Of course it is clickbait. I backed into a Cruise Ship slip. LOL. Anyway it still is a fun ride and cool video of a job I haven't done in a few years becuase of Covid. Enjoy.
So happy I didn't bump into the ship! 😂 😂 😂 Thank you very much for Goga. It is so wonderful to have you guys back in town. I hope to see you one of these days. CUOTO
@@affarabelli1281 the barge has Fuel in it so they would be delivering fuel for the cruise ship just think of it as a,,, (floating gas station) that Tim and his crew/deck hands are delivering Another company I had worked for as a deck hand it was a ocean going tug & we also did a couple of the same type of job U see on this Vid.⚓️👍
Many thanks for these videos. I’m about to enter the maritime industry and will be working likely on ATBs so these walkthroughs of yours with real-time renal explications are incredibly helpful in understanding the thinking behind maneuvers. Fantastic!
I'm enjoying watching you all work, Captain. Great to hear you giving credit where it's due to the tug too. Watching pros at work is a genuine pleasure.
White Yokies…very posh! We have a thing called the Portbury kiss here in Bristol, UK. our tidal range is over 46ft so when we have ships docking early on the tide the rubber fenders in the locks come into contact halfway up the side of the ship and with the prevailing winds normally pinning the ship to the rubbers they end up with a large black stripe running along the side, normally on the Port side! So if ever you see a ship (normally a car carrier) and she has a large black mark well above the waterline you’ll now know she’s been into Royal Portbury. Anyway good job Cap…very enjoyable to watch and listening to professional at work! 🇬🇧🇺🇸
That was riveting. Thank you. There's no need to do any fast forward to your video. I found myself glued to the intentional slow mo you use, like watching astronauts manuver up to the space station. In fact, you're smoother! Great stuff, keep 'em coming!
Great content, Tim. I never realised just how hairy things get for the tug boys until we shipped into Venice and talked to a few of the guys about the insane restrictions they have there after the big cruise liners kept swamping the city. A hundred and fifty thousand tons of Royal Caribbean makes a hell of a mess if not handled correctly.
Masterful execution! I don't mind the obvious click bait at all since that is how I discovered your channel. You've earned yourself a new subscriber here. I've worked on a freighter.
nice to see a new york harbor captain showing this side. running the dinner boats in the harbor and seeing you guys on the tugs doing your thing always catches my attention. really awesome capt
Another great job Capt Tim. I've cruised many times out of NYC and never realized just how tricky it can be going in and out of the piers. The Pilots and Cruise ship Captains always make it look like a piece of cake.
Thank you for watching. Just keep in mind that they have 3 or 4 thrusters in the bow and Stern totalling about 3 or 4 time the horse power I gave. CUOTO
@@thazen783 I was onboard,and watched”Oasis of theSeas”,dock in Nassau.I was amazed,and frankly jealous of the captain who made it look so easy.My 50’ DeFever had twin engines,so was fairly agile in a docking situation.Often,it came down to a well placed line,or the competence of my crew.
Wow, nice job Tim with a great assist by Pegasus! That was no easy maneuver to put it mildly. Very humbling to watch you guys, as I used to stress about backing a 33' sail boat into her slip. It's also impressive how you narrate you thoughts real time throughout the process. Awesome video, thanks for bringing us along!
Thank you for watching the Rob. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. You may also like my other channel (SV Paquita). It's a sailing channel. CUOTO
Hi Tim! I’m not much of a sailor but I have been to many of the places you show. It’s really fascinating to see the perspective of a commercial tugboat captain! Also looking forward to more SV Paquita!
Thank you very much for watching Ben. I just returned to SV Paquita yesterday and have a busy week getting her ready to sail to Virginia. Then after one more hitch at work, we'll be off (God willing) to Puerto Rico. 1500 miles of open ocean sailing! Stay tuned.
I just decommissioned the USS Fort McHenry LSD-43 a couple of months again and I saw Tug Fort McHenry on your shirt and that is awesome, I have been in just about 27 years active duty!
Thank you very much for watching and a big thank you for your service Tim. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
Hi, I really enjoy your videos. I used to bunker out of Falmouth Cornwall UK, and my favourite jobs were the ones with the most possibility for error. Your combination is massive!
