Joe wrote:
First off Rick I have mucho respect for otm, who said I did not?
Your attitude toward real mariners.

2nd your ol wore out tug run up and down the marina towing nothing.
Yup, it was a magnificent yacht conversion. It has been many years since
my licenses were so small the only work I could find was on tugs.

3rd nothing worse than being a gofer for some rich snob, thats gotta be
the worst job on the sea.
One you will never be qualified or fit to perform ... bwahahahahaha

4th Ive ran tugs over 10,000 hp.
Aground probably, if they ever let you touch the wheel.

Whats you ticket number?
What's it to you?

Rick

WTF? What attitude towards real mariners are you talking about? Guess
your another self titled Master Mariner right?

And yeah I've ran aground a few time, when you have over a millions
miles under various keel running every port and river on the Gulf Coast
you will run aground many times. You telling me you have never run
aground chief?

I just have a friend up at the USCG office in Houston who can tell me
if your full of **** or not as to holding a Master ticket.

If you have one then more power to you, congrats, ect..

And BTW I got the hell out of the Marine transport business because I
found a way to make in a month what I was paid a year running supply
vessels. I may get back into it some day but as an owner not an
operator.

Joe

Yacht Conversion, Tugs unless repowered/geared if not towing or pushing
are huge waste of money. The engine room takes up way to much space,
ect....was your wood or steel?

Only ones worth saving IMO are the ol triple expansion steam powered or
older.

That being said... I still love the looks and lines of old tugs and
I'm glad people keep them floating.

Joe

Joe wrote:
Yacht Conversion, Tugs unless repowered/geared if not towing or pushing
are huge waste of money. The engine room takes up way to much space,
ect....was your wood or steel?

Wood boat, 65 feet. Enterprise DMG-6, 400 rpm max, direct reversing, air
start. Next best thing to recip steam. It would be a crime to replace
that engine with a screaming little whiner.

You don't convert tugs for reasons of economy.

That being said... I still love the looks and lines of old tugs and
I'm glad people keep them floating.

Puget Sound (where the boat now lives) is the center of the universe for
restored tugs. The new owner will take it back to the Bay Area where it
was built.

Rick

Due to the shipyards in the area?

Joe

Joe wrote:
Due to the shipyards in the area?
Due to the number of classic tugs that have survived. The Pacific
Northwest has had a very healthy coastal and deepsea towing industry for
generations and the wood boats have always been well built of local
timber and cared for by a large number of wood boat craftsmen. During
WW2 there were hundreds of wooden boats built in the region and many of
them are still working today in towing and the fishing industry.

They make magnificent conversions and are very comfortable in the kind
of weather we get. There are a number of small yards which have been
doing woodboat work for generations so, yes, the availability of yards
contributes to the success of the conversions and long life of the boats
but is not by any means the reason there are so many. There just seems
to be a lot of people with the money and sentimentality to keep the
beautiful old boats alive.

Rick