steerageway. Bad thing happen when you aren't paying attention. Well done and Your Skill shows more than your shyness.
Ah, "anticipate problems BEFORE they happen and solve them". When I was hired around 40 years ago starting a job in an upscale home furnishings store and was told that by the store owner, I just couldn't "wrap my head around that".... "How can you anticipate an issue before it happens?!!" It didn't make sense..... A few days/weeks later the "light went on" and I "got it"! I became the manager of both stores passing employees that been there alot longer than me. AND now being paid much more than they. Best "concept" I've ever was taught! ......duh
Good morning Tim, thank you for the another interesting video, the positioning of the barge looked tricky. But with your experience and help from the pusher tug it was easy!!. The clouds in the sky looked angry 😡. Anyway Take Care Tim and stay safe 👍😎🇬🇧.
Thank you for watching. Yes. It is much much smaller and one of the only tugs that can fit in that slip with a barge and not go aground. I wouldn't want to take my tug in along side in fear of wacking a rock on my port wheel, but he can get head on and fits perfectly.
This video serves as an excellent example of how NOT to cause a collision -- which iirc is near the top of the list - thanks for the view from the wheelhouse, and as always THANK YOU for the outstanding content Captain Tim! ~__/)__*
Here in Oregon, on the Multnohmah Channel and Columbia River, we of course have our own tug traffic. Right nearby my usual launch point is a gravel quarry. They ship lots of rock all over the area, and the tugs are a very common sight. I ALWAYS maintain line of sight to the lower bridge for a light tug, upper bridge for one in push gear. They're pretty used to us "sea fleas" as they refer to kayakers, but on occasion we in the yaks misjudge their speed or intentions and pull a fum-ducker. The tugs are not bashful about letting us know if a conflict is likely, and we of the sea and touring variety of yaks are grateful. From our very low perspective it is sometimes hard to discern the speed or intentions. I ended up getting an AIS reader app on my phone. If I can see the ship/tug/larger PC, I stop outside the channel and pull that program up. One misty afternoon that saved me a tense situation as a fast tow boat came upriver with a BIG coaster barge on the wire. Maintain line of sight to the working helm... or you're too close.
So in this example was that tug “Nicolas” pushing at full throttle to help swing? If so it takes a ton of HP to get that big ol girl around. Thanks for the awesome videos 👍🏻🤘🏼
Amazing! Good job, man! Just got my first sailboat, a 36 footer, and the thought of getting her in and out of marinas scare me. RUclips suggested this one after me watching docking videoes all weekend. I really sets things in perspective. Thanks for sharing you great work, and count me in as a new sub!
I bought a sign for the wall in my son's office. "Life is all about how well you handle plan B" Good job. Safety is the second part of the job, it's the only part.
Youse guys need a big-A bow mount trainable motor !! [ Heh, Heh, Heh, !] Thanks for a great video depicting the reality of navigating a large vessel inshore .
Thank you for watching Andrew. I just uploaded next week's video and it is another 3 Cam split screen but on the plotter. I think it works much better.
Good call Tim. I always like to think ahead and ask, what if I lose power or steerage, where would my vessel be? Plus like you said, you had time to kill.
No Way!!! You watch my stupid channel? That's awesome and made my day!!! Big thank you for checking in!!! I need more Professionals on the platform with me. Please feel free to jump in on the comments at any time. Be safe and I'll see you on the one.
I think you made a good call. Safety 1st. I remember one time... I did a similar thing. Chose safety over time. After all, we were just gonna go set on the hook for no tellin how long so, I figger; Why risk it? Panamax box ship bairling down with the tide in Cook Inlet. I chose to hide behind a platform. The Ol Man didnt like it when he found out what I had done... 6 Months later... The Ol Man put the Monarch on the bottom. Good call. Thank you.
Hey there! I have cupple of questions. 1. Do you mostly drive the same barge around? Are u mainly fueling the big sea vessels? Or do u also drive dry goods with other barges? 2. In case ur driving the same Barge alltime trough, would it not be mutch easier and better to add bow thrusters? We got those by us on the rhine as well, and on some situations, yoire really happy to have them, specially when youre going with a 23m wide ship into a 24m wide lock... 3. Youre GPS System with the map, do you guys also call it A.I.S.? 4. Youre Vessel is 24 hours driving? So you have 2 Captains driving it? Or how are youre shifts?
