Love watching your videos. I never realised how amazing Tugs are , the workload they can do is incredible. I heard a great description of Tugs the other day , Tugs are the sheepdogs of the water. Very apt description !!! Thanks for the tour too, very interesting learning about all the equipment at your fingertips. 🚢
That was a very cool tour. Thanks for that. Grew up around Boston area in the 1960s, Aunts family was involved with the pilot boats there. Always hearing about the stories. You’ve got a great gig there.
Good shot right there, Willy… 3:03 Is that uncle Joe’s Margery right there, or is it the one in the background? GOD I love those old style Tugboats.!! ✅ Don’t remember Anyone saying (everyone Assumes we know what they do) but is it the Pilot onboard that tells you where on the ship to be and how much power to give?? Don’t forget to ask Joe about Belchor Towing in the port of Miami … My friend that was a Mate when we went to NC made captain I heard, don’t know where he may have gone but his name was Tom White.!!
Yes sir that was him! He said he know Belchor Towing but Tom White doesn’t ring a bell. Also while he was driving through Savannah he saw a Belchor stack in someone’s front yard. Thanks for watching!
@@tugboatwilly843 WOW, a stack in your front yard, now that would be pretty cool 😎 Yeah, Tom would be around 80 now I would guess, IF He was still around.🤷🏻♂️ Thanks for checking on this, Willy..!! 👍
Thank you! Not really and hands free equipment. We can set it up but all of us on this boat have been using the mic so long it’s just the way we prefer.
In this video and your in-depth video on the z-drive controls, you never mention what the throttle-looking things on the steering controls are for, and you never address whether you can control the amount of thrust. I would assume you can since you showed the RPM chart. Are those throttles on the steering controls? Thanks. Enjoying these vids, by the way.
So Capt. Your tug is both an escort tug plus a fire tug? Is that right or wrong. In other words if there was a fire on a ship or boat you could go and put it out right? And then it is an escort tug to pull ships where they need to go right? Thanks for the tour and showing us the controls. You have a lot to remember and to control.
Second question for you if you don't mind I recognize the name McAllister on the tug and that is familiar to me maybe not this particular boat but the name McAllister on a tugboat but I'm not sure if I know that name from the Chesapeake Baltimore area or the Delaware River Philadelphia area . I'm thinking more Philadelphia but I have also spent a lot of time in the Norfolk Elizabeth/ James River area thank you once again
@@tugboatwilly843 You sure? What pumps is she running now? Granted the monitor is the restriction... but that's a lot less than I remember. Or did I do that that half/double thing? This is going to bug me.
Synthetic rope is not much of a risk. Friction of the weave converts it to thermal energy and it drops near instantly. The risk is the solid bits the rope is attached to lets go. That can become an unpleasant projectile.
Nice wheelhouse tour. Thanks for taking the time to show us your office! 😊
Any time! Thanks for watching!
Love watching your videos. I never realised how amazing Tugs are , the workload they can do is incredible. I heard a great description of Tugs the other day , Tugs are the sheepdogs of the water. Very apt description !!! Thanks for the tour too, very interesting learning about all the equipment at your fingertips. 🚢
Much appreciated! We are definitely the sheepdogs of the water! Thank for watching 🤙
Thank you. Your tug boat wheelhouse seems SO MUCH nicer than the others I see on here!
0:21 Oh, thanks, I was really wondering what that was! 😆
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good day. Thank you for explaining in such detail, it is very interesting. well done !😊👊🙏
Much appreciated! Thanks for watching!
This is awesome! Thank you for the videos! 🔥🔥🔥
My pleasure!
Thanks for the tour! Great work!
Thanks for watching!
That was a very cool tour. Thanks for that. Grew up around Boston area in the 1960s, Aunts family was involved with the pilot boats there. Always hearing about the stories. You’ve got a great gig there.
Much appreciated! Thanks for watching 🫡
Thanks Capt! Very nice setup there.
Much appreciated!
Thanks for the tour
Thank you capt and thank you for taking the time to show us 😊
Any time! Thanks for watching!
Rhode Island Here 😊 . Incredible work space 😅 .great video as usual . There is a video of your boats being built in Maine and the launching .
Hey Capt! Much appreciated and Happy Monday! Yes sir I’ve seen on of those 🫡
You're an Absokute champion 🎉
Thanks for this bro. Much respect
Respect 🫡
That was really interesting, thanks a lot for the explanation! Would it be possible to do an engine room tour maybe?
Nice tour! I was hoping you was going to review the little buttons near the azipod controls.
Those are mostly emergency steering and that’s a lot to get into. Maybe I’ll make one just on that. Thanks for watching 🤙
@@tugboatwilly843 niceeee! Thanks for posting. Definitely continuing to watch and track you on marine traffic ;)
Next time CAT comes out ask them to make your RPM numbers on screen as big as they can get them. It can be done!
