Hello Captain Kyle! We have been Waiting for this Premiere for a long time. This just made our Sunday that much Better. Hope you and your Family are doing Well. 👍🙏
Good to see you back on. I’ve been wondering how your surgery went? Good I hope! I’ve had three before they finally fixed my broken back. Get well soon Captain
Love the video, sounds like locomotive power, Any way to get video when ur off duty from further to the rear on deck to hear the exhaust stacks better to hear that wonderful music of those awesome engines
Oh my GOSH ...A NEAT USE FOR YOUR VIDEOS BY IN THE THEATER ROOMS ON "THE DELTA QUEEN AND AMERICAN QUEEN RIVER STEAM PADDLE BOATS ON THEIR RIVER CRUISES 😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤ IT BE A FUN ENTERTAINMENT FOR THOSE PASSENGERS A A GROWTH OF SUBSCRIBERS AND VIEWS FOR YOUR WONDERFUL FUN CHANNELS😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤
I’ve followed this story unfolding. I have very mixed emotions about it (the Queen being scrapped). I can see both sides, and empathize a bit with each. 🤷🏼♂️
Hello captain Kyle - Watching your videos brings back memories. I worked at UMR Lock 14 for 30 years. We might have met during your time working on the deck. Which boats did you ride back then?
I worked lots of vessels from lots of companies throughout the past 25 or so years, making that lock. It’s definitely one of the most interesting to make. I love that area. Wife and I stayed up the road at Le Claire on vacation a few summers ago. 👍🏻
Have worked on the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway system, both on 'dedicated' lakers and on the 'salty lakers' (those vessels that can also run 'outside' on coastal & 'deep sea' voyages). As one old captain used to say making a tight berth or such "slow is good". Just an observation: on your attachment with cables, off the pusher tug to the after end of the tail-end barges - would not Kevlar ropes, perhaps, be better? They're much stronger, easier to handle, friction points (going through fairleads or Panama leads) can be cushioned, albeit do agree, that they are very expensive (eg. a 350-foot Kevlar (2-3 years ago) cost about $3500-$5000. Do you think Kevlar stretches too much and is too elastic? Snap-back properties are like wire rope: under steady strain, does not snap-back. Thanks for the interesting and great video. Brings back fond memories of working the St. Lawrence, Detroit & St. Clair and St. Mary's (Soo) Rivers. Work safe & stay safe...
Hey cap. Kyle, i was talking to a captain not too long ago, but have you ever had to put anybody off your boat for being uncooperative such as being just sorry and talking back or anything like the captain i was talking to? Hope to see ya live videos on the river soon👍✌
Yes. Many, many, many times in my career. It happens. I was crew dispatcher in office for WKN in late 1990s. I dealt with the heavy turnover in the industry at ground level. That experience helped me with the thing I took most pride in on the river… I could train the untrainable, and it was a reflection of me if I failed with a crew member. But, I’m not perfect. Sometimes putting a crew member off was best.
Wow This Shot is amazing...You really need to be patient. ..those cables running from your tug to back of your barges could snap if you apply too much pull on those barges tow cables This never cured d to us until watching your Fun enjoyable shows😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I agree with 'Huge tow'.. Monster tow.. but the river is high.. Not a tow (push) that goes north of STL.. and love that sand bar at Greenville Bridge area... Hey, tell your company that a viewer says you need a remote powered barge at the front with such big tows.
With all the advancement why didn't someone design a better easy way connect barges cables and rachets getting old someone should design a pin connector that would hold better than cables and rachets