Thank you again for watching. 1)No. We pick up one barge and drop it off to go get another. We mostly bunker ships but sometime do refinery transfers. We only move petroleum. 2)I do no know of one barge in NYC that has a bow thruster. We have a few in our southern ports because they don't have another tug to assist. But it is easier and cheaper for the company to hire people that mostly don't need a bow thruster and when they do they can get an assist because we have a very large fleet in NYC. 3)No. I think you are referring to our MFD (Multi Function Display). On it we have Radar, chart plotter, AIS and other information overlaid. So you may hear me point to the MFD and say "I see on the AIS" but what I am really saying is that I see AIS data being displayed. 4)Yes, the boat works 24 hour a day 365 days a year. There are two crews (one that is one for three weeks and one that is off for three weeks), Each crew has 1 captain and 1 mate. The Mate has the boat and command for the 12 hours the captain is off. But the Captain has the ultimate responsibility and is responsible for the work the mate does to an extent.
@@TimBatSea hey thanks for the answer! Its nice to see the differences of the same job, but on different continents, how its done. Interessting. We mostly have own biw thruster, because its easier and we the company dont wanna hire more extra people for supporting tugs. Its way cheaper like that. I also saw, that youre Radar is on the pusher and youre bsrges dont have any, the most of our barges do have also a Radar on the front, this makes it way easier on long journeys to deive, because the front view is mutch better like that. And when its getting tight (the channels with traffic or very small ports) then we use the second radar on the rear to have perfect view on the back end. MFD: few years ago, when the A.I.S Map was comming up, they also started to overlay the gps/ais on the radar, but like mention on an another comment, ours can have wrong signals and shows youre position not good enough (until 20 Meters off). So at the beginning happened alot of accidents because the Radar and A.I.S. overlay was only confusing together. Nowadays we learned and nobody drives like that anymore. A.I.S we only use for traffic info, but driving/maneuvering with Radar oe the callouts from the deckhand. Did u saw my video of the ride "downhill" on the Rhine through Basel City? What u think about that?
Cracking video Tim! Sublime boat-handling skills, honed through years of practice! But a completely perishable skill if not practiced regularly - ask me how I know!? That sky looked a bit Biblical..! CUOTO!
How much training/where did you begin to start in the merchant navy? I'm thinking of a career change, i'm a construction supervisor, so managing people a big part of what I do. But I think operating a beast of a ship would also be awesome.
Welcome to the channel Tom. Please consider subscribing as I try to post new content every Tuesday. You may like to watch my video "How to work on a tug boat". But before you quit your day job, lol, know that everyone has to start out at the bottom and work their way up. #CUOTO
Sure hate that it ended. I was hoping to cruise for a little bit. Me and some friends have been deep sea fishing in the gulf. Love the sea but the sea doesn’t love me. Never lost my lunch though. Fish on! 🎣 And I just subscribed. Thanks and be safe.
I know that this my be a stupid question but is there any process on inspecting for metal fatigue on a tugboat on the hull or other equipment? nothing last forever :)
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Great vid Tim wonderful teamwork well coordinated by yourself. Yes discretion is the better part of valor not to mention keeping it safe. Safe well mate. Ingat Kuya
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The communication with crew, tug and oncoming ship was casual, yet informative and really helped keep everybody in the loop. I like the way you anticipated and pre-empted confusion and gave compliments not showing stress or being curt. Masterclass in friendly radio use.
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Great video Capt! I was actually the deckhand on the Nicholas for this job and wondered if I would be in a video when I saw you carrying the cameras to the upper wheelhouse. I must’ve been a part of more than 100 assists coming out of the south inside during my 3 years at Vinik. I can tell you that it’s almost never easy or pretty coming out of there, no matter the circumstances. I appreciate the concern for safety and it was a great idea to stall out and let the ship pass. I’d say that I hope to see you out there again, but that wouldn’t be very courteous to the Stephen B given their situation when we were given this job. Great job out there, great video, and I’ll see ya on 1 capt.
Hey John. Thank you for watching. You guys do a really good job and I think my dispatchers know that if they give me that job, I am going to want the Nicholas and no other boat. You guys rule! CUOTO!
Great job, John!
And folks, that's why HE gets the Big Money! 400 feet of combustible liquids and powerhouse tug squeezing past a rocky shoreline, carefully dodging closely moored barges while backing into an onsetting current. Then stemming, holding and finally turning again to permit a larger vessel to pass, as twilight turns to night and the joy riding little boats play "chicken" off the port bow. Good job Tim and Reggie and the assist tug crew too. They don't pay you enough.
