Backing Out of a Tight Space

[@FloridaJack]

Again, coffee, sitting here with my grandson watching your video. We enjoy the time together watching and listening to you describe maneuvering out of "The Hole". Thank you, Sir. Stay safe.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you Jack! I love that you watch with your grandson. Maybe he'll become a Mariner. Big Thank You for supporting the channels. CUOTO

[@timcorrigan3283]

Your videos are great learnings for those of us who are new to boating. Explaining how the tides and winds work is real life stuff and much better than any text book!!!!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you Tim, and welcome to the channel! CUOTO

[@georgewootton2644]

Hi Tim ... Re: 18:08 (assist tug sliding up the barge a little bit) "the further he comes up the less the barge will be coming at him". Good explanation of what was needed for the assist tug to safely maneuver away ... every video has these little gems of information. Interesting / educational / calming video as always. Stay safe. CUOTO

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching George. I appreciate your kind words. CUOTO

[@P_Rund1952]

It's amazing to see the precision and planning to do what might seem to be a simple job. Great video,

[@TimBatSea]

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

[@scottford8736]

Great video

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching Scott. CUOTO

[@caseylimbert266]

That assist tug looks like the ones on the big inland rivers, I wonder if it also has what they call flanking rudders? Thanks again for what you're doing, can't wait to see the new format, CUOTO

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Casey. It may, but I don't know. CUOTO

[@Tay651]

Either way, I sure hope there's an elevator to that wheelhouse!😁 Wow is that up there. Bet it gets sporty in any kind of swell.

[@roman-kk4ug]

Thanks for sharing, you are very well knowledgeable and well spoken.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you Roman. I appreciate that. CUOTO

[@happyhighway106]

#36 Whew! Very well done. Remind's me of Milwaukee Harbor back in the early 1970's. Working the GT Ferry into the slip!

[@TimBatSea]

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

[@karlmckinney8469]

Definitely a different looking tug

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching Karl. CUOTO

[@tonysimons2860]

Thanks, Tim another Master Class

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching and supporting the channels Tony. CUOTO

[@mefrfiter]

Video seemed fine to me, like the new format with narrative.

[@TimBatSea]

Great! Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO

[@NormanCrossman-h3f]

Nice job capt. Always look forward to your videos

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching Norman. CUOTO

[@stamrly418]

Even when it’s the same place with a barge that is similar with the same boat it can never be the same. This is why “making it LOOK easy” is the best accolade anyone can get. A crew that is a team, an assist tug who works with you and you give them respect that comes with knowledge and experience. All this makes it a pleasure to watch. Both companies should get something positive out of these videos.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much. I appreciate that. CUOTO

[@garthjones3747]

good explaining of movements and results good teacher Tim thanks for the video G

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching Garth. CUOTO

[@RodgerMudd]

Excellent work. Looking forward to the new camera set up.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO

[@Bob-vc6ug]

Arranged and coordinated so well. Went off without a hitch. Thank you!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Bob. CUOTO

[@nickjames2370]

Nicely choreographed.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Nick. CUOTO

[@richardwest9054]

I am amazed at how deftly something the size and mass of a tugboat can be handled.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching Richard. CUOTO

[@forsterruhl4153]

We are so happy to watch your videos. You gave us a scare, a while back, when it looked like you retired! Glad you came to your senses.

[@TimBatSea]

😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching. That wasn't retirement. That was being shut down until we could find a work around that fit better with industry standards. CUOTO

[@paratyshow]

👍✅ Great job as usual Tim, tks for sharing👏

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO

[@orchidhouse297]

It must take a lot of patience and concentration waiting for something to happen, especially when something is happening all the time but very slowly. I assume your conversations with the deck hands constantly passing information keeps your mind on the task.

[@TimBatSea]

@orchidhouse297 that's the hope!

[@wetsuit5]

I like this one. Healthy challenge and adroit conning. The communication I'm sure would have been interesting in the coordination.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO

[@wb7sff]

Nicely done. Tim !!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. CUOTO

[@georgecarroll6981]

Very smooth

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. CUOTO

[@Orxenhorf]

17:45 - There's one thing that has always confused me about this location. The thing in the background just to the right of the assist tug. From a satellite view, the part on land looks like a storage yard for recreational boats and trailers, but the part on the water looks like a cross between a marina and a dock covered in huts and shanties. And, the whole thing seems to be surrounded by the pipes, a field of pilings from an old pier, and a collection of several sunken ships to the point where it looks like they couldn't get in or out. The only path I can think of is threading their way past the wrecks and to that section where the pipes elevate, but would they really have people driving under the pipes?

