I have sailed into Tampa harbor at night on the Bridge on a former Navy Destroyer Escort. I was being trained by the Navigator. I have never been so scared and mentally lost trying to distinguish Navigation lights from background lights.

Tim, Thank for your support to your country… people like you that keep our nation going! Remember all I ask is a tall ship... and star to guide me! Stay safe and best regards, Greg

Swear to God, mariners spend most waking hours at sea dreaming about being somewhere else. 🇺🇸⚓️☺️

Tim I'm not on a Tug, and you are, that's why I watch! all your videos are good, thanks, be safe, Captain..

Nice little footage, it's all good. Thanks for taking us along!

I spent a year on the USS Salinan (ATF-161). She was a Fleet Ocean Tug and was 205' feet long. Blue water tugs were a really rough ride!

Amazing how you keep the tow straight down between the buoys in such conditions - great job! #cuoto

That was a terrific explanation about the barge pointing. Enjoy your time off!

Worked in the D.R. for 2 years and I loved that Presidente beer.

Thanks for the explanation of the process.

Rough sea, hard work! Good job Tim 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

"Presidente Grande por favor!" - All the Spanish I ever needed while cruising the DR!

I am in North Fl, we got hit pretty hard. Winds and tornados were bad. Glad your safe. Cheers. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

I *know* the camera doesn't capture the waves, so...yikes! I hope to never see waves coming across my stern like that! Glad you're finally somewhere relaxing and fun. -Louise

Very Impressive!! Managing a barge into a turn into restrictive waters with sinuous movement of the barge. Timing and planning paramount.

Thank you for another great video. Stay safe out there. Cheers

Hi Tim great video man I’m learning so much about Tugs thank you cheers be safe ❤️🙏😃👍🦘🇦🇺🇺🇸☘️

Thank you, I love the view from the stern.

A great video Tim, and don't worry about the noise, it is all part of the experience for us out here! Incidentally, it looks like the barge straightened up towards the end there.

Good morning Cap'n! I love this open water stuff, but watching you work in New York is the fun stuff. So much going on, so much to see, that's my favorite. I enjoy it all, but the Harbor is the best. Stay warm!

Another awesome video. Tha drone footage was an unexpected bonus. I can't speak for anyone else but you always have great content. Keep it up.

The drone shots are amazing! I always enjoy learning from your channel - Thank Captain

Excellent video thank you Tim

Tampa is a tough ride with Egmont key then passing under the sunshine skyway bridge and those channel makers. Makes for a watchful trip getting into the port for sure.

That drone shot should be part of a promotional vid for your company, Tim! Awesome vid as always, thanks for what you're doing, buddy!

I was always nervous crossing the Tampa ship channel on my small sailboat. Most of those ships go a lot faster than I can go.

Thanks for the video

Thanks man! I enjoy watching what ever you can give us 😊

Algo bump. Thx for the vid.

Awesome video you rock and be safe out there 😎👍🙏

Damn, you've been gettin' around. Thank You.

👍✅🏝🤣 Tks Tim, enjoy your time off.

I used to work for Gateway Marine on the cg anler we pushed barges back from St Pete to Tampa when we was dredging out Tampa Bay

Sailers belong on ships and ships belong at sea! I live in Tama-St. Pete and weather has been rotten the last few weeks. But... at least NO snow! Be safe! Hope you get some time off!

I'm sure you saw what happened to the Maine coast from that storm a week ago or so. What a mess it's going to be hard on all coastal industry's for quite some time. I live in Kennebunk and it's about as bad as I've seen it in quite some time. Stay safe my friend!

Cool stuff to watch. Thanks for sharing Cap !! Subscribed.

Great Drone shots Tim

Wow! Quite a change from 'Rico! Sounds like they're gonna move you around quite a bit. I'm glad you are so positive about it. That will make all the difference. Cheers! CUOTO

I'm over here in Daytona and the weather lately is terrible!!! Too much rain!! Awesome footage man!!

I Miss working out in the ocean, best sleep ever, nice video. That after deck needs some serious scraping and painting. lol. That would worry me to death. We were constantly doing maintenance on the boat.

Thank you good video

cool too see this, ive never thought that big a boat, ship,,, could be towed bye a single cable and long to! lol be safe

just found your channel. Very cool! New sub.

Bet you’re thinking about Puerto Rico this morning amidst the snow/winds.

I feel ya. A 11/12 week voluntary hitch. It demands an occasional consultation with the pres. After doing many 60 day hitches, I volunteered for a 90 day following a seismograph ship at 8 knots on 90 clik legs. Borrrring. The 2nd week of the third month I was ready to jump overboard. The money kept my sanity. 😮😅

Spent many years on a ocean going tug 210 feet 4 V12 diesels. That sea in video is calm compared to what we would be out in most of the time.

I would love to come work for you, I love the open sea and hard work

I'm back The Puerto Rican chef from Haven Riverfront Restaurant... saludos my dude

I've seen tugs overhere on working the River Clyde push the barges from the stern of the barge

Love your channel. Does your tug have flank rudders? How about an episode with a video insert of rudder position indicators? I'm curious how you make the barge move sideways. Keep them coming,

Hi Tim. Vince down here in Tampa Bay area, Liked the video, TY. Egmont Channel with a south wind can be ugly on an outgoing tide. Spending the week on our boat while our hone is being renovated, I can relate to the foul WX you were dealing with as it has been a wet winter here lately with lots of fronts blowing though. El Nino they tell me. LMK if you come back to Tampa. We will swap the El Presidente Beers for some local craft brew. and good food.