Thank you very much for watching and for noticing the things that most miss Tom. I really appreciate it!
nothin' but net, Tom!
They sure don’t pay him enough. VB should do a lot better for their wheelmen. Specially paying for travel too.
From experience with construction tower cranes. I Love that calm radio teamwork when everyone knows the severity of the task.
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Nicely done Captain....as a bridge watchstander and unrep helmsman on military sealift tankers a few years ago it brought back pleasant memories.
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If we keep watching these can we get a vicarious tug captain license? Great job as always.
Thank you for watching David.
In real life, I had 62 months of sea time, and only twelve months listed on my CDCs. (commercial fisherman; nothing over 200 tons). When they come up with a virtual CDC, I'll be able to run an aircraft carrier!
@@michaelrice500 lol
How do I “follow” this channel?
Yet another awesome display of tug&barge handling. Great video captn.
Thank you for watching Anderson. CUOTO
Great video! Love these real time maneuvers. Well done, Capt.
Thank you Joshua for watching.
The sheer power of these ships and excellent coordination is amazing ! Great video Tim !
Thank you for watching Robert!
Bravo Zulu Tim, Nice ship and Tug handling
Thank you for watching Craig.
One way to tell a Professional vs a non professional is how they handle changes..as very finely demonstrated by you Captain. Keep up the work and we'll keep a watching! God bless and safe travels.
Thank you very much Eric. I appreciate it more than you know!
Thanks for this video. I'm a pleasure boat guy, sailboat. I had no idea your visibility was so limited. I have always been under the impression that tug captains had a better view than what you have. I'll be making sure to give way more space than I usually give. Stay safe.
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Love the radar display. Excellent communications are always key to any safe maneuver. Great work on the assist tug!
Always have to have a Plan B and C in your back pocket - Great work by all involved.
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We are so fortunate to be able to see your 'as it happens' tug handling. Thank you!
Thank you very much for watching Phil, but please remember that it could end at any moment. It is only because of the extremely generous freedoms my employer has given me at the moment. But it is not my boat or equipment and I do not represent or speak for the company that I work for. So cheers! For today, we are all good!
Absolutely loved this video! The levels of attention and caution one must keep at 100% doing what you're doing pushing 400 feet of bulky heavy weight around in a moving mass of liquid, most people would just not understand if they had been there. Sailed and helped manage the tall ship festivals in Los Angeles harbor during 18 years volunteering with Los Angeles Maritime Institute aboard their tall ships working with kids. A couple that were once captains of our twin Brigantine ships now work with Foss, still in LA harbor. I look forward to seeing more of your videos now that I found your channel!
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. I try to post new content every Tuesday.
The communication between all of you was amazing. 3 seperate entitites all working together to be sure everyones on the same page. I was trying to figure out at first where u were heading, i thought u were going to parallel that freighter coming in. but once he went by and u turned more to starboard, i knew u were heading up the other way. Good idea to wait for the "big" ship to pass first. Great Video...looking forward to whats next in the saga
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Great job Tim. I love seeing how you maneuver in tight spots. The cameras were set up perfectly to show the whole operation.
Thank you very much for watching. Stay safe!
thank you for the video.It’s always nice to watch a true professional at work.As a one time yacht captain,I can attest that”better safe than sorry “.are excellent words to live by.
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I like how all you guys are polite and professional yet friendly too. Well done says the land lover.
Thank you for watching Jeff. Professionalism and politeness are the goal but not always achieved.
Thanks Tim for sharing the tough choices.
Thank you very much for watching.
So interesting and fun to watch! Great video Tim!!! Keep them coming!!!!
Thank you very much for watching Amy!
Fascinating 😊She does a little shaking there. lol Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you for watching. Oh yes. That is from cavitation. CUOTO
With that skilled tug boat operator and seeing things you have done I think you would have gotten out in front of the ship with time to spare, but as you said better safe than sorry! Don’t want to give the ship’s captain heart palpitations 😂
LOL. It would have been the Pilot. The ship's captain is most likely for a fare away land. CUOTO
Tim, best video yet! The ability to switch between plans and keep everything safe is the best skill anyone can perfect! Awesome example of a transition done well!
Thank you very much for watching and for the kind words Tom!
