Tractor Tugs and Captain John Worth
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- čas přidán 10. 07. 2013
- Many Belfast residents and tourists have admired the picturesque tug boats often tied up along the Belfast Waterfront. Captain John Worth invited Belfast Community TV to come along on a trip to assist in the docking of Maine Maritime's "State of Maine" as it returned from its annual training cruise.
I have no idea why this got recommended to me now but I am glad the algorithm fianaly decided I was worthy of this amazing video.
John is my brother, he stayed on tugs and I went deep sea for 40 years. I was Captain on big tankers and Columbia River Bar Pilot, as well as a Prince William Sound pilot, our dad said "go to sea", he was a career army officer and frustrated sailor, so both his boys went to sea.
I enjoyed doing this program with your brother.
It would be a pleasure to be taught by Capt John Worth. What a natural talent on camera and obviously as a master mariner. Thank you.
a great skipper is how he performs in the pilot house when u are off watch sleep in your bunk
billy smi
John is a fantastic on camera talent which is so rare. He’s excellent at explaining his craft.
Thank you!
I’m a US Army veteran with maritime experience and now a recreational boater in North Florida, I enjoyed this video.
Excellent video Capt. John Worth. Thank you so much for taking the time with us! 🇺🇸⚓️
Very cool video. Thank you sir.
Growing up on the Florida intracoastal , no AC windows down, some pulled some pushed it was cool to watch the Skipper swinging that huge wheel,walk out of wheelhouse in all kinds of weather, and compute wind drift, current,tide and adjust barge attitude and navigate the very narrow bridge that was placed in the middle of a dogleg channel without touching it, One engine one screw ,no GPS or radar Amazing 😍
Wow. That was an amazing video. I have seen plenty of ships and tugs at the Long Beach and Los Angeles harbors but to be on board a working tug with someone like Captain John who is able to explain everything is truly a treat. I don't know when I've enjoyed a video more.
Outstanding. I've been to Belfast a couple times and always wondered. Now I know! What a wonderful speaker and educator. I'd love to listen to sea stories from this man!
What a multi faceted, talented guy. Outstanding video.
Talk about living a rewarding life, doing what you love to do...i'm envious..
Great Presentation! Thanks Cap!
Thanks John for the great video.
So neat, thank you for sharing this with the world.
To me Captain Worth looks like a man with what's known as "the right stuff". Good video, very interesting
Awesome show thank you
that was very interesting. thanks for the tour. I visited Maine when I was younger and I loved ur state. but to cold for me as a Texan. thanks for the video.
great story...enjoyed watching....!
what a great job. thanks for sharing.
Thank you Capital I live at Sarnia Ontario Canada. They have a grid system/ operate on the St Clair River. Also with camera and chat so we the public have an opportunity to observe the traffic all over the great lakes. I live 15 miles from this world and had know idea. But the apps on my phone and tablet has given me a new world to look at. Lol thank you again for sharing.
What really nice guy, a real seaman. My Dad was the same in so much as a desk job was not for him. He went to sea at 14 in 1926 and served in the Royal Norwegian Navy as Chief petty officer, on subs, convoys to Canada etc. When I was born he worked for Mersey Docks and Harbour Board in the Floating plant dept., ie he worked on dredgers floating cranes etc. Great vid, thanks.
this was fantastic to watch, would love to try it out :)
Great upload. Thank you
As a MARAD lawyer, I worked on the lawsuit involved in the contract dispute with the State of Maine. I also represented Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy (federal academy like Annapolis but for U.S. flag officers) , a wonderful campus on the East River looking at the Chrysler Building because it was his estate before it was bought for the Maritime Administration (Joseph Kennedy was the first Administrator). 15 years, but my favorite was sea trials.
Fascinating! Tugs rule!
Enjoyed this video , thanks
Thanks, great video
This is an excellent interview and learning experience. I'm surprised it hasn't seen more views since you put it up. I'll post it in a forum or two to get it out there.
great video of Captain John. Would love to see more of him on other videos
Very beautiful things
I love tractor tug boats.
Just fascinating.
Well, that was a nice demonstration of how to use a cell phone weather-app, but I sure would like to learn SOMETHING about the tug itself !!
