Buzzard's Bay & Cape Cod Canal

Who says bunker boats don't Tow? On this most amazingly beautiful day in Buzzard's Bay, we break tow (got off the wire) and transition to Push Gear. We transit the Cap Cod Canal and get back on the wire on the East end of the Canal. Thank You for Watching!

[@geemoon7244]

I Loved your narration and your "College Professor" way of demonstrating all the step by steps of how bunker boats tow and push barges in Cape Cod Canal! Thank you!!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO

[@brianbaird433]

I have nothing but admiration for tug boat captains and crew. I worked in shipbuilding for the Royal Navy in Glasgow for 26 years and done a fair amount of ship movements in and out of dry dock. To think that these tug boats are moving multi million £ vessels in confined spaces with little movements at a time is unbelievable, and the pressure on the captains to do this must be immense. Most of these movements were done at night to avoid loss of time in production, making the job even harder. Keep up the good work and stay safe.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Brian and welcome to the channel. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO

[@MudChips]

Thank you Captain. I enjoy the commentary. It’s always entertaining and educational. I appreciate the scenery too.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching Ken. I really appreciate it. Remember that I try to post new content every Tuesday.

[@ArcticBlues1]

Man! I loved this! Thank you! You just showed me how a Texas bar and donut works! You Rock!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you again for watching. CUOTO

[@TheGamer-ux2lr]

Make yourself happy Tim. You can't please everyone. Thanks for the video.

[@TimBatSea]

Hahaha. You are correct! Thank you for watching.

[@edwardcrowleyjr8679]

Longshoreman from port of Cleveland, thank you very kindly Sir❤

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching Ed. CUOTO

[@4stringmanagmaildcom]

Excellent. Scratched all my itches. Showed maneuvering to switch from tow to push to tow. Fast motion through the canal, voice over explaining the whole thing. Great job Cap Tim!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you so much for watching Mike.

[@BlessedBaubles]

I totally agree! Awesome! And I'm just a brand new observer of this type of work. Super job. Makes it so interesting for sure.

[@royalscot4116]

Hello Tim. I am struck by your humility, as you go about explaining your profession by means of video and commentary. Thank you for this interesting and instructional video. It's a pleasure to listen to you.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and for your kind words. I really appreciate them!

[@donstor1]

Tim, Maritime is one of many subjects that I like to watch and your channel is very good. How ever that you want to film it is up to you. I will continue to watch as I learn something new every time. Thank you.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much. I really appreciate it. CUOTO

[@ranger2316]

Excellent! It felt like an astronaut on ISS doing an EVA being narrated by ground control. It really is quite an operation. As many times as I've been to Cape Cod, I've never seen the canal from this angle. Thanks Tim!

[@TimBatSea]

Oh cool. I'm glad you liked it!

[@Tsamokie]

Congrats TBS, you pronounced Quincy correctly. I was born in Quincy and spent a number of years there as a youth, the 50's and 60's. Loved it.

[@TimBatSea]

Oh cool Sam. Thank you for watching. CUOTO

[@wrighty338]

Great viewing with my morning cup of tea here in England. Thanks Tim

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@tbessinger]

On our route, Quonset to Oak Bluffs, we listen to Canal Control all day. Their patience with civilian traffic usually reaches its lowest ebb by September each season. Great video, as always.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Tony. Be safe out there. CUOTO

[@KevMac58]

Thanks my friend. My name is Kevin MacDonald and I am 55 years old and my back yard was Literally the cape cod canal in sagamore,right next to sandwich.Mass. I have some of the best stories in the world from me and my friends down the canal from 1966 to 2021.There used to be so many fish in the canal. 60 lbs Cod fish,40 lbs Blue fish and of course 40 to 60 lb Striped bass.We used to fill up two of the regular size garbage cans with lobster,s within 3 hrs using a 2 dollar thing of frozen Squid we bought at the bait store and just a fishing line and a long net with pole in the early 70,s to 1980. I had some of the best memories of my life down the canal.It's one of the most beautiful places in the summer.Thank you very much Captain for sharing this. If you have any questions for me I'd be more than happy to answer them. Take care. Kevin MacDonald.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Kevin. You are a lucky man. Growing up on the canal must have really been something back then. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO

[@stateniland]

as a guest on board I'd love to sit on the bow or stern and enjoy the sun and the views with a fishing rod in my hands ;)

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you so much for watching.