I heard them mention "BW Jaguar" on the radio which I remember taking photos of that ship in July 2019 in Los Angeles. I have a couple photos of the tanker on Vessel Finder.. Good to see she is making her rounds all over..lol Thanks for the great content Tim!
Thank you for watching Bob. Yes that was her that I was trying not to get run over by. lol. CUOTO
The superior sailor uses his superior knowledge, to avoid situations, that require he use his superior skills.
Best wishes, stay safe Tim
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Nicely done and with no assist tugs the ship would have been in big time trouble if he had lost steerageway. Nice to see you get out of his way. Have a safe trip.
Thank you for watching Richard but I was thinking that I would have been in big trouble if I had an engine problem stalled out blocking the channel.
I just found your video's and for me is fun to watch. Everyone wants to do things so fast and then i see your work that requires slow and precise attention...a pleasure to watch. Thanks !
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This was great. There are so many teaching moments. It shows how complicated maneuvering a boat is. When I finally saw that ship in the distance I got awful nervous. In my experience, they are always moving faster than I think! Not that it is for me to say, but you made the correct decision, thanks again.
Thank you for watching and for your kind words Dean. I really appreciate them! CUOTO
Another great video. Such a smooth transition from plan A to plan B. Professionalism!
Thank you for watching Chuck! #CUOTO
Awesome video, Tim. Don't want to wish more stress on you but I sure liked watching this one!
Thank you very much Matthew! I really appreciate it!
👍✅ Good to know there are some oldie but goodies I haven't seen yet Tim 🤣👏
Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Thanks Tim, that was great seeing the Nicholas work with you. It seems to me when I make a boating mistake, "The magnitude of the mistake is in direct proportion to the number of people watching!" I learned that out on Isl Royal once.
Dave
Thank you for watching Dave! Oh yes! Over here we have the boat ramp where people back trailered boats into the water or retrieve them. Outdoor bars with a good view of the boat ramp get really popular about 4 in the afternoon, soon followed by grown men melting down to childish temper tantrums.
@@TimBatSea Yes, my family used to camp by the boat ramp for entertainment! You have A great utube channel! Thanks!
Dave
@@davidsauerwrx7460 Thank you for being s part of it David
@@davidsauerwrx7460 It sure is fun to witness people launching trucks!
Thanks to you and your company allowing us to be aboard.
Thank you Paul for watching. I really don't know how long I will be able keep doing this, but with comments like yours I'm sure it will help.
Sticking to a plan when things change on you is a sign of lunacy. Managing change is the sign of a skilled person.. Then to apologise to the assist for a change is not just good manners but acknowledgement of the WHY.. The why is far more important than the sorry. “ don’t worry Ive been up to double ( or was it Triple ) Z..” is the acceptance and understanding of another skipper. Enjoy them all but this was out of the norm and the good old “thinking on your feet”. Some would not have shown the change as “I’m always right “attitude would have shown they aren’t . Amacf
Thank you very very much!!
My boss is 100 ton and up steam and power. When we get any big single screw boats to move, he sends me. No licence at all.
What kind of mains power do you have under the deck? I used to work integrated tows from Houston. We pushed a 600' tank barge or a 200k Gal. Propane rig, both built by the owners, Bludworth brothers. We sailed Coastwise, Caribbean, S.A., even had one long Winter trip to Egypt. I also worked for Twin City Barge, on a unit tow on the Missippi/Ohio. I finished my on-the-water work fueling tow boats and fabricating in the St Paul harbor. Watching your channel brings back a lot of memories, thanks for posting the videos.
Thank you very much for watching. You may like my two engine room videos (one of a 3000 hp and the other a 4200Hp). But to answer your question, we have 3512s on this boat at 3000 hp.
That was *awesome*. Really felt like I was right there in the wheelhouse, watching,
Niggle: better view of the chart plotter, couldn't see much, much less the predictor line.
Thank you for watching the Matt. That was completely my fault. I didn't think I would film anything on the watch. Then I saw the sky and tried to through everything together but ran out of time before we had to go. I just uploaded next week's video and it was a much better set-up with the plotter.
@@TimBatSea You do all the skipper things; we'll catch up, cap.
Great video. I love seeing you guys at work.
Thank you very much for watching Ken.
Outstanding morning coffee drinking video !! Thanks !
Lol. Thank you very much for watching.
My apologies for previous comment. Just found your channel recently and was very cool to see things live from the dock after having watched your previous videos from the house. Nice work sliding her in there. Looking forward to future vids.
