Nicely done! Spun it right around like a drift driver!! And in 30 knots of breeze!! Thanks, Tim, really enjoyed this one.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you William. I appreciate that. CUOTO

@Andrew-ep4kw

9 күн бұрын

Depending on the windage of the barge vs the tug, Tim might have been taking advantage of the 30k wind to help spin the stack (NASA term, but meaning the barge+tug) around.

For land lovers from the middle of the country, what you're doing is quite awe inspiring. It makes one realize the intelligence of ancient ship captains, like Captain Cook, who explored the unknown oceans/shores of the world.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

I too often think of early mariners and how they truly went into the unknown. Thank you very much for watching Linda! CUOTO

As a person who knows nothing about a tug boat. As I watched this, you surely know what you are doing. God bless . Be safe..🙏❤️🌹

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching Dottie. CUOTO

@josephmoylan9199

Ай бұрын

Same here, only thing I’ve ever operated was our 26 ft flying bridge bay-liner on lake Tahoe in the 80’s. Nothing like these things

Expertly done, Capt. Tim! You guys take care!

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching all these years. CUOTO

I am not a boat guy at all but love watching these vids and the amount of though a seemingly simple task requires!!

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Joseph. I appreciate your kind words. CUOTO

Master Class. Well done!

@TimBatSea

8 күн бұрын

Thank you very much for watching Phillip. CUOTO

I am reminded of the dancing hippos in "Fantasia." It's easy to forget that you're dealing with thousands of tons of steel and product.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching Jim. CUOTO

As usual, well done Tim and Luke. Slick move

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching Steve. CUOTO

Thank you Tim! Another great video,

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching. CUOTO

My dad always used the expression “red right returning”. Every time I see a red buoy I always think of him.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel Walter. CUOTO

Unreal. Such a great touch.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching Mark. CUOTO

thanks tim and crew, nice park job!!!

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching David. CUOTO

Great job spinning that barge around!!!

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching Wayne. CUOTO

Truly enjoy your running narration of some complex maneuvering.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching Alan. CUOTO

Hi Captain Tim! Hi Luke! CUOTO

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Hi Mellissa. Thank you very much for supporting the channels. CUOTO

Watching your wake while you were still all ahead, around 2:00, I could have ridden your wake in my kayak for a good ways! As always, it's a pleasure to watch a master of his craft at work. Thanks Cap'n.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching and for the kind words. CUOTO

Loved this video! Thanks lot!

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching Paul. CUOTO

wow. you guys make it look so easy. First time watching this channel... gonna binge...

@TimBatSea

29 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel Dianne. CUOTO

Great maneuver video. Really liked Luke's video coverage. Thanks.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

He did a great job, didn't he? Thank you for watching. CUOTO

Nice..... thanks...!!!!!

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO

Hi Tim, I've driven a lot of cranes but that set back on the first container crane design has me worried.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching. CUOTO

Thanks Luke!

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Timothy. CUOTO

Thank you for another great video. Cheers

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Steven. CUOTO

That was awesome!

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much. I appreciate that. CUOTO

enjoyed the content nicely done well done Tim and Luke

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching James. CUOTO

Best Vid yet Tim, great camera work by Luke!

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching Marcus. I was just saying the same thing to Luke. CUOTO

Great job Captain, another good video a little patience and a lot of knowledge 😅

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching Joe. CUOTO

Wow. That was like ballet. Or some kinda dance.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO

Tim, You are a Master! I look forward to your videos. Your Years of Experience and local knowledge shows through every Time. Thank you for allowing us to ride along and learn.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching and for the kind words George. CUOTO

Capm. Tim looks like you know what you're doing 😅 Great Lakes one design sailor here. 👌

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO

Great explaining and driving. Be safe,God bless all

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Elizabeth. CUOTO

Wow!! Very informative and entertaining!!

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Richard. CUOTO

Seagulls gotta eat too. They might have a nest full of babies nearby. The waterfront would not be half as charming as it is without Seagulls. !