[@tinkmarshino]

Well I find it all intriguing with music with out music, fast ,slow, comment, no comment.. I don't care it is all fascinating.. Thanks Tim this is a real gas for me.. I love the water and boating and if I had to do it all over I might just be a boat captain like yourself.. I was always a pirate fan and a lover of treasurer island as a kid.. Carry on my brother.. y'all are doin a great job!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very very much!!!! Those are the comments I make videos hoping to get! Cheers and I'll CUOTO

[@jasondowning9959]

Capt. Tim , Thank you for video. I was born and raised on Cape Cod and still live here at 48 yrs old I remember going over Sagamore bridge every Sunday with my parents to visit gramma in Plymouth. I always looked for the tug boats and barges. Also at 19 yrs old went off shore lobstering one time with my dad ,he worked on TWO DUKES lobster boat. It was the worst 10 days of my life because the weather was really windy, we went out of Sandwich Marina through the Cape Cod Canal , I subscribed and will be back soon. Thank you

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you Jason for watching and subscribing. I try to post a new video ever Tuesday. Bonus posts for covid quarantined people.

[@bryanmcdermott4204]

Once again, that was terrifically educational.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you Bryan for watching.

[@ggssmm2]

Great video, brought back many memories- funny story: once, making the same trip, canal control held us up as there was a whale transiting the canal

[@TimBatSea]

Oh yes! That does happen. Thank you for watching. CUOTO

[@robertjerome1889]

Love the canal. Camped fished there in the 50s. East end sandwich. When life was simpler.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching Robert. Life still can be found to be a bit simpler there. CUOTO

[@johnmccaughan4195]

Great video. You are really coming along with this project. I think this is the best one you have done. Good subject matter, good weather and a spectacular trip.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching John.

[@pjsmith6954]

Love it! Thanks for showing the process of switching from pull to push.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching PJ. Please consider subscribing if you haven't already. I try to post new content every Tuesday.

[@mrchairman08]

Thank you Tim for a great commentary and video. I grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts and remember watching tugs at work on the Mount Hope bay to Brayton Power Plant and up the Taunton river to Shell Oil.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and please consider Subscribing if you haven't already. I try to post new content every Tuesday. I used to run to Brayton Point with coal years ago.

[@bobflannagan7262]

loved it, you make it your way, it's your story you are telling.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching Bob, and please consider subscribing if you haven't already.

[@jamesdeal4709]

I work for the Corps at the Canal Field Office. All bank lighting was converted to LEDs several years ago. Most lights are white, but switch to yellow on the south bank at the s-turn between the highway bridges, so operators can discern the turn at night.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you so much for watching and for the good info. I've been stuck bunkering in NYC so long, I had to take a pilot with me. (and it was daylight both ways this time). I really appreciate you chiming in and the work you do!

[@deanwilliam459]

thats so cool you can add to the story.

[@elendil004]

Hey! Another familiar face!

[@jamesdeal4709]

@@elendil004 hope you are well shipmate!

[@davidkalbacker6033]

I really enjoy your videos. As a former merchant sailor I appreciate your commentary as well as speeding up the video 😀. Dave

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching David. CUOTO

[@carltonlandry1972]

Glad I found your channel. My Uncle was a tug boat captain, He ran New York to New Orleans thru the Mighty Mississippi. Always Loved Tug Boats. Great Job

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching Carlton. Please consider Subscribing if you haven't already. I try to post new content every Tuesday.

[@schlirf]

"Wicked". Good to hear that again. 👍😎👍

[@TimBatSea]

LOL. Thank you for watching and Happy New Year. CUOTO

[@davidschurk9296]

Great video Capt. Tim. Loved the transition from Buzzards Bay to the Cape Cod Canal. Did a great job showing how involve the hitch transitions can be. Keep up the great work. CUOTO

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching David. CUOTO

[@Glide1992]

That was awesome. Lots of great commentary to explain what was going on. And then some fast forward at the appropriate times. Just right. Thanks for doing this. Be interesting to see a rough day on Buzzard Bay now that we have seen it on a nice day.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much!