Thank you very much for watching and no apology needed. You were looking for us and I love that! CUOTO
Nice work Cap. We have our moments over here too, but it's much easier for us to stay out of the way with most of our tows.
Thank you for watching Al. Where are you checking in from?
TimBatSea, Mate on the Brian Nicholas. Standing by in Claremont for a run to the English Kill in a bit
Al! That's great!! I am so happy when I hear fellow NYC Tug Guys are on here with me. Really appreciate it brother!!! CUOTO
Cool, calm, collected...CAPT. Love it! Nice job
Thank you very much for watching!
Your docking refresher and this installment brought to mind some sage advice from the Panama Canal's first pilot, John Constantine. While mentoring a young pilot, things seem to be slipping by a little too quickly. Rather taking over for the young pilot, he calmly told him, "Son, if you are in a big hurry to get this vessel along side, then I would advise you to go very slow."
Lol. That's a good one!! Thank you for watching!
Nice to see professionals at work. 👍🏻
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Thanks for the video. Things seem to happen very slowly until they don't. Nice work. Good call.
Thank you very much for watching Tom!
I was working your engine controls from my armchair here in Australia Capt. Tim, great job but I might've swung a little further and passed him red to red if there was enough water out there. A great video.
Thank you very much for watching Russell. There isn't much room there at all. Well at least in the channel. And I knew that ship had to make that turn around the dock and with the scows behind it that left me a perfect spot to hide without having the ship have to change anything on his end.
@@TimBatSea Well done.
Wow nice job Captain. Funny how Mother Nature and Neptune can make you call up plan B. The more I watch your videos, the more I have respect of the forces that are encountered on the water. Nice video, great job. Thank you Tim.
Thank you very much for watching Gregory. No amount of horsepower can ever beat mother nature when she wants to play!
Nice job as always! Man that sky look like you could reach up and touch it! Thanks for sharing!😎👍
Thank you as always for watching Rick. Stay safe and CUOTO
Great and as always informative. But why did the ship have right if way? Just because it was larger? I thought vessel under tow had right of way. Thanks
Thank you for watching Jim. It really wasn't a right of way issue. It was more like he can't stop but I can move out of the way. Few mariners worry more about right of way than ways to stay alive. #CUOTO
You got a new subscriber here mate, G'day from Australia and thank you for such well made vids.
I love the narration mixing in with the radio work, I really did feel part of this manoeuvre.
Welcome to the channel and thank you for watching! CUOTO
Great job in skill and decision making! Also, the way you've put this together with multiple cameras is great! Looking forward to the next one!
Thank you for watching Matt. I actually ran out of time and couldn't set up the cameras the way I like to where one is on the chart plotter. But be sure to check out the others like this in my playlist "Split Screen videos" (and next week I thing you will have another new one too)
Very fun to watch. As we say in the Fire Service, “Plan B should never be Plan A harder.”
Thank you for watching. I love that!!! I am going to have to remember that one! Thank you!!!
TimBatSea My pleasure. I really enjoy your content. Take care! -Rich
Very Interesting! Thanks for sharing.
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Great experience as always.
Your comment regarding the small pleasure craft crossing your bow reminded me of a personal experience.
I taught sailing in Marina del Rey. The boats were small and engineless. On the weekends large party boats would cruise the bay. I had an occasion to be a guest on the largest party boat. The captain, as a courtesy, allowed me to pilot one circumnavigation of the marina. I had my 100 ton license. I was astonished at the length forward blind spot. In future sailing lessons in the marina and transiting LA/Long Beach in my 100 ton job I became mindful of the ships blind spot.
Incidentally, i was viewing the Panama Canal website. Looking at the transit application, there is a requirement to show a calculated forward zone of no visibility.
Thank you for watching. Oh yes. All relevant.
Better to miss it by that much than to be sat there dealing with all the paperwork.
It's funny how old habits kick in, as I was watching you I kept picking up transits lines to see which way you were going or, in your case not going!
Anyway another great video Tim, keep safe and keep afloat.
Thank you very much Ricky!!!
Tim as usual well-done thanks for the videos living vicariously through you lol,, Just got home from Fairhope Bama, back in San Diego,,
Welcome home Brian and thank you for watching. CUOTO
Nice video! I love the visual while you explain what's going on.
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Handled like Tim, always perfection….CUOTO Captain
Thank you very much Chuck. I appreciate that. CUOTO
Wow. A lot of things to watch out for and plan for it ahead of time.