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO

Good morning Tim happy Tuesday. I’ve been following recently Xcel marine. The videos are called. Hold my boat between your videos and their videos. It’s amazing to work that you guys do. Thanks again all the great effort and work that you do.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO

Great job. Thanks.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO

Thanks for another very interesting video. Nice job Captain.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO

Fabulous job. I greatly enjoyed that one. Thanks.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching John. CUOTO

Hi Captain Tim. Once you land the barge, do you stay with it while it unloads, or do you leave it to do other work?

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for supporting the channels Carl. That particular one, we stayed with. But most of the time, we drop it off and go to the next job. CUOTO

Nice finesse!

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Mike. CUOTO

Absolutely spot on Tim!

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO

Tim ... very nice job ... wise use of the 32knot wind "assist tug"!🙂🙂🙂 Stay safe ... CUOTO / CUOT2

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching George. CUOTO

Audio sounds really good on this, Tim!

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO

another great job tim i love watching you make that job look simple thanks for shareing

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching Matt. CUOTO

Well, that was neat! Thanks! 85 degrees and sunny down here in Tampa-St Pete today. Summer's coming!

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO

Tim, is a cool guy!

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂 Be sure to tell my kids! 😜 Thank you very much for watching and for the kind words. CUOTO

Looks like you have done that before, well done Capt

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO

Enjoy watching you do your job so very well.😉👏👏

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching Mike. CUOTO

Very (very, very) sleek maneuver!! If going aster is not as efficient, wouldn't be easier to execute your rotation passed the unit and approach (land) going forward? (muy expert navigational talking here!).

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching. The water by the shore gets a bit skinny, so I thought keeping the wheels in better water would be a good idea. CUOTO

That was a pretty slick pirouette/backup maneuver putting you right about on the money alongside the ATV. Hats off! Well done! BTW, what is an ATV?

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Ralph. It's an ATB. Articulated Tug Barge. CUOTO

Chiquita -n- Dole on one side & Cherry Hill Landfill on the other..... Hmmm, depending on which way the wind blows out there you could smell either fresh or rotten fruit?? I hear you speak about letting power off so you can add power if you get into a situation where you need to turn. Jet Skiers(and others) ought to think about this & you know all about it but seeing a jet ski blasting full speed if all good fun but if they need to turn & no more power is available they've got nothing to push so that they can turn. Alright Captain, you got my mind thinking physics or something above my pay-grade. ty Sir & be safe.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO

Tim, your comment about seagulls prompted me to mention that seagulls are relatively common here in northern Colorado as are pelicans. I once counted over 80 pelicans on one small reservoir here.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching. That's amazing. CUOTO

I live in wilmington. Can see dmb from my house as well as the gantry cranes at the port. I travel up and down and across all those bridges from the canal to jersey. Every time I'm near the water I'm looking for Tim. Ha. Great channel many thanks.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching Aaron. CUOTO

A month ago? Clearly had this one in the can 😂 CUOTO

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for supporting the channels Jim. I've got a ton of new content in the can. I'm about two or Three months ahead of schedule. CUOTO

Tim, much obliged.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching Jeff. CUOTO

Here you go Captain, now you can buy two rounds. Very interesting video. Take care and CUOTO. ED

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Woohoo!!! Thank you very very very much Ed!! Cheers 🍻 CUOTO

The airplane folks have aerobatics. So is this move called aquabatics? You gotta have a cool name for it.😊

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂 Good idea. Thank you very much for watching Mike. CUOTO

Great job Tim you done good mate ,lots of years of experience I guess cheers mate stay safe ❤️🙏😃👍🦘🇦🇺🇺🇸

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching Jess. CUOTO

A great video...Thanks.CUOTO.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching James. CUOTO

Call me crazy, I find this stuff, fascinating!! Thanks Cap!

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Samuel. CUOTO

@jackieb4516

Ай бұрын

Me, too.

Great barge handling.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO

Tim, I live on the Great Lakes, Lake Michigan to be exact. It’s really interesting seeing the bulk freighters every so often. Have you ever worked on the Great Lakes? Are there more challenges working the east coast ports?