Awesome video dude

At that speed you should throw a big marlin lure on an #80. Really have some fun😊

Congrats Capt. on the 50k mark , little rolling that day, good day for some sardines 😂

Nice video skipper, however I'd quite like the weather at Tampa in preference to the -6c below here in the UK at the moment. Ed

Thanks CUOTO..

Great description of why the barge's bow is towards the wind. I know nothing about barges. Do they have a keel or are the bottoms flat?

at least its not snowing and not cold there no snow here yet but 10 F it always snows when it warms and starts to rain

Thx for the great content Tim, now go take a nap :)

Fun fact, This was going to be a Jimmy Buffett song name, Last Mango in Paris just fit better.

I grew up in Sarasota, going out in the Gulf Of Mexico in small fishin' boats. The Gulf can go from smooth to gross pretty quickly. And the chop is gnarly, no doubt about it. But that's where the cobia, tripletail, kingfish and other fun critters live. I'd want to troll a lure behind that rig if I could, y'all go past a lot of fish.

I've always been told at sea all you want to do is go home and when you're at home you want to get back at sea lol

You haven’t seen rough seas until you are in a navy Tin Can and in the Sea of Japan facing 30 foot swells.

I wonder if the AT/B you mentioned was the Abundance/Harvest I designed?

Incredible that America is still using these antique ships for commercial purposes!

Hey Cap. Wondering how often you have to go in for maintenance/refit for hull corrosion under your stern deck? Or anywhere else for that matter. Safe Travels and Best Regards and Best Wishes!

I have a question, when towing a barge in big waves like that, does the cable stretch a lot? Or do you feel it pulling back on the tug in the swells/waves?

Hi Tim. I’m interested in working on a tugboat, can you do a video talking about how to do that, please?

If the weather was more severe would it change how the barge is towed. For example, would you tie it along side instead of towing it or would more severe weather only keep you from proceeding to your destination. Captain forgive me for not remembering the terminology from your previous videos.

The line denotes where you will be in 30 minutes? I wonder if our plotter has that feature

Wait a minute Tim your in DR now I thought you were in the gulf and your headed for NYC

Sailed across the Atlantic in 71 on my Yacht. Haul number CVA 59.

Does the tow wire have the possibility of coming off the stern bar? I imagine that can get dangerous fast. Sorry for my lack of nomenclature

If you pulled with a bridle connected at two separate barge bow points would the barge stay inline with the tug boat?

I really enjoy the editing style --- you have an amazingly skilled video editor You might want to adjust the sound and do a voice on top of a new track to save the background noise

I spent 20 years doing what you are. Many days working the weather. Now the pined units are taking away all the wire fun???

I’m in fort Myers and it did get bad down here some floods also

So, how long a line to the barge in the channel? And if the barge climbs to windward, do you have to pull somewhat leeward?

Yep. lived all over the DR...(diving) Running sportfishboats.. and they Can Get Loud and obnoxious with their suck as music...(lol)... I have pulled a Big Carver off the inside of Eggmont in one of those freaky offshore winds and seat state in Tampa Bay... (TowBoat US) I almost threw myself overboard trying to get a big float and line down to him.. Finally Got him off the beach and under his own power... (sucker stiffed me w/ a bad CC and my old Boss never followed up on it).. lol.. Stufff.. Good to see you doing your thing Tim... I could go to PR again.. Dunno what you would expect in NC but short tows... Wrong time of the year though... Take off a couple of months and go baha camping down in Mexico..

Hi Captain Tim! Is it bad when the donut comes out from under the wire like that? CUOTO

how do you make a "tight" turn into the channel - wouldn't the barge cut the corner due to the length of cable and risk getting grounded?

At 7:23, does the barge change its orientation? To my untrained eye, it looks like it quickly lines itself up with the tug.

Maybe this is a dumb question but is there anyone manning the barge? If not is there ever a situation where someone would?

Wait a minute! You are driving a tug boat pushing a barge all over the world? This looks like more fun than flying.

Video never does the weather justice!

If the waves were showing up on camera they must’ve been “yuge!!” as ole Bernie used to say… #CUOTO

I have to ask, Bouchard or Moran by any chance in NY?

Hey Tim, nice video! Where were you in the DR? And your observations are accurate.... Dominicans are real experts at making noise lol!

Would have thought you'd have snubbed her up a little more. Getting into harbours when the weather is bad can be tough. The water is boiling out at the mouth. Where I live in a harbour it can get nasty off the points. It's not big seas as we're off of a large straight. It can be 6-8 foot seas. It can blow 40 plus knots gusts up to 50-60.

Great video Captain, I have a question. Is towing by the wire more efficient when out in the open, and the notch is used for more control when coming into port? I guess I am only used to seeing tugs in the notch because I’m not offshore a lot. Thanks!

What's your thoughts on the Bermuda triangle?

After thirty-eight years at sea (now retired), here's my advice to all Mariners who read this.... find something else to do! You will never get those days away from home back!

Tim, Have you heard with climate change, the Great Lakes are not freezing up like they used to? I would guess that the Lakers will start to work the whole winter thru instead of docking until ice out in spring as they used to. !

Have you ever had a cable fail and snap ???

No way ? Tampa FL???

Do you ever bring a fishing pole with you?

Actually, the engine hum overpowered any other noise. And the engine is music to my ears!

That's a push boat, not a tug!

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Dang I thought u meant EVER😨. Fricken click bait title for an otherwise cool vid.