Good job, that was fun to watch and brought back memories of pulling into the Cunard terminal on the Queen Elizabeth in 2019. I was amazed at the old piers with the submarine rafts used as bumpers, it awesome sailing into New York the old fashioned way on board a liner. It’s great to see the history still intact that all the great ships of the past used in their day. We loved New York, Look forward to more of your vids!👍
Awesome video Tim. I remember watching a similar evolution while I was onboard a cruise ship in Port Everglades. So interesting to see it from your point of view. Keep up the great work!
Thank you for watching Todd. You were very lucky to see that in Port Everglades. I believe that most of the time ships are fueled from connections at the pier. CUOTO
Amazing Captain! I retired as a Locomotive Engineer and I have a love for boats. People are amazed by trains and I made a career of learning how to operate them, I am amazed by your work also.
Camera angles look great from here Skipper. Its awesome that you take the time to explain to us what your doing and why. Thanks for the ride Captain! Have a great rest of the week and go get some chow.
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. (You might also like my other channel, SV Paquita). CUOTO
Hi Tim. Thanks for sharing your manoeuvring and commentary, not that I'll ever captain a tug boat. But the interest factor is high, up there with the best. I would be wanting to rush, going that slow is hard for me, but your explanations and reasoning all make sense
Thank you very much for watching. (Aren't you from VTS?) Going slow is the hardest thing to do and what is usually only seen when the operator has been doing it for a lifetime. It is so much harder but so much safer to go that slow. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Great video, great job...You should get a Dji drone flying up above or hovering above to capture some Arial footage. Now that would be an awesome video. If you look up the guy that chases cruise ships with his drone on RU-vid you will see some awesome footage 😎 I feel like you could do the same thing for your channel.
Thank you very much for watching Dan. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Tim I have been subscribed for quite a while now. I would like to know why you deleted my comment. It wasn't fake for untruthful or malicious
@@dhooter Dan I am very glad you wrote back. I have to delete any comment that contains a name of a Tug, Company or Customer. These are some of the conditions I aggreed to in order to be able to film at my boss' pleasure. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea I know your bosses well. I been dealing with them for years, good people. Philly and the Hook. One of thier docks was right across the way. We called it City Dock. And please don't take me the wrong way just wanted to know. Since I was a kid watching tugs I always had a fantasy of working on one. Was always told only family could get jobs on them. Any way I could talk to them? No interest in tankermen jobs but on the tug itself
Hello, Captain. Just wanted you to know how much I've enjoyed your videos. It's quite amazing to see how a professional manages his ship. You do your work so calmly which shows the years of experience you've had. I shipped out twice on the last trips out of San Francisco on the President Cleveland, but was doing food service. What I really wanted to do was actual crewing, then get my pilot's inland license, but..... Anyway, thanks for sharing. Brings back lots of great memories From a lifelong sailor (I never thought I'd say nice things to a stink pot captain!).
Wow, that was cool Tim. I was crapping myself there, it looked like you were so close to the ship. How did the Pegasus come in all the way sideways. That looked like two great Skippers at work. Nice one Tim. 👍
I just found you and I love it. I have been on that cruise ship several times watching the fueling barge hook up and it is so cool to see the seamanship involved in getting everything in place. Thanks again. I will be back
Hey Tim, Great video! Great boat handling! I remember doing the Norwegian Breakaway when she was brand new. We hated those life boats too. Just an FYI…the reason you you have to back in now is because we got hemmed up backing out while using an outside tug (not naming names) made up on the hip. I look forward to following your videos.
I was a commercial Helicopter Captain for 28 years. My secret desire was to be a Commercial Tug Boat Captain. Similar job we are making inputs and predicting results. We, largely only have wind and torque working us. You have wind torque, tide and load. Both Looking for the same results and for everything to be happening slooooowww. Lol👍 I enjoy the panache.
Yet again Tim fantastic and thanks for taking us all along with you, what I cannot understand is why the ships engineers were not ready and waiting for you
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. Be sure to watch my mega yacht tow videos with Cape Ann Towing. CUOTO
You really got me on that one, sir! I was really afraid of you hitting the ship... I guess reading the description pays off. ;) Regards from Poland. :)
Cool video! I also am curious at the lack of interest displayed by the cruise ship. Maybe I'm a nervous Nellie but I would be hanging out of the ships door talking to your tankerman.