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel Shannon. I have never worked on the lakes, so I couldn't say. CUOTO

Smooth docking maneuver. I guess the Chiquita ship had a load of bananas. I've watched the orange juice ships on AIS operating in Florida waters.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching Jim. CUOTO

Another good one Captain, and Luke the camera man, you guys make a great team, thanks.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching Terry. CUOTO

Enjoyed 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Milan. CUOTO

I load there at that big white building on the left @6 mins into the video. That’s Citrosuco.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel Scott. CUOTO

Another great video, I like how you tell us what you are doing with the controls, why and for what purpose, really informative, I almost feel like I could come on you boat and say, ''Hey, Tim, move over, i'll do this one!'' But on a serious note would it be possible that you would ever transit the Panama Canal and go and do some work up the west coast?

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching John. The company I work for has sent a number of units to the West Coast, but due to my age (getting ready to retire) and the pilotage I have, it is very unlikely that I will be assigned to work out there. CUOTO

20 years ago I would have been incredulous that I would enjoy watching the life of a tug captain. But as a sailor, boater, pilot, I love watching you handle the tug/barge/crew/traffic. Your videos bring joy and wonder to my life.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. Most of the "good jobs" we do go un-noticed. It takes a certain person to understand the dynamics of what is happening. CUOTO

Aren’t Seagulls on the bay called Baygulls? Which are delicious with cream cheese and lox, apparently…😂 Cool video… keep up the good work! #CUOTO and the Chief on Two!

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂 Thank you very much for supporting the channels Ian. CUOTO

Very impressive and fancy conning. Enjoyed the camera work and seeing exactly what you were seeing. Was that a turning basin beyond the ship? Enjoyed noticing the markings alongside the ship. Plimsoul Mark etc... Couldn't make them out, but was there a significance to the flags on the bow?

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching. We fly a few flags. American flag. Maryland flag. Company flag and Red flag for hazardous cargo. CUOTO

Sweet, all that in a 30 knot wind. I couldn't do that in a bath tub with my model boats. LOL

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching Robert. CUOTO

Tim B, precision work as usual. Great job, my brother. Now start resting up because we have real work to do soon…lol.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

💯!!! Thank you for watching Sput! See you soon. CUOTO

Man, if you are ever back down in NC and need any welding done, I have got you covered dude. I also do custom stainless work and can hook you up for stuff on your sailboat. Much love to you and the crew Tim. Be careful out there buddy. (Every time I would end a conversation with my mom, she’d say that and it was always my good luck jinx and I pass it to you guys as well 😉🤙🤙)

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching and man, I wish you lived nextdoor to SVP. She needs some custom stainless work. CUOTO

@ibbylancaster8981

Ай бұрын

@@TimBatSea dude, I have a truck and I can go wherever you needed. Much love Tim🤙

@MikeBenson241

Ай бұрын

​@@TimBatSeaWhere's SVP?

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

@@MikeBenson241 currently on the hard in New London CT.

Nice camera work, Luke.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Bob. I was just saying that to Luke myself! CUOTO

Another smooth job Tim. Yes, I watch Sal all the time . Question ..while your tank barge is pumping off or loading and you will be alongside say for 4 hours do you shut down the main engines of your tug? I'm thinking probably yes?

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching John. Yes. We shut down the mains whenever not underway. CUOTO

Hey I know where you are, the Landfill gave it away and 495 in the background lol

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Joe. CUOTO

Look at all the Crows!

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Frank. CUOTO

Just curious what the barge is hauling? Fuel maybe?

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel Susan. Yes. We bring fuel to the ships or in this case, the ATB. CUOTO

👍✅doesn't get any better than that Tim! Well you could have done that manuover in the 🏝's, that would have been better 😂

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching all these years. CUOTO

Thanks again could you please explain the buoys which side you should be ?