Oh, yes. Thank you for watching. CUOTO
AAA+++ Safety first as always :) and right on dusk with lights coming on very spectacular!! Better than sci-fi :) Nearly...
Thank you very much for watching Mike!!!
How about Captain Rick Deckard and Blade Runner music? Now that would be something. :-)
Did the dock you were leaving from have another barge scheduled to come in? Is that why you could not just wait there and avoid having to kill time in an anchorage?
That is actually a great question. But no. There were two things that made my decision to go easy. 1) The order for the assist tug had been given out before we new that the next berth was going to be delayed. We would have to pay it weather we used it or not. 2) the tide had just changed and would continue to get worse for a long time.
This is one of those times a bow and stern thruster would have been a huge help.
The amount of shaking when you pushed the rpms up just screams how much power your tug has.
Thank you for watching and for helping out in the comments Jaqui! Both i really apricate.
Great channel....So smooth how you pass from plan A to plan B, with so calm attitude 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻...
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel David. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea CUOTO 👏🏻👍
A fine example of how early and substantial action can resolve a questionable situation before it actually gets risky. I have often heard it said how maritime incidents are slow to develop but quick to worsen. Here, an excellent demonstration of how early detection and reaction completely defuses a situation.
Wow! "Maritime incidents are slow to develop but quick to worsen" That's Gold! Really good stuff. Thank you very much for watching and for the great quote. Someone in the comments yesterday said something like, "It didn't seem like there was anything that was going to be a problem". I wanted to (but didn't) reply "That's because I saw it coming before you did and corrected for it so you wouldn't know". Thank you again!!!!
That's why you always have "what if's" in the back of your head when maneuvering. The idea it to avoid problems before they become problems. And, I could see the tide pushing you as you backed away from the cofferdam. That means the ship was running faster than the tide to keep steerageway. Bad thing happen when you aren't paying attention. Well done and Your Skill shows more than your shyness.
Thank you very much Richard! I really appreciate it.
As you have determined, Mr. Bohling, you can't run a boat without the ability to predict the future.
Ah, "anticipate problems BEFORE they happen and solve them".
When I was hired around 40 years ago starting a job in an upscale home furnishings store and was told that by the store owner, I just couldn't "wrap my head around that"....
"How can you anticipate an issue before it happens?!!"
It didn't make sense.....
A few days/weeks later the "light went on" and I "got it"!
I became the manager of both stores passing employees that been there alot longer than me.
AND now being paid much more than they.
Best "concept" I've ever was taught! ......duh
@@chrisk8187 Thank you very much for watching and sharing such a cool memory. #CUOTO
Good morning Tim, thank you for the another interesting video, the positioning of the barge looked tricky. But with your experience and help from the pusher tug it was easy!!. The clouds in the sky looked angry 😡. Anyway Take Care Tim and stay safe 👍😎🇬🇧.
Good morning Wayne. Thank you as always for watching! Stay safe my brother!
Fascinating video. I notice that the Nicholas is considerably smaller than yours. What is the main function of a tug of that size? Thanks.
Thank you for watching. Yes. It is much much smaller and one of the only tugs that can fit in that slip with a barge and not go aground. I wouldn't want to take my tug in along side in fear of wacking a rock on my port wheel, but he can get head on and fits perfectly.
I’m pretty sure I was experiencing more anxiety in my armchair than you, at the helm.
Lol. You crack me up Robert! Thank you very much!
So was I Robert! This was a real nail biter!
It’s for realz, aye! My shoulders are tight AF now 😆
Another excellent video. Amazing skill and coordination.
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Such cool video.. I love the water, boats and everything about them both.. thanks my brother.. YOU da man!
Thank you for watching and for the kind words!
This video serves as an excellent example of how NOT to cause a collision -- which iirc is near the top of the list - thanks for the view from the wheelhouse, and as always THANK YOU for the outstanding content Captain Tim! ~__/)__*
Thank you very much for watching and for the kind words! CUOTO
Here in Oregon, on the Multnohmah Channel and Columbia River, we of course have our own tug traffic. Right nearby my usual launch point is a gravel quarry. They ship lots of rock all over the area, and the tugs are a very common sight. I ALWAYS maintain line of sight to the lower bridge for a light tug, upper bridge for one in push gear. They're pretty used to us "sea fleas" as they refer to kayakers, but on occasion we in the yaks misjudge their speed or intentions and pull a fum-ducker. The tugs are not bashful about letting us know if a conflict is likely, and we of the sea and touring variety of yaks are grateful. From our very low perspective it is sometimes hard to discern the speed or intentions. I ended up getting an AIS reader app on my phone. If I can see the ship/tug/larger PC, I stop outside the channel and pull that program up. One misty afternoon that saved me a tense situation as a fast tow boat came upriver with a BIG coaster barge on the wire.