They usually do that. But we are all a bit rusty not having done this for a couple years. I'm sure they had other problems they were dealing with at the time. CUOTO
Very neat work Tim and your assist tug doing just what you wanted. I find it a bit strange that you were not able to call the ship to find out where they wanted you.
Thank you for watching Roger. The guys on the bridge only let us know when they are finished using their thrusters. They don't seem ti communicate with the engineers as much as you might expect. CUOTO
Tim, sometimes I envy you...this isn't one of those times! Ugh! The second-hand anxiety! This September, my mom got a new toy: a little pontoon boat! It's not anywhere near the same as a tug, but I'd be a liar if I said I wasn't taking notes on vessel handling! lol Now, speaking of anxiety, (and the reason I'm sharing this story), the boat is BRAND new - not show-room new, no no! - because of demand and a manufacturing backlog, my mom had to order it DIRECTLY from the factory, so it is fresh-off-the-factory-floor new! God bless my mom! Now, they had JUST put it in the water, and a short while later, I came out to visit them. Well, my dad got a little upset because I was taking my sweet time to dock the thing, having not handled a boat in years. ...and of course he got a little upset because I was taking my sweet time to dock their new baby! I said "Dad, I'M not going to be the one to put the first scuff on it!" 😂 But, as I mentioned, I've been taking notes, and have been able to avoid any docking mishaps so far! Thanks for continuing to post videos! I can't get enough of them!
Thank you very much for watching and congratulations on your mom's new boat! (It has been said that the only thing better than having a boat is having a friend with s boat. 😂). So most of the same principals apply. You just may have a much better weight to horse power ratio then I do. And i assume you may be be on a pond or lake, which than case would suggest that you would not have to battle the affects of tide. But the rest is all about the same and you give me a great reason to continue to make this kind of content. Thank you. CUOTO
i feel you anxiety ive been there and i can say it takes full level 10 experience and skill level to achieve this and your so right this can go very wrong very quickly and having an excellent crew makes things so much better but a bad crew makes you look a fool
Capt. Tim: Another great start to my weekend. Well done on backing into the cruise ship and without a mark on it. Do we really have to wait a week for another? Have a great week.....
I thought that your title for this video meant that you COLLIDED WITH a cruise ship. I haven’t read the other comments but I’m sure I’m not alone. Not that I wanted that to happen. I want you to keep doing your job safely.
😂. Please forgive the click bait. I did warn you in the description, but I am learning that few people ever read the description. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
Once again a fantastic video Tim!👍 I have two questions now: 1) How come the OOW (or anyone) on the cruise ship dont give you any instructions on the fueling position? Wouldn't that be in their own interest regarding safety..? Also in other videos where you approach other ships the vhf seems very silent from the bigger ship (?)🤔 2) How does the Pegasus manage to maintain his 90 degree angle on the barge while you are backing up? Is he just hard starboard on the rudder and clutching in and out? I thaught you had to have Voit Schneider propellers to do that sideways manouver 😅
Thank you for watching and supporting the channel! Some times we will talk to the pilot or OOW when the ship is docking to find out when they stop using their thrusters. But no one on the bridge gets involved with the Engineering department. We have to have 3 radios going at all times and sometimes we turn one down lower than the others. Our assist tug that day was a conventional tug (twin screw). He was most likely "twisting on the line". By doing this, so long as I don't go to fast, he can stay at a 90 without either pushing or pulling on us. CUOTO
That one was a nail-biter! Great job, Capt. Tim. Do you stay attached the barge while it fuels? How long does it take to fill one of those cruise ships?