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. It is a small boat marina. The pipeline has an area that is raised to allow small boats under it. CUOTO

[@chrissmith6133]

👍😎👍☀️ thank you for taking the time

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Chris. CUOTO

[@stevenclaeys6252]

Hey Tim ! They only give these jobs to the "Pro's" well done ! Thank you for another Great video. CUOTO

[@TimBatSea]

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

[@James-seafan]

enjoyed the video thank you Tim

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO

[@James-seafan]

your welcome Tim

[@chuckyc6912]

Great video. Stay safe

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Chucky. CUOTO

[@toolbox-gua]

A very cool maneuver coming out of the whole. Sleek as usual. CUOTO.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO

[@rorygielarowski8972]

Iam Happy! Thanks good show! 30 Above in Palmer Alaska! Tim thanks to you!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Rory! CUOTO

[@markpontes4457]

That sssist Tug is strange looks like it has 7 Decks and only an Upper wheel house, looks more like a Mississippi River tug that would push multiple barges!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Mark. CUOTO

[@ShawnRamsey-h2f]

Love the videos Tim stay safe as always

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching Sean. CUOTO

[@edswider9309]

Tim you got it good after you hitch ends it’s off to the sail boat where to now

[@TimBatSea]

Hi Eddie. We hope to get out to the Bahamas next week! CUOTO

[@jimdawkins3878]

Hi Tim unlike your boat your helper tug looks like it has an enclosed tower what all is in there. Thanks Jim from California

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Jim. That's called a push boat. Usually there is just a stairwell in there. Sometimes a Captain's room or mate's room. CUOTO

[@jamesterrill1938]

Thanks for a great video...CUOTO.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching James. CUOTO

[@bettygilmore611]

That was a very tight place to work in.

[@TimBatSea]

Yes it was! Thank you for watching Betty. CUOTO

[@TheByard]

Hey Tim nice job getting out of there, lucky you didn't have an audience watching. The paint job was something on the assist tug, she looked a bit like a light ship with the tower. Sunday afternoons on the upper Thames brings out the after lunch walkers who love to stop and watch the boats using the many locks. Now some of the day/week hire skipper, well rope skippers. Can get it all wrong and get jammed sideways so a twist and pull would most times get unstuck. It was always handy to help the hire fleets as they also sold diesel and they'd say a thank you with a minuets extra squirt.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. Very cool. CUOTO

[@tonysimons2860]

Thanks!

[@TimBatSea]

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

[@shipsofthenorth]

Great video! loved seeing a new type of tug and to me an extreme tight dock. Does not seem to a non sailor this dock was well considered. keep it up

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO

[@anthonymiller7992]

The assist tug is 6 stories high with only an upper wheelhouse, the wind blows or waves roll he's going for a nice ride up there 😂

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching Anthony. CUOTO

[@noahkatz5454]

That looks like the 315 and if so i was there for this lol

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Noah. CUOTO

[@Warped65er]

Whoever came up with that dock design should have to spend time dealing with their "idea". Quite interesting the point where the assist tug disconnected but continued to influence the barge. Thx for the vid Capt.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching. Although I don't know for sure, but I think the shipdock was built first and later someone said, "oh, we could put a barge in on the pipeline and catwalk on the way to the shipdock" CUOTO

[@bettygilmore611]

I remembered to add the sound of wind in my mind as you talked. Lol. That was an amazing dance you two did. CUOTO

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching Betty. CUOTO

[@kristianboehmer6940]

Nice video bro

[@TimBatSea]

Thank's Kris. I appreciate that. CUOTO

[@mellissadalby1402]

Hi Captain Tim! CUOTO

[@TimBatSea]

Hello Mellissa. Thank you so much for watching and supporting the channels. CUOTO

[@waynegutschmidt7586]

Another Great video. CUOTO

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Wayne. CUOTO

[@garytompkins3761]

Nice work, that push tug Captain was excellent. I do have a question and might have missed the answer but what prevented you from backing in , tying off head to tails(?) and twisting out? Thanks again for your content, so very interesting

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Gary. I believe that wasn't an option because we were taking the barge to a dock that required us to be in push gear. CUOTO

[@bettygilmore611]

Another interesting bit of information to look up for futher digestion in my brain. Push tug😂

[@TimBatSea]

Outstanding Betty! CUOTO

[@jeromemorris2700]

Hard spot.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Jerome. CUOTO

[@seanmccarthy1421]

Can we hear the coms with the VTS next time. Thanks from 🇨🇦

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching (and listening). I am working on that. CUOTO

[@edconway9072]

🤠👌

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO

[@bettygilmore611]

That is a very strange looking tug.