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Peter. Here in North America we use buoyage B system. Red right return. CUOTO

Tim: 1. ?? What about the White Wheel-like things that are above the wheelhouse sealing are they some kind of valves, opener, and closer, or what device do they operate on the tugs they seem to all have them. In the future, would you ever buy a tugboat as your permanent home to live in with your family? Sincerely! R.S.V.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Richard. Those are the horizontal and vertical adjusters for the search lights. And as much as I love living and working on a tug, they really would make very bad and costly homes or private boats. They are purpose built to work. Over 1/2 their internal volume is fuel tankage and without fuel in the tanks, they are very unstable. They cost a lot to operate and need a crew. Just the maintenance alone would bankrupt me. (Our 5 year inspection on our tug probably cost more than a million dollars). CUOTO

Your Buoy system sounds a bit confusing? Wasn't that the purpose all those years ago? 😂 All the best, CUOTO

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel Joe. It all seems simple to us until we go overseas. 😂 CUOTO

I bet the wind really plays on those container ships

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Frank. I'm sure it does. CUOTO

What if there were much less space between the box boat and the ATB? Same turn?

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Randy. There is a turning basin but it would require us to back up a lot more. CUOTO

Capt Tim, Now you're just showing off! Hi Luke CUOTO

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching. I appreciate that. CUOTO

Tim, do you have a wheel or a tiller? Some tugs actually have 2 tillers.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. No steering wheel on this boat. We have multiple tillers, NFU and FFU. (Full Follow Up and Non Follow Up). CUOTO

I can see that NASCAR drivers would Not make good Tug Captains! Haha

@robamaral9089

Ай бұрын

sweet job guys

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂 Thank you again Frank. CUOTO

Dumb question & respectful of your experience counting for everything: Was turning around _behind_ the ATV an option? Probably nothing to you but that spin looked tight, and on camera it looked like you had a lot of room between the rear of the unit and bridge beyond. Maybe thats the rookie move. :-)

@TimBatSea

29 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching. I think that might have worked as well, but I am unfamiliar with how much water is that far up there. So I thought it would be better to stick to where it is known to be good. CUOTO

I had a little aid I would place on the window sill in front of the helm. One side said ‘red to the right’ with an arrow pointing right. The other side said ‘red to the left’ with an arrow pointing left. 👍 I would change it depending on what I was doing. It wasn’t there just to help whoever was on the wheel but to remind ME what the heck I was doing. 😳😱😂 (See my helmsman saying “was that 10 degrees towards the rocks or away?”)

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching DB. We all seem to get it long before we get in the wheelhouse. CUOTO

👍

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Gregory. CUOTO

i hope luke can get his own boat soon.

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

He is more than ready but says he likes sailing with me. Thank you for watching Allen. CUOTO

Do you prefer open wheel or kort nozzle?

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you again. They both have their place. I like towing with nozzles but like open wheels for maneuvering. CUOTO

Another great science lesson. Thanks for doing them. What's the difference between a ship and an atv? You referred to it as an atv not a ship

@jamesmurney1374

Ай бұрын

ATB, Articulated Tug Barge. Kind of like Tim's rig but the tug uses giant pins to attach to the barge. The pins come out the sides of the tug, roughly under the wheelhouse, that engage the barge in the notch. They cause the tug to roll with the barge, but not pitch, so it articulates. It's a very odd motion to experience. The system allows the tug and barge to be much larger. The barges are the size of a small ship but since they are moved my a tug the crew requirements are less.

@harrymock3445

Ай бұрын

@@jamesmurney1374 thank you

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Harry and welcome to the channel. CUOTO

👍🏻

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Butch. CUOTO

Tim do yea miss nyc

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

A little. Thank you for watching Ed. CUOTO

Do you use DSC to call and talk to other vessels ?

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. Although it's a possibility, we generally do not use DSC other than AIS using it. CUOTO

channel looks wider on the screen not polishing the weels is a good thing well done Tim...Gnt

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching Garth. CUOTO

How many horsepower is the tug you're running?

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching. That was a loner tug while our regular tug was in the shipyard getting an inspection. That one was 3000hp. Our regular tug is 4200hp. CUOTO

A bit tough to follow the cursor Tim, maybe change its color to black?

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching John. CUOTO

Tim did you ever think you would wind up driving a tug and pushing bardges around

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

No. It was a complete surprise. For real. Thank you very much for watching Ed. CUOTO

How much fuel can you haul

@TimBatSea

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Ken. Our barge holds about 2.4 million gallons. CUOTO