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. Most of the time we drop the barge off and goto the next job, but this one is a bit up the Hudson, so we stay with it. Discharge times depend on rate, cargo and quantity. But 6 to 8 hours seems average. CUOTO
Just found your channel yesterday. Watching you work your notch with such precision is a wonderful but a sometimes tense experience. I dream of having twin screws, but will have to contend with a big wheel and rudder. Happy New Year! 😀
Well, this answers a question I had about assists: do you only use your own company's boats or do you use whomever is available? The latter makes more sense if your next company boat is miles away. Do you bill each other per assist, or do you just settle up at the end of the year? Nice work BTW. No pressure docking alongside a cruise ship with a big audience of passengers, eh? :-)
Thank you for watching. I really would love to tell you that I knew what I'm talking about, but I am not involved with any of the financial side of the business. CUOTO
You make it looks so easy! I used to "move" wide-body aircraft. Just because things move a bit slower on the water doesn't mean it's any less difficult! I never had to contend with the ground moving while taxiing!! 🙄 I assume the re-fueling barge movement a scheduled job, coordinated between the shipping/cruise company and the fuel supplier. Is your cost just included in the fuel "bill"? Does that include the "assist" tug? Do you also check the oil and clean the "windshield"?! 🤣
Thank you for watching. Although I don't have anything to do with the financial side of the work, I would guess that the agent contracts fuel delivery specific for their schedule (they can't wait) and the oil company contracts the tug and barge company that includes the price of an assist for all of these jobs here at this terminal. CUOTO
My 36' trawler can be a hand full in certain wind and current conditions. I can only imagine what you tug captains have to deal with! Thanks for the ride along.
GREAT seamanship! I had a feeling "backed into a cruise ship" was - er - click attraction. I'd have liked to see a still of the final setup with the hoses connected. Maybe next time? Smooth seas.
Thank you very much for watching. Sorry about the click bait. 😂 I can not show you the hose connection because of security and proprietary systems. CUOTO
@@Ivansgarage Most companies will not let you film anything. I am lucky to work for one of the only ones that do. But in order to do so, I have to follow the rules they give me. Not filming barge operations is one of them.
I’ve noticed that when you arrive at the ship to be refueled by your barge that you often have to wait. I understand that they are the customer (who is always right), but I would think it would be in their interest to have doors open, & lines or hoses at the ready to begin refueling ASAP. I realize your tug & barge are small in comparison to their ship, but don’t they have someone on watch to notify them that you are there & get ready to receive fuel? Or are they sleeping on the job?
Thank you for watching. So there are a few things going on here and not the least of which is that this was once a standard and weekly job. But they are just starting to do it all again. The bridge crew undoubtedly saw us on the hundreds of cameras all over the ship and if I hit the ship they would have showed me what they see. But the engineering department is a world away and they are tasked to do a ton of things in a very limited time. Someone from the bridge could have called someone down below, but they were busy doing something else. I am sure that the next time we bunker them they will be ready for us. CUOTO
Tim...thank you for the video. I sailed with the owner of the Pegasus for quite a few years...the man's a legend!!! I'm not surprised Pegasus was on top of her game!!!
You make it look easy. After getting twisted around by wind in a small marina in Newport with just my single screw 34 footer with no bow thruster I can easily appreciate you getting that barge in position working with an uncooperative tide. Keep the vids coming!
Thank you very much for watching. By the way, have you checked out my other channel? SV Paquita. I too have a sail and am getting it ready to take down to Puerto Rico. CUOTO
Great video. I grew up in Panama on the Canal, saw some amazing ship handling skills. My best friend was a tug captain, those Panama Canal tug guys pull off some amazing things with those tugs. So many factors to consider, wind, current, tide, and so many things that can go wrong. Great skill you have, like you said relax. I get the anxiety though. Good job.
Hi Tim! I just started watching your Videos on Wed. and enjoyed every one, especially the one where you used paper cutouts to describe why you would push from the rear, push from the side and tow or tug!
Thank you very much for watching Peter. I liked making that video too and always hoped it would do better than it did. But I'm very glad you liked it. CUOTO
Cool video. The one and only time that I was on a cruise ship was the Breakaway on it's second cruise. Went to Bermuda for a week. Also was the first time in NY. Love your videos.
I hope you monitor your blood pressure and are taking your meds for hypertension, Tim. Great skill and coordination of all factors so nobody worries...except you. As always, I love watching.
Thank you very much for watching Lew. Don't think that I don't notice people like you who have been with me from the beginning. Thank you very much. CUOTO
