Most of my young Oystering career was out of Bridgeport Harbor. That bridge was Pleasure Beach Bridge, out to Pleasure Island, there was an amusement park out on the island many years back. When I was young working oyster boats, we would use the bridge to run out to the beach to see if the chop was too nasty to work offshore from the Radio Towers. There was oysters in the Lewis Gut inside where that Bridge used to stand, there are also oyster grounds owned/leased by the oyster company all inside the Gut, nice shoal water in there, so the tows were short, and the dredge was in the boat in a couple of pulls. We used to see the coal barges docking at the power plant, an bucket chain would unload the coal, and a huge dozer would stack the coal high. I have not been in the oyster/clam game since the early 2000s, and miss the water every single day. Your video sin New Haven & BPT are vivid reminders of a lifetime ago, working the boats with my father and my uncle. Love the videos, keep em coming. #CUOTO
As one of Bridgeport’s native sons, I love seeing these videos. I grew up on the East Side, (Hallett St & Father Panik Village) and spent countless hours on the Sound. Caught snapper blues from St Mary’s By The Sea to Pleasure Beach. 😂😂😂 It was once a very rough city, but is a pretty nice place to live now. As you’re going through the breakwaters (plenty of blackfish & porgies back in the day) the plant closest to you is the new natural gas generating station that replaced the Bridgeport Harbor generating station that you see in the background. It’s built on Tongue Point where the Remington Shaver plant used to be. I also worked the Turbana docks back in the day.
P.S. The Pleasure Beach bridge was torn down several years ago. You can still visit the island by taking a little ferry that runs from the foot of Central Ave where the bridge used to be. It’s beautiful out on the island.
Thanks for your videos- I was a pursuing a career in this field before pivoting to aviation, and I am consistently amazed with how similar flying airliners is to operating these ships. While on different speed and weight scales, you battle the same environmental factors and have the same considerations we do, and battle to put a big machine in a small spot. Always cool to see you operating near my hometown! Also congrats on the sponsorship, you earned it and I hope you'll do something fun with the extra income.
Hi Tim. Yes, Derecktor sold the yard in Bridgeport, and I think you are right, that it is now a yacht yard. Interestingly, when Derecktor had it, they built the largest superyacht ever built in the US right there, Cakewalk. There are some mockups of Cakewalk parts at the yard in Mamaroneck, where you came to visit us. (Mamaroneck is the original Robert Derecktor yard.) The guy who runs the Mamaroneck yard used to be there in Bridgeport. - Sean on Vector
Pleasure Beach bridge burned on a weekend when many folks were on the peninsula. No access via land due to bird sanctuary. Bpt. PD had two surplus LARCS and ferried the people and cars off. Later, cars were still there unclaimed, all reported stolen. Our dive team would search the hulls of the banana boats and recover illegal substances that were attached. Fun years...
We used to visit that Bridgeport power plant when they burned coal. We would load 14000 tons in Norfolk, VA and get on the wire after the Bridge Tunnel. Moran had a few boats on the “Coal run,” we also serviced Somerset, MA, Searsport and Portland, ME. Lousy weather in winter, I used to say, “I have to go to work and get an ass-beatin.” I recall taking a Penobscot Bay pilot to keep us from chopping up lobster pots. When it was late night, the pilot said that he would stay at an old lady’s house on one of those islands up in your neck of the woods.
Thanks Tim! great video love the new format miss the radio comms lol. Yeah I know about the crazy buoy international diff;s. Luke is a rockstar and thanks for sharing.
The ATB Presque Isle, sailing on the Great Lakes is indeed the size of a ship. The tug / barge combination is 1,000 ft., nearly as large as the largest laker.
I love it when you do Bridgeport vids! I grew up in Fairfield, the next town over from Bridgeport, and I remember going on the L.I. ferry a few times and seeing the tugs and barges in Bridgeport harbor, and there used to be huge barges that would berth right next to the place that has that red and white smokestack... they burn trash there now? I didn't know that, when I was a kid, they burned coal, which is what those huge barges were for. And my first time seeing a tugboat up close was walking off the Port Jeff ferry, and one of the Moran tugs was tied up and I got to walk by, and I'll never forget the way those big Detroit Diesels sounded. Thanks for whatbyou do, Tim, I hope you don't mind me sharing the memory... C U Next Tuesday, and as always, #CUOTO
Thank you for watching Casey. No. The trash to energy plant is further down the coast. The coal plant is still there but not burning coal these days. CUOTO
I had a sign business in South Jersey 30yrs ago. I had to install a couple of real estate signs up that way. 1 out on the tip of Long Island then i had to go to New Haven. So i took that Port Jefferson ferry across the sound saved me a lot of drive time
Another great vid Tim. I have to admit that at first I didn't like the new format but didn't say anything so as not to be negative. However I have grown to like them as much, if not more than the old style. For instance when you explained how you can walk the barge with the rudders and wheels in such a calm way it made perfect sense to me. I think folk can describe and teach in a better way when they are not under real pressure, that pressure being taking out the dock like in the old motor torpedo boat film that had maybe one of your ex presidents in it? 🤣
@@TimBatSea Tim, you are already giving it a great shot. Just keep them coming as they are, don't beat yourself up about getting better as there's nothing wrong at all with the ones at the moment.