[@jamesterrill1938]

I think you do an excellent job explaining the operations. From someone who worked on offshore platforms in design and construction for over 20 years. I did not realize how much I did not know about your world....

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you James.

[@user-dv8nn6ot9t]

love this business. your the man cap.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much!

[@williambroadley6231]

Hi Captain Tim, Most people don't realize all that goes into running a tug/barge unit and you really show and described it so very well. I would love to see one of you going through the C&D canal, especially while making the East end entrance. Life on tugs must be really tuff these days with restrictions on getting off and just where and when to have crew changes.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching William. I shot us going east bound through the C & D a few days ago, but it was late and it started to rain. But I think I may post it next week as an extra under the title "Slow TV". I have to do another run to Philadelphia from Norfolk, do cross your fingers. I may get good light and shooting conditions to do a proper video.

[@bennettdickmann1602]

You make it look so easy. We know it is far from “easy”. It is, rather, very demanding. Nonetheless, you make it sound easy. Your voice is better than most professional broadcasters of any discipline. Even more importantly, I applaud you for your obvious appreciation of our beautiful planet earth. Your comments about safety from the extra not required line to the need for us to wash our hands during the pandemic are evidence of intelligence and common sense. Combining those two characteristics defines wisdom.

[@TimBatSea]

Wow! Thank you very much! If you are new to the channel, welcome! Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO

[@petercurran3723]

Great video! I lived on the canal many years! Had a radio,listen to”21” cap....knew about movement on the canal but never realized what work a tug does! I’m sorry I found this video tonight! Merry Christmas!

[@TimBatSea]

Merry Christmas Peter and thank you for watching. Next week's video will be in Buzzards Bay and the week after that, 21 CCC. CUOTO

[@Transit_Biker]

I live in southeastern Pennsylvania. The C&D canal is used quite heavily for ro-ro ships making multiple ports, such as Baltimore, Philadelphia, and up around Staten Island/port Newark/Bayonne etc. Only been across it twice, but it’s almost identical to the one featured here. Some nasty weather due in over the next 72 hours, stay safe!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. Oh yes. Things are starting to get a bit sporty.

[@williambroadley6231]

Great video and brought back some memories. I made many trips through the canal on the EASTERN SUN.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching William. The old Eastern Sun tore up the north east in it's day. Stay safe my brother.

[@coastwiseable]

@Captain TimBat, An excellent video. Excellent videography and very clear narration. You seem to have a great passion for your profession. Thank you.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Joseph. I do love my job. Please consider subscribing if you haven't already.

[@waynegutschmidt7586]

Another Incredible video. Don't change what your doing. Stay safe

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching Wayne.

[@hamradiojim6788]

Thanks for explaining the yellow and white canal side lighting...makes perfect sense. I lived on the Cape for a while and never noticed that. Great education on towing, too!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Jim. One of the Army Corp guys commented that all the lights have been changed out to LEDs a couple years ago but the turns have slightly different Amber color now.

[@orgcoast5990]

Super video. Great to see how the transition from one method to the other is done. I had not seen that before. Thanks.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and please consider subscribing if you haven't already.

[@mdemed]

I find this very interesting, and I prefer the narration over the music. I grew up on Narragansett Bay and remember watching the tugboats working. Now I get to learn what was actually going on. Thanks for posting these videos!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching!

[@alan6832]

@@TimBatSea I have sailed Buzzards Bay many times as a preteen and teen with my friend Ricky and family, first in a Cal 25 and later they traded up to a Catalina 30. Anyway, once, when I wasn't there, in fog, they accidentally sailed between a tug and barge and the cable took off their rudder, in the 30 I think. This would have been around 1980. They sailed out of Wings Cove off Piney Point in summer and Woods Hole when not summer. The captain father was often a bit tipsy leaving Ricky and I to sail home sometimes, even at around 11. Early experience.