Maintain line of sight to the working helm... or you're too close.
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Nice work Cap. Calm cool and collected.
Thank you very much Ron for watching and for your kind words.
So in this example was that tug “Nicolas” pushing at full throttle to help swing? If so it takes a ton of HP to get that big ol girl around. Thanks for the awesome videos 👍🏻🤘🏼
Thank you for watching. Yes, for most of the time he was "Hooked Up" meaning at full power.
Low and slow in tight quarters. Nice job Tim
Thank you very much John. CUOTO
Amazing! Good job, man! Just got my first sailboat, a 36 footer, and the thought of getting her in and out of marinas scare me. RUclips suggested this one after me watching docking videoes all weekend. I really sets things in perspective. Thanks for sharing you great work, and count me in as a new sub!
Welcome to the channel and congratulations on your new boat. I really appreciate you watching and Subscribing! CUOTO
I bought a sign for the wall in my son's office. "Life is all about how well you handle plan B" Good job. Safety is the second part of the job, it's the only part.
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Great Show. ....and nothing got dinged👍🧐
Thank you for watching Ed. Nothing (this time) lol. CUOTO
Glad you folks are staying healthy and safe during this pandemic. Very essential workers, for sure.
Thank you for watching and for the kind words. It means the world to us. CUOTO
Youse guys need a big-A bow mount trainable motor !! [ Heh, Heh, Heh, !] Thanks for a great video depicting the reality of navigating a large vessel inshore .
LOL Thank you for watching Jeff. Yes that's what we need!
They had one ..It was called the Nicolas ...
Wonderful video. I love these split screen videos!! Thank you sir!!
Thank you for watching Andrew. I just uploaded next week's video and it is another 3 Cam split screen but on the plotter. I think it works much better.
TimBatSea cool! Looking forward to it!!
@@andrewlafrance7727 Thank you Andrew
Good call Tim. I always like to think ahead and ask, what if I lose power or steerage, where would my vessel be? Plus like you said, you had time to kill.
Thank you for watching Dan. Yes, that is exactly it.
Really nice view with the controls and radar! Really interesting to watch! :)
Thank you very much for watching and for subscribing! I really appreciate it!! CUOTO
Very interesting video. I'm always surprised how much communication your job involves. Also totally beautiful lighting conditions!
Thank you for watching Dusan. It was some odd lighting conditions that night. To be sure.
Always a pleasure watching Tim- Caitlin Ann, Port Newark
No Way!!! You watch my stupid channel? That's awesome and made my day!!! Big thank you for checking in!!! I need more Professionals on the platform with me. Please feel free to jump in on the comments at any time. Be safe and I'll see you on the one.
TimBatSea Been a deckhand for a few hitches now but always hear you checking in with traffic and see you around the harbor small world!
I think you made a good call.
Safety 1st.
I remember one time... I did a similar thing. Chose safety over time.
After all, we were just gonna go set on the hook for no tellin how long so, I figger; Why risk it?
Panamax box ship bairling down with the tide in Cook Inlet.
I chose to hide behind a platform.
The Ol Man didnt like it when he found out what I had done...
6 Months later... The Ol Man put the Monarch on the bottom.
Good call.
Thank you.
Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Hey there! I have cupple of questions.
1. Do you mostly drive the same barge around? Are u mainly fueling the big sea vessels? Or do u also drive dry goods with other barges?
2. In case ur driving the same Barge alltime trough, would it not be mutch easier and better to add bow thrusters? We got those by us on the rhine as well, and on some situations, yoire really happy to have them, specially when youre going with a 23m wide ship into a 24m wide lock...
3. Youre GPS System with the map, do you guys also call it A.I.S.?
4. Youre Vessel is 24 hours driving? So you have 2 Captains driving it? Or how are youre shifts?
Thank you again for watching.
1)No. We pick up one barge and drop it off to go get another. We mostly bunker ships but sometime do refinery transfers. We only move petroleum.