Tim, you mentioned Chiquita Banana ships... I wonder if you remember when one of them ran down a sailboat at World's End in the Hudson and sank it? I knew the sailboat owner, and his seamanship was terrible that night. Had motor failure and attempted to sail through World's End without using his spare outboard or radio. Chiquita bought him a new boat (all survived by swimming ashore) but in truth the guy was wrong. Sailing through World's End? It's 200 feet deep, can't anchor. No wind because of the cliffs. And sometimes 3 knots of current. that's why Washington put West Point there!!
Derecktor Shipyards is still owned by Bob Derecktor's family. His son Paul now runs the show. The have purchased several other yards-in Florida and now Maine (Robinhood)
You mentioned getting your butt kicked - Well all I can say is never underestimate LIS. I got my butt kicked about 4 years ago sailing through the night from RI- west bound through the sound - every third or fourth wave came clear over the bow and across the boat . (sailboat) Pulled into Black Rock at about 0300 exhausted - lost dinghy, torn sails and a broken toe. Hobbled into town the next day to get some food and supplies and landed in a biker bar - Bridgeport/Black Rock is a tough place.
@@smaarch1 There are two types of Captains brother, Those that have and those that will! In terms of being humbled and those of us who learned from it are better for it
@@davewylie654 Been sailing for some 30 years and all I'll say is every day is a learning experience. I used to do a lot of night sailing until a couple of potential catastrophic events. It took me years to reflect and think about these events. On deep reflection, each one involved operator error - me - sometimes they were seriously subtle. All respect to those who do this professionally and ply these waters. I've also encountered some seriously stupid professionals - during the construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge. They were relocating the floating concrete plant while I was transiting northbound. I was shooting for the center span when the barges/tugs appeared. I contacted them on VHF 16 and asked them where I needed to be and they told me to "turn left immediately". Like my left or yours? East or West? Port or Starboard? Precision matters.
That swing bridge still shows up on Google map's satellite view and the street view from Central Ave looks like it might show some of the dismantling work.
Hey Cap'n Tim, I have a question I haven't been able to find the answer to. I have a center console, with a Garmin chart plotter. When I head out into the Atlantic ocean from Ocean City Md, and I get about 10 miles off shore, my GPS time goes back an hour, like I lose daylight savings time. Is this typical? Or just a Garmin thing? Thanks for your time, and the superior content.
Thank you very much for watching. Lucky for you, I too have all Garmin on SVP. I had the same thing happen last year. After a software update through active captain, it was fixed. CUOTO
@@funsmasher7018 I don't know if it's helpful or just spam, but I just got an email (advertisement) from West Marine about Garmin updates. Shoot me an email if you want me to forward it to you.
@@TimBatSea Thanks Tim, I have contacted Garmin, and am awaiting a response. My unit is up to date on software. It is not a big deal, I just wondered why. My bro in law's handheld unit does the same. It is just their stuff that does it.
I had to recover a stolen car in Bridgeport about 25 years ago with a tow truck. The tow yard holding the car had huge barbed wire fences and every car was kept inside. I had to be in and out before 5 as they would not go there at night
Hello tim , speaking of happiness there is no doubt that you and chrisalita are happy , tks you for sharing this it 🖒. You made a video 2 years ago on an atb with a great aerial view , l understand how it works better . CUOTO
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Thanks Capt for opening up about your marriage. It takes a real man to point out pain like this. We were taught to hide and suppress these feelings
Very true. It is hard to let go. But so worth it when you find peace. Thank you very much for watching Jim. CUOTO
Been there done that, yes bad marriage is a life downer. Tim was cool to share it. 🙂
Most of my young Oystering career was out of Bridgeport Harbor. That bridge was Pleasure Beach Bridge, out to Pleasure Island, there was an amusement park out on the island many years back. When I was young working oyster boats, we would use the bridge to run out to the beach to see if the chop was too nasty to work offshore from the Radio Towers. There was oysters in the Lewis Gut inside where that Bridge used to stand, there are also oyster grounds owned/leased by the oyster company all inside the Gut, nice shoal water in there, so the tows were short, and the dredge was in the boat in a couple of pulls.