[@TimBatSea]

@@alan6832 I'd say you are extremely lucky to be alive Alan. CUOTO

[@rahepla]

Another great episode Sir. Thks for sharing with all of us and best regards from Spain.

[@TimBatSea]

Gracias mi hermano! Soy aquí, pero mi corazón es en España!

[@kenmunozatmmrrailroad6853]

Another wonderful video master 'o the seas!

[@TimBatSea]

Lol. Thank you very much for watching Ken. CUOTO

[@slgordon3]

Loved it! These processes are so much more complicated than I might have thought. Thanks so much for showing them to us.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@lisaburry4349]

Hi Tim thanks for the commentary. Love seeing how it all works. Always liked tugs great stuff. Take care of yourselves.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you Lisa! Please consider subscribing if you haven't already. (My female subscribers are up to %4.2 from %3.4, but I hope to build a more diverse subscriber base in the future) lol. Anyway, thank you very much for watching!

[@boblong7686]

Great videos! Thanks! Gotta weigh-in. I like the chart review and I like the narration. You have a easy voice to listen to. Hope you keep doing these.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Bob. And please consider subscribing if you haven't already. I appreciate your kind words although my exwife would probably not agree with you. Lol (she hated listening to anything I said)

[@johnjcoxiii9401]

Bravo! Well Done! Clear, concise technical explanation. the Old Coastie.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and for your service John.

[@bunakkaptan]

Thanks for posting these videos! Kudos.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO

[@johnredhd]

I had friends that used to own a guesthouse in Ptown. I drove there several times and used both the Bourne and Sagamore Bridges. It's cool to see them from this perspective.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching John. Please consider Subscribing if you haven't already. I try to post new content every Tuesday.

[@kapplerphoto]

Thanks for another great informative ride on your boat!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you David. Tuesday's video should contain a shout-out to you and what you do and have done! Thank you so much!

[@TBJK07Jeep]

Another great video Tim.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much Tim!

[@carwrench2011]

Hi Tim, I live next to Mass Maritime, saw you go by but didn’t know it was you until i saw this video post. Keep up the good work. Your videos are awesome!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. That would have been cool. I'll look for you on the next trip.

[@carwrench2011]

TimBatSea check out my own you tube videos, i have 2 old ones posted that will show how close i really am to the canal. Give a toot on the horns next time you go by. 👍

[@stephenhensley7004]

Watched one of your videos, you are close.

[@ArchangelMichaelable]

Great job Tim it is great to see how what Tug life is like.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Michael

[@mike14sp]

Thank you for another great video Tim.. Love the commentary and keep up the time lapse: love those distances too :)

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Mike. I really appreciate it!

[@russpury]

Great video. I haven't been thru the canal since the early 70's when I was in the Coast Guard going from New Bedford to Ptown to sit on SAR standby for a week at a time. Thanks.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Russell. Please consider subscribing as I to try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO

[@foreversunrise8749]

I've sailed from Quincy through Buzzard's Bay to the Keys. If you do not get the tides right, you will be going backwards LoL. Thanks for the great videos.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. #CUOTO

[@CaptRD]

This was perhaps the best video to date. I loved the blend of technical content along with the action shots and the narrative. I started out with paper charts, so I love it when you pull one out to prep us for the virtual journey you're going to take us through. I was hoping you'd put something up today, thanks!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@TheByard]

I like to have a paper chart handy for an overall view, as my fingers are used to 14lb hammers rather than a touch screen. So the electronic is for close views, paper for which pub to head for. I do the same in a car, paper maps are great for quick reference when you come up onto a diversion or other delay, rather that flicking through a GPS. Just found an old chart of the Suez Canal, pre widening and the bypass cut. I worked on a road tunnel constructed back in the 70s between the Bitter lakes and the town of Suez. So the chart goes up in the DEN to keep memories alive..

[@joedropp2600]

Tim..thanks spent summer of 1975 conducting hyrographic surveys in Buz. BAYwith NOAA coastal survey ship PEIRCE..lots good memories..thanks CAPT. JOE 17:52

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel Captain Joe. CUOTO

[@chadwinters6089]

Great video Tim, really enjoyed the explanation.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much Chad.