Super interesting
Much appreciated!
Very cool. THANKS!
I am enough your posts, William 🤩. Keep them coming 😍
Thank you!! You the best Memaw!!
Love the content! Nice Vids
Appreciate it!
Great job! Thanks for the tutorial.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks captain!!
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Nice vídeo 👍
Thank you. Love these videos. Two questions, 1) why is the compass mounted on the floor? 2) How often do you kick it at first?
🤣😂🤣 so you can see it from the chair and still look out the window.
thank you!
Thank you!
more complicated than i would have imagined. you had to jump through some hoops before they cut you loose on that Captain
I did but it was worth it! Thanks for watching!
LOL... You gotta get that mic about even with your pocket. Or clip it on the brim of your hat. You're getting there.
Great explanation , well done !
Are the props FPP or CPP with automatic controlled rpm vs load adjustment ?
Good shot right there, Willy… 3:03
Is that uncle Joe’s Margery right there, or is it the one in the background? GOD I love those old style Tugboats.!! ✅
Don’t remember Anyone saying (everyone Assumes we know what they do) but is it the Pilot onboard that tells you where on the ship to be and how much power to give??
Don’t forget to ask Joe about Belchor Towing in the port of Miami … My friend that was a Mate when we went to NC made captain I heard, don’t know where he may have gone but his name was Tom White.!!
Yes sir that was him! He said he know Belchor Towing but Tom White doesn’t ring a bell. Also while he was driving through Savannah he saw a Belchor stack in someone’s front yard. Thanks for watching!
@@tugboatwilly843 WOW, a stack in your front yard, now that would be pretty cool 😎
Yeah, Tom would be around 80 now I would guess, IF He was still around.🤷🏻♂️ Thanks for checking on this, Willy..!! 👍
Thank you for the tutorial and I have a question for you what would be the approximate Purchase cost of a new vessel like this. Thanks again
Yo Cap'n. great informative video! Thanks for sharing!!! BTW, are those Icom radios and do you have any HF radio equipment on board?
Thank you! Not really and hands free equipment. We can set it up but all of us on this boat have been using the mic so long it’s just the way we prefer.
In this video and your in-depth video on the z-drive controls, you never mention what the throttle-looking things on the steering controls are for, and you never address whether you can control the amount of thrust. I would assume you can since you showed the RPM chart. Are those throttles on the steering controls? Thanks. Enjoying these vids, by the way.
Yes sorry about that. Those are the throttles. I should have definitely covered that. Thanks for watching!
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So Capt. Your tug is both an escort tug plus a fire tug? Is that right or wrong. In other words if there was a fire on a ship or boat you could go and put it out right? And then it is an escort tug to pull ships where they need to go right? Thanks for the tour and showing us the controls. You have a lot to remember and to control.
That’s correct. I would not call us a fire tug but we will definitely help anyway we could in an emergency situation. Thanks for watching!
@@tugboatwilly843 Great thanks Willy.
Second question for you if you don't mind I recognize the name McAllister on the tug and that is familiar to me maybe not this particular boat but the name McAllister on a tugboat but I'm not sure if I know that name from the Chesapeake Baltimore area or the Delaware River Philadelphia area . I'm thinking more Philadelphia but I have also spent a lot of time in the Norfolk Elizabeth/ James River area thank you once again
How much fuel can you hold? And how long would it last you?
So you have fire fighting capability also? Are all tugs able to fight fires then?
Not all tugs but most of the newer ones. Thanks for watching!
Curious of the position of the Z drives on the bottom of the hull. Are they mid ship side by side or one forward and one aft ? Thanks so much !!
Both aft. Both side by side. You should take a guess how many engines she has...
Right on both counts!
@@ShainAndrews I’m guessing and it’s hard to guess being Diesel electric ( I think ). 1500 X 2 ??
@@dustyroads834 Keep going. LOL.
Two propulsion (not diesel electric)
Two pumpers for the fire monitors
Three generators.
Well done Cap ! Didn’t know you guys can fight fires too. Sound is great with the mic.
Thank ya Sir!
Out of curiosity how old is the boat?
2017 thanks for watching!
How many gallons per minute can you fire pump?
Each monitor is easily 5k gallons a minute.
About 2500 each minute for each monitor so 5k a minute total
@@tugboatwilly843 You sure? What pumps is she running now? Granted the monitor is the restriction... but that's a lot less than I remember.
Or did I do that that half/double thing? This is going to bug me.
What’s the laptop for?
My bad. That’s the chart plotter.
Have you ever had a line snap? If yes, did anyone get hurt?
Synthetic rope is not much of a risk. Friction of the weave converts it to thermal energy and it drops near instantly. The risk is the solid bits the rope is attached to lets go. That can become an unpleasant projectile.
I’ve never had one break tho. Thanks for watching.
Too groovy.
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