We used to see the coal barges docking at the power plant, an bucket chain would unload the coal, and a huge dozer would stack the coal high.
I have not been in the oyster/clam game since the early 2000s, and miss the water every single day. Your video sin New Haven & BPT are vivid reminders of a lifetime ago, working the boats with my father and my uncle. Love the videos, keep em coming.
#CUOTO
Thank you very much for watching. Love the story. CUOTO
As one of Bridgeport’s native sons, I love seeing these videos. I grew up on the East Side, (Hallett St & Father Panik Village) and spent countless hours on the Sound. Caught snapper blues from St Mary’s By The Sea to Pleasure Beach. 😂😂😂 It was once a very rough city, but is a pretty nice place to live now.
As you’re going through the breakwaters (plenty of blackfish & porgies back in the day) the plant closest to you is the new natural gas generating station that replaced the Bridgeport Harbor generating station that you see in the background. It’s built on Tongue Point where the Remington Shaver plant used to be. I also worked the Turbana docks back in the day.
P.S. The trash to energy plant (Wheelabrator) is actually in the West End of Bridgeport, at the end of Howard Ave on Captain’s Cove inlet.
P.S. The Pleasure Beach bridge was torn down several years ago. You can still visit the island by taking a little ferry that runs from the foot of Central Ave where the bridge used to be. It’s beautiful out on the island.
Thank you very much for watching and fir all the local knowledge! Fantastic stories and memories. Thank you. CUOTO
Thanks for your videos- I was a pursuing a career in this field before pivoting to aviation, and I am consistently amazed with how similar flying airliners is to operating these ships. While on different speed and weight scales, you battle the same environmental factors and have the same considerations we do, and battle to put a big machine in a small spot. Always cool to see you operating near my hometown!
Also congrats on the sponsorship, you earned it and I hope you'll do something fun with the extra income.
Thank you very much for watching Sam. I am grateful for BetterHelp's sponsorship, but it might not be as lucrative as you might think. 😂 CUOTO
Hi Tim. Yes, Derecktor sold the yard in Bridgeport, and I think you are right, that it is now a yacht yard. Interestingly, when Derecktor had it, they built the largest superyacht ever built in the US right there, Cakewalk. There are some mockups of Cakewalk parts at the yard in Mamaroneck, where you came to visit us. (Mamaroneck is the original Robert Derecktor yard.) The guy who runs the Mamaroneck yard used to be there in Bridgeport. - Sean on Vector
Thank you very much Sean. That's cool. CUOTO
A beautiful landing by a well trained Luke. His mentor has every reason to be proud.
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Pleasure Beach bridge burned on a weekend when many folks were on the peninsula. No access via land due to bird sanctuary. Bpt. PD had two surplus LARCS and ferried the people and cars off. Later, cars were still there unclaimed, all reported stolen. Our dive team would search the hulls of the banana boats and recover illegal substances that were attached. Fun years...
Thank you very much for watching Jim. Great info. CUOTO
Thanks for sharing a sunny day on the Sound.
Thank you very much for watching Jim. CUOTO
nice views enjoyed the video and talk thank you Tim
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel James. CUOTO
your welcome Tim I've changed my profile picture temporary
Good advice Captain, to find a healthy relationship and have trust is the key to happiness. CUOTO
💯! Thank you very much for watching Doug. CUOTO
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Woohoo! Thank you very very much Tony! Cheers 🍻 CUOTO
We used to visit that Bridgeport power plant when they burned coal. We would load 14000 tons in Norfolk, VA and get on the wire after the Bridge Tunnel. Moran had a few boats on the “Coal run,” we also serviced Somerset, MA, Searsport and Portland, ME.
Lousy weather in winter, I used to say, “I have to go to work and get an ass-beatin.”
I recall taking a Penobscot Bay pilot to keep us from chopping up lobster pots. When it was late night, the pilot said that he would stay at an old lady’s house on one of those islands up in your neck of the woods.
That would have been Monhegan. The Pen Bay pilots used to take the boat out and wait for the ship. Thank you very much for watching Joseph. CUOTO
Thanks Tim! great video love the new format miss the radio comms lol. Yeah I know about the crazy buoy international diff;s. Luke is a rockstar and thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much for watching. I am still waiting to get on our boat to try to set up a radio/audio line. CUOTO
This was great. Love these videos of NY harbor and LI Sound - used to sail there. A little radio chatter in the background would be good!