[@martinmaloney7294]

One of the best channels on KZbin!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very very much Martin!

[@toolbox-gua]

Very instructional. Be safe. Thank You.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching.

[@robertdikes7722]

Very nice! Thanks Tim!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Robert.

[@michaelryan1913]

I have to admit, I've become addicted to your channel! Really cool stuff, and neat seeing the water views of areas I travel often for work.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching Michael. I really appreciate it. CUOTO

[@spencergreenhill7728]

Your explanations are really good. Even someone who has never sailed could understand what you mean. I sailed on the Elba, Cambria, and the Donner, many years ago.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Spencer. Please consider subscribing if you haven't already.

[@nobskafriend]

As a Buzzards Bay sailer, and lifetime Wareham boater, this was great to watch! I love listening to “21” on the VHF, as tugs and ships call in to request clearance for the Canal. Curious about your take on the “assist tug” requirement, I see it as a waste of fuel and money that our “know it all” state legislature pushed through to buy votes. The whole thing was a gut reaction to the April 2003 oil spill caused by a clueless tug helmsman that took a short cut across a rocky shoal, somehow not even aware that they hit bottom, so he kept going up the Bay, spilling his cargo. The irony is that since this law ( not supported by the USCG by the way!) I am aware of 4 breakdowns by tugs, all were cases of the Assist tug breaking down, no trouble s with the principle tug, one assist tug caught fire, another almost sank off Dartmouth, a third strayed from Hog Island Channel and ripped off one of their drive pods, and another assist tug just lost power in Cleveland Ledge Channel. All resulted in delaying of the principle tug pulling/pushing the barge. Had that tug back in 2003 simply stayed in the channel coming up the Bay instead of cutting across that shoal, there would be no call for an assist tug shadowing the double hull barges, only the rare single hull ones. I realize it does create work for tug crews, but the idea of seeing a second tug putting along slowly behind every barge just seems like extra $$$, extra fuel burning, and extra air pollution from an added tug. Classic case of know it alls overruling those that do know and understand shipping.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. Those types of laws are common in our industry after an accident. My understanding of the events around the spill from 2003 are a bit different. But the end is the same. CUOTO

[@kenpollock6649]

Great videos - really like the narration- You make it look very easy - when in fact the potential for injury/damage is real.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Ken. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO

[@sunshinewatters3178]

Well done! Educational and fun! 👏

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. If you are new to channel, welcome. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO

[@seatiger3540]

Nice reinforcement of the Tug Configuration video. Really enjoy the practical insights offered by all your videos. I believe some are scalable to smaller recreation boating.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. Yes. Most definitely.

[@eddiealvarado3531]

Great video Capt, keep 'em coming

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Eddie.

[@margenenow4226]

I just love your videos Tim B

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you so much Marge! CUOTO

[@clifford4200]

Very good.... Enjoyed it very much.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you Mike.

[@michael7423]

As for me I really like this format with your comments explaining everything as you go, I really learn a lot I didn’t know. I’ve been a land lover most my life but I do have some salt water in my veins, my great grandfather worked on a whale ship around 1896 and I would sit and listen to him as long as he would tell all his story’s and sing all the old sailors songs when he would visit. He was a fascinating man! CUOTO

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Michael. Wow. That was when ships were made of wood and men were made of Iron!!!CUOTO

[@g4dan1]

Thanks for taking us along. As a retired pilot I find what you do on the water is fascinating. Be safe.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Danny.

[@jdow55]

Another great videoTim Thank you

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much James.

[@gregbluefinstudios4658]

Really enjoyed this video. I've shot many a bird photo on the Canal... particularly at the Herring Run. I always thank you folks pushing the barges... there's a nice wake as you pass me, and the birds all turn right into the camera! Many thanks for the photo ops! BTW, I live out at the other tip, near the Race! Growing up as kids, we had a game of counting the ships on each side of the Sagamore bridge, when crossing. My kids, now in college, still count the boats... bonus for whoever can spot a Big Barge!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Greg. Please consider subscribing if you haven't already. It sure is a beautiful area.

[@gregbluefinstudios4658]

@@TimBatSea Already did!