2)I do no know of one barge in NYC that has a bow thruster. We have a few in our southern ports because they don't have another tug to assist. But it is easier and cheaper for the company to hire people that mostly don't need a bow thruster and when they do they can get an assist because we have a very large fleet in NYC.
3)No. I think you are referring to our MFD (Multi Function Display). On it we have Radar, chart plotter, AIS and other information overlaid. So you may hear me point to the MFD and say "I see on the AIS" but what I am really saying is that I see AIS data being displayed.
4)Yes, the boat works 24 hour a day 365 days a year. There are two crews (one that is one for three weeks and one that is off for three weeks), Each crew has 1 captain and 1 mate. The Mate has the boat and command for the 12 hours the captain is off. But the Captain has the ultimate responsibility and is responsible for the work the mate does to an extent.
@@TimBatSea hey thanks for the answer! Its nice to see the differences of the same job, but on different continents, how its done. Interessting. We mostly have own biw thruster, because its easier and we the company dont wanna hire more extra people for supporting tugs. Its way cheaper like that. I also saw, that youre Radar is on the pusher and youre bsrges dont have any, the most of our barges do have also a Radar on the front, this makes it way easier on long journeys to deive, because the front view is mutch better like that. And when its getting tight (the channels with traffic or very small ports) then we use the second radar on the rear to have perfect view on the back end.
MFD: few years ago, when the A.I.S Map was comming up, they also started to overlay the gps/ais on the radar, but like mention on an another comment, ours can have wrong signals and shows youre position not good enough (until 20 Meters off). So at the beginning happened alot of accidents because the Radar and A.I.S. overlay was only confusing together. Nowadays we learned and nobody drives like that anymore. A.I.S we only use for traffic info, but driving/maneuvering with Radar oe the callouts from the deckhand. Did u saw my video of the ride "downhill" on the Rhine through Basel City? What u think about that?
@@ch-sqpopay9949 Yes, Very nice!
Great vlog, thanks for sharing.
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Cracking video Tim!
Sublime boat-handling skills, honed through years of practice! But a completely perishable skill if not practiced regularly - ask me how I know!?
That sky looked a bit Biblical..!
CUOTO!
Yes it did look biblical! Thank you for watching Darren. CUOTO
Precision moves Captain, nice work. P.s. you coulda made it.
Thank you for watching Tom. #CUOTO
How much training/where did you begin to start in the merchant navy? I'm thinking of a career change, i'm a construction supervisor, so managing people a big part of what I do. But I think operating a beast of a ship would also be awesome.
Welcome to the channel Tom. Please consider subscribing as I try to post new content every Tuesday. You may like to watch my video "How to work on a tug boat". But before you quit your day job, lol, know that everyone has to start out at the bottom and work their way up. #CUOTO
Sure hate that it ended. I was hoping to cruise for a little bit. Me and some friends have been deep sea fishing in the gulf. Love the sea but the sea doesn’t love me. Never lost my lunch though. Fish on! 🎣 And I just subscribed. Thanks and be safe.
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I know that this my be a stupid question but is there any process on inspecting for metal fatigue on a tugboat on the hull or other equipment? nothing last forever :)
Thank you for watching Jon. No not a stupid question at all. In fact, we are required to (at the very least) be hauled out of the water and ABS (American Burrow of Shipping) does and an independent inspection including audio gauging the hull. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday.
Great vid Tim wonderful teamwork well coordinated by yourself. Yes discretion is the better part of valor not to mention keeping it safe. Safe well mate. Ingat Kuya
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We could use some cloud cover on this side of the country. Looks like a beautiful sunrise. Great video Capt.
Thank you very much for watching.
Absolutely brilliant really good to watch, I'm currently riding out a gale in Falmouth Harbour, UK.
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Oh. I’m guessing it was Nicholas, which is your assist tug? Neoclassical 😂😂
Lol. Yes. You are correct.
Nice! Always better safe than sorry!
Thank you for watching Mike.
Did I detect a little don Adam's and get smart? I missed it by that much! Sorry about that chief. Great video.
Yes you did, and extra points for being the first to catch it! Cheers CUOTO
Bwahahahaha! "Chief, how come you always seem to get a headache when I'm around?"
Definitely could see the fight against wind/tide off the starboard side; water was dancing as it hit you broadside.
Thank you for watching. Yes. You are spot on. Those are the little telltales good boatman see and the layman never notices.