Olá sou do Brasil 🇧🇷 assistindo seu vídeo é já deixando meu super like 👍👍👍👏👏
John good to see you active, miss those days engaging with the Irving Eskimo. Btw my on Tyler graduated from Maine Maritime
The real Captain Highliner.😳😁
Nice man, Capt. Worth. An artist of sorts, who hated the business end.
The only possible thing that would enhance this video report would be to film it in January.
I get Maine Maritime students in FL on ship docking tugs.
i love tractor tug boats
Bravo
Those foggy conditions...woo!
Talk talk talk let's get with it
How do tugs charge for services? Yacht, tankers and cruse ships all charged the same? I love hearing what you actually do on your job.
Charged by tonnage or contract rates.
Where in Canada did you go for training?
Former CMA Golden Bear?
Yes all those handy cell phone apps, very useful, particularly once you are a few miles off the coast where there is no service
“With a foot” describing large vessels … standing up in the ships Pilot house … ?
Whats the lookout tower on the other tug used for?
To see over a barge when it’s pushing it ahead
@@chrislandry8877 thanks!
Vertical helicopter type blades for hydraulic maneuvering and tractoring... awesome tug! Voith Schneider propulsion. Check out the video for how it works:
czcams.com/video/zmsT-_QdMEc/video.html
So do people at those maritime schools all become a captain or pilot on a container ship or cruise ship or something? Forgive my total ignorance on the subject but I can't think of any other reasons to go to them. What other maritime careers are common for graduates of these schools? I've always figured most of the jobs on large ships are pretty much laborious and don't require degrees unless you're a Captain or pilot or something but, like I said, I have no knowledge of the subject.
Maine maritime has an amazing job placement rate. I know that one of the more lucrative fields is in marine engineering. The engines and all the associated systems are complicated and Maine maritime graduates get hired for these positions among others.
No they don't... Some start out as deckhands even holding a lic. Some go into shoreside management. Most places you don't become Captain till you have years of ojt
"Automatic Identification System" lol
Joshua Shaw is that somehow funny?
@@billmoran3812 he said"advanced" it's actually "automatic"
They were going to call it AIDS Automatic Identification Data System... but it was already trademarked. lol
John Worth the Schooner Captain...?
+friendshipsloop I was in the Schooner business back in the eighties. The video was produced by a local cable channel that wanted to let their readers know about the local tugs and shipping.
I would love to have worked a tug , I had the offer just did not do it
are its using a VSP sir?
Z drive dude not Voith! Azimuth thrusters...
Jeff Deathstar Shit man, obviously you haven’t experienced a Voith Water Tractor...
I worked on the British Columbian tugs for years. the Jones act protects the home companies from foreign flags taking our business. why should an american ship come to Canada load and offload in Canadian waters and vice versa a Canadian ship going to america and taking there business
Where’s Waldo
Rose point
where did that deckhand learn to through a heaving line? all that talking and didn't show him dock the ship what was the point?
+longbeachdirtbag Capt Worth was certainly, to put it politely, loquacious. I too was expecting more maneuvering 'action'.
+hughvane The video was produced by a local cable channel that wanted to let thei rviewers know about the local tugs and shipping. It was not intended to be a training video . It was a very foggy day, but the locals seem to enjoy it and sorry it was a bit long winded.
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Capt. it was a great video, people troll through videos, pretending to be experts on anything they see. Then they will comment some unintelligent garbage, on a subject that they couldn't know less about. If someone truly has love and interest in boating, shipping, and tugging, they wouldn't leave a negative comment. Never apologize to little informed idiots who think they could run a boat from their computer-desk chair, with less sea-time than a common Maple Tree.My son & I found your video interesting, fun, and informative. It was clearly not a "this is how a tug helps dock a ship" video, and it was still great.
my father and grandfather were skipper. my dad was a ship pilot during ww2. he was rated unlimited pilot. because of a disability i have, i never entered the business
The U.S. flag is protected by the Jones Act, otherwise we would have no U.S. flag "bottoms" or crew. All countries have this type of laws to protect the industries on U.S. waters. Foreign flag has taken over all other "blue water" trades including all cruise ships. American customers, foreign crews and ships. After WWII the slow extinction began for the next 50 years. I've been retired now for 10 years, so I wonder if this Captain is one of the last U.S. flag captain (he's protected by the Jones Act).
Playing with apps? lol,
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