[@TimBatSea]

💯 Thank you very much for watching Betty. CUOTO

[@rorygielarowski8972]

The currency is large!

[@TimBatSea]

Not sure what you mean Rory. CUOTO

[@davepost7675]

I''m wondering what the interior is like on those decks in the tower on the push tug.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching Dave. Many of them are empty with just a stairwell looping around the perimeter. CUOTO

[@DougGoble]

Wow is that an awful design of a refinery dock! No wonder it’s called the hole. Great job Captain Tim. CUOTO

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO

[@jimward7881]

Thanks capt. crazy looking assist tug, it looked like it had 6 levels

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Jim. I believe it does have six levels. CUOTO

[@DeanNusbaum]

Captain Tim, 2 questions for you. 1) Is the assist tug the "birthday cake " tug? 2) do they have a elevator to get to the wheelhouse on the assist tug? That's quite a climb for old farts like me! Stay safe Captain Tim. CUOTO

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Dean. We call it a wedding cake boat, and no elevator on this one. CUOTO

[@AlBracco879]

Hello there

[@TimBatSea]

Hello Al. CUOTO

[@michaelchamberlain4618]

Yes I have had my ship log in Court.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching Michael. CUOTO

[@josephkain8372]

Tim have you ever made up alongside to one loaded to get out of that Berth 9 or is it just always easier in push gear and slack before the ebb? Great video, thanks

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Jose. That is actually my preferred method. But it wasn't an option this time because of the dock we were going to. CUOTO

[@carrieadcock1250]

Would u look at that. It's cap'n Katz!

[@TimBatSea]

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

[@bettygilmore611]

It looks like he got close to the dock?

[@TimBatSea]

As long as he doesn't touch the dock Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO

[@earnestmetz9834]

Why did the assist tug allow himself to get so flat to the barge?

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. He needed to be flat so he could fit by the other barge. CUOTO

[@jimburns3636]

I'm assuming the barge was heavy? (Since it was at the fuel source?) I enjoy these real-world multi-vector Newtonian physics exams.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching. Yes, it was very heavy. CUOTO

[@denisroger856]

Mastered by Tim . l guess your stress must be at it's peak right now even if you don't show it , and if stress became a problem for a pilot would your company help you manage that ? CUOTO

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching Denis. The company does have a few mechanisms to help us deal with personal and professional stresses. CUOTO

[@waynekoepke8128]

hay Tim did you run the pusher tug that was in New Haven back in the day

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching Wayne. No. I have never run a push boat. CUOTO

[@iansmartel5473]

If you have wind, eat charcoal biscuits🌬️. Why is the wind turbine not working if there is wind blowing?

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Ian. I have heard a number of different things about why that turbine has been out of service since almost it's first year. Broken. Bankruptcy. No contract. But I don't know the real reason. CUOTO

[@joehomer4421]

What’s the new camera, Tim ?

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching Josh. I have an Insta360 I am trying to use in some videos. CUOTO

[@joehomer4421]

@@TimBatSea Thanks, Tim. That video of trying to back out of the hole looks like it could be one of the “white knuckled” under certain conditions if no assist around and no chance to use a spring line forward. Keep ‘em coming. Best Regards, Joe Homer

[@cyber2526]

as a dutch person ur tugs are very funny looking, i wonder what the source of the difference in appearance is

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. That is what we call a push boat. CUOTO

[@cyber2526]

@@TimBatSea i think i know why, ours have to be able to pass under low bridges so their fixed structure doesn't go very high,

[@michaelgilbert7973]

If he can back out of there people should stop complaining about backing there cars up

[@TimBatSea]

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

[@dazzaist]

voiceover again???

[@TimBatSea]

Voiceover for ever. 😂 Thank you for watching. The voice-over format is the only way I am now allowed to film this content. CUOTO

[@texxasal]

For what little it may be worth, I am not a fan of the new format with the videos and you just doing a narration at some other time. Much prefer the tried and true format of inside the pilot house with real time narration and all the accompanying radio traffic.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. Switching formats was not by choice, but rather the only way I was allowed to continue shooting content. CUOTO

[@timcorrigan3283]

Thanks!

[@TimBatSea]

Woohoo!! Thank you very much Tim! Cheers! 🍺 CUOTO