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
The ATB Presque Isle, sailing on the Great Lakes is indeed the size of a ship. The tug / barge combination is 1,000 ft., nearly as large as the largest laker.
Thank you for watching Phillip. Wasn't that an ITB? CUOTO
I love it when you do Bridgeport vids! I grew up in Fairfield, the next town over from Bridgeport, and I remember going on the L.I. ferry a few times and seeing the tugs and barges in Bridgeport harbor, and there used to be huge barges that would berth right next to the place that has that red and white smokestack... they burn trash there now? I didn't know that, when I was a kid, they burned coal, which is what those huge barges were for. And my first time seeing a tugboat up close was walking off the Port Jeff ferry, and one of the Moran tugs was tied up and I got to walk by, and I'll never forget the way those big Detroit Diesels sounded. Thanks for whatbyou do, Tim, I hope you don't mind me sharing the memory... C U Next Tuesday, and as always, #CUOTO
Thank you for watching Casey. No. The trash to energy plant is further down the coast. The coal plant is still there but not burning coal these days. CUOTO
Tim ...textbook maneuvering by Luke ... Stay safe. CUOTO
Thank you very much for watching George. CUOTO
Another AWSOME video Great work as usual
Thank you very much for watching Chucky. CUOTO
It is a delicate thing to do the docking of the barge.
Very true! Thank you very much for watching, CUOTO
👍✅ Tks Tim👏Just another day on the job for you but a wonderful adventure for us!
Thank you for watching! CUOTO
Nice to see the atb couplers. Just rebuilt a set in our shop.
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO
Great video. Thinkin' about ya. Thank You.
Thank you very much for supporting the channels Jack! CUOTO
I had a sign business in South Jersey 30yrs ago. I had to install a couple of real estate signs up that way. 1 out on the tip of Long Island then i had to go to New Haven. So i took that Port Jefferson ferry across the sound saved me a lot of drive time
Thank you very much for watching Joe. CUOTO
Thx for the vid.
Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Another great vid Tim. I have to admit that at first I didn't like the new format but didn't say anything so as not to be negative. However I have grown to like them as much, if not more than the old style. For instance when you explained how you can walk the barge with the rudders and wheels in such a calm way it made perfect sense to me. I think folk can describe and teach in a better way when they are not under real pressure, that pressure being taking out the dock like in the old motor torpedo boat film that had maybe one of your ex presidents in it? 🤣
😂😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching and not giving up on us. I hope to get better with time. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Tim, you are already giving it a great shot. Just keep them coming as they are, don't beat yourself up about getting better as there's nothing wrong at all with the ones at the moment.
@@JohnSmith-vi5pz I really appreciate that!
And the name of that place with the bridge is Pleasure Beach, my grandfather used to hang out there!
Thank you for watching Vasey. CUOTO
Tim, you mentioned Chiquita Banana ships... I wonder if you remember when one of them ran down a sailboat at World's End in the Hudson and sank it? I knew the sailboat owner, and his seamanship was terrible that night. Had motor failure and attempted to sail through World's End without using his spare outboard or radio. Chiquita bought him a new boat (all survived by swimming ashore) but in truth the guy was wrong. Sailing through World's End? It's 200 feet deep, can't anchor. No wind because of the cliffs. And sometimes 3 knots of current. that's why Washington put West Point there!!
Thank you very much for watching William. I don't remember that one. Didn't even know they had banana dock up the Hudson. CUOTO
Derecktor Shipyards is still owned by Bob Derecktor's family. His son Paul now runs the show. The have purchased several other yards-in Florida and now Maine (Robinhood)
Thank you very much for watching and for the great info. CUOTO
Thank you for another Great video. CUOTO
Thank you very much for watching Steven. CUOTO
Watch out Tim that Luke guy is after your job good job Luke
Nothing will make me happier than to see him in my place. Thank you very much for watching Garth. CUOTO
You mentioned getting your butt kicked - Well all I can say is never underestimate LIS. I got my butt kicked about 4 years ago sailing through the night from RI- west bound through the sound - every third or fourth wave came clear over the bow and across the boat . (sailboat) Pulled into Black Rock at about 0300 exhausted - lost dinghy, torn sails and a broken toe. Hobbled into town the next day to get some food and supplies and landed in a biker bar - Bridgeport/Black Rock is a tough place.
Thank you for watching. There is a great bar in Black Rock built around a Tugboat with live music often. CUOTO
Nobody that works the water would ever underestimate the sound
@@davewylie654 As a ragbagger I don't either. That night got me.
@@smaarch1 There are two types of Captains brother, Those that have and those that will! In terms of being humbled and those of us who learned from it are better for it
@@davewylie654 Been sailing for some 30 years and all I'll say is every day is a learning experience. I used to do a lot of night sailing until a couple of potential catastrophic events. It took me years to reflect and think about these events.
On deep reflection, each one involved operator error - me - sometimes they were seriously subtle.
All respect to those who do this professionally and ply these waters. I've also encountered some seriously stupid professionals - during the construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge. They were relocating the floating concrete plant while I was transiting northbound. I was shooting for the center span when the barges/tugs appeared. I contacted them on VHF 16 and asked them where I needed to be and they told me to "turn left immediately". Like my left or yours? East or West? Port or Starboard? Precision matters.
That swing bridge still shows up on Google map's satellite view and the street view from Central Ave looks like it might show some of the dismantling work.
Thank you very much for watching. Well, trust me. It's not there. 😂 CUOTO
Great Video math very interesting ,sorry about your Private life issues best wishes stay safe cheers ❤️❤️🙏🙏👍😀🦘🇦🇺✝️
Thank you very much Jess. I appreciate that. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Cuoto Tim be safe 👍
I wish to say thank you for the great videos. However, I miss the interaction you had with the viewer. These voice videos are not quite same.
Thank you for watching. You do understand that this change wasn't done by choice don't you? CUOTO
I tried to retire already but my employer pulled me back in for a while longer.
You are too valuable to retire Mellissa! Thank you very much for watching and supporting the channels. CUOTO
Hey TIMMBO,howya doing ! Haven't pulled ya up in a minute or 2 !!
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😂😂😂😂 Hey Jeff. Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Hey Cap'n Tim, I have a question I haven't been able to find the answer to. I have a center console, with a Garmin chart plotter. When I head out into the Atlantic ocean from Ocean City Md, and I get about 10 miles off shore, my GPS time goes back an hour, like I lose daylight savings time. Is this typical?
Or just a Garmin thing? Thanks for your time, and the superior content.
Thank you very much for watching. Lucky for you, I too have all Garmin on SVP. I had the same thing happen last year. After a software update through active captain, it was fixed. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Thanks for the prompt reply. I will check for an update on Active Captain. Thanks.
@@funsmasher7018 I don't know if it's helpful or just spam, but I just got an email (advertisement) from West Marine about Garmin updates. Shoot me an email if you want me to forward it to you.
@@TimBatSea Thanks Tim, I have contacted Garmin, and am awaiting a response. My unit is up to date on software. It is not a big deal, I just wondered why. My bro in law's handheld unit does the same. It is just their stuff that does it.
Thank you very much for watching Gregory. CUOTO
Great video...CUOTO..
Thank you very much for watching James. CUOTO
I had to recover a stolen car in Bridgeport about 25 years ago with a tow truck. The tow yard holding the car had huge barbed wire fences and every car was kept inside. I had to be in and out before 5 as they would not go there at night
Oh wow. Thank you for watching. CUOTO
CUOTO!
Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Are the numbers on the plot depth in fathoms or feet?
Thank you for watching. Being a vector chart, you can set it to display feet, meters or fathoms. (We set ours to feet) CUOTO
Watching European or Scandinavian shipping noticed tugs sometimes lie cross the bow holding back ships. Any comment?
Thank you very much for watching Fred. I am not sure I've seen that as you have described it. CUOTO
Hey tim are u limited to hours of operation.
Thank you for watching George. Yes. The same as airline pilots. We (mates and captains) can only work 12 hours in 24. CUOTO
Hey bro I just finished a can of king Oscar number one
Aren't they wonderful? Thank you for watching Ed. CUOTO
The pizza 🏴☠️ never show up on the chart plotter. I guess they stay over in port jeff
😂😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Physics Tim, thats exactly physics.Marine if you will.
You mean the new name of director? Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Hello tim , speaking of happiness there is no doubt that you and chrisalita are happy , tks you for sharing this it 🖒. You made a video 2 years ago on an atb with a great aerial view , l understand how it works better . CUOTO
Thank you very much for watching Denis. CUOTO
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Thank you for watching Chris. CUOTO
power plant is now LNG no more coal or oil they built a new LNG power plant
Thank you for watching Wayne. That's what I figured. Thank you for clearing it up. CUOTO
Great video, as usual. But the politically correct advertising is just awful.
This is the same crap that made us quit cable TV.
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Woohoo? Thank you very very much! Cheers 🍻 CUOTO
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Woohoo! Thank you very very much John! Cheers 🍻 CUOTO