[@joshwelner1951]

Thanks for the video 👍👍👍 I've been through that canal twice but it was always at night and in the winter so I didn't see much and for the short time we were fish out of Fall River we never saw weather that nice

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching Josh.

[@kylesmith8769]

I have been curious about the process to drop the wire and move to push gear. Thanks for sharing. Great composition as well. Stay safe

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Kyle. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO

[@mark-]

Great pedagogical video thank you

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Mark.

[@fletcher3913]

You did a great job on the commentary and editing of the video. Thank you, Tim, for another informative and entertaining video.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you so much!

[@michaelm9623]

Another enjoyable video and a beautiful day, as well. I prefer your narrative to the music, unless that music is the rumble of a big diesel or two.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Michael.

[@VaporheadATC]

I grew up vacationing on Cape Cod. I remember being so excited to see and go over the Bourne or Sagamore Bridges. Brings back good memories.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. I love to read comments like yours.

[@bcal5962]

Fascinating video, Thank you

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching and please consider subscribing if you haven't already.

[@robfraley4210]

Great video of the process of towing, going to pushing, then Back again to towing on the Other side of the Cape Cod canal 😳👍. The rock barges I use to push we never tied off to Anything and Just one person per boat, the operator. But like I said before it was a private lake the Rock Quarry owned in Miami. We pushed the loaded barges from the Draglines way out back up to the Clamshell up front loading the crusher, then the Empty barges back to the draglines again, it was about a 25 minute trip with the loaded barges up to the crusher they drew so much water when loaded and stuck up 10-12 feet out of the water when unloaded. Oh what fun that was, right up until they shutdown just before Christmas 🎄 of 1974 😱😭 That had been in operation for 27 years... my friend Tom White went on with Belchor Towing in the port of Miami.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank for that Rob! I love hearing about stuff like that.

[@btkeller93]

wow that 25 minutes felt like 5. Great video! Super informative.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO

[@actemple3282]

love your videos ...great job thank you love the charts

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you again for watching Adam!

[@darrenhillman8396]

Fascinating! 👍🏻

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you Darren

[@richardshippful]

Very good and informative video. Thanks Tim.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching.

[@jimt2853]

Tim, great way to show the videos. A little briefing and hitting the charts first, and then some narrative on the presentation. Learn more each time I watch. Was a pleasure cruiser before in the Bridgeport and PJ area.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching Jim!

[@michaelhughes2062]

Always have had a love for tugs. A family friend use to own tug company in North Carolina ( I think Moran is there now). Whenever I would visit I

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Michael.

[@mustangcircut]

Tim you were down in my neck of the woods. Weymouth Ma. Have done a lot of boating through the canal. It has its good and bad days. That day was picture perfect!!! Keep up the great videos and stay safe!!!!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching! Stay safe and I'll see you on the one.

[@stephenflowers8516]

My family has a house on Barnstable harbor. I know this area like the back of my hand. I've got to say that's the quickest ride I've ever had through the canal.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and please consider subscribing. It was such a nice day. I wish I shit the entire run through in real-time.

[@stephenflowers8516]

@@TimBatSea it's probably better at the speed you used. Crawling through the Cape cod Canal would get boring after a few minutes. Anyway, great video, Thanks!

[@brookshoffman8452]

Very cool. I live on the cape. Keep up the good work.Great videos!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Brooks. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO

[@rosswhatley5695]

Thanks capt , very good video.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you Ross for watching.

[@chefgabiel3939]

Best youtuber in the world...great videooo

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you Brother

[@larrysproul9424]

Nice video learned a lot about tugs and barges. Be safe.

[@TimBatSea]

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[@robertallen9826]

Tim that was a great clip, very well done. Thank you.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much Robert!

[@davidcoggshall5822]

Hi Tim, I went down to the water to see you go by. the boat was not lit up as much as some of the tugs I have seen go by at night. It was nice to finally see your boat.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching David. That was in the afternoon right?

[@davidcoggshall5822]

@@TimBatSea Your Boat went by Fish Island from about 9:00 pm to 9:30 pm. An oil tanker was ahead of you can remember the name right now but it was headed to River head oil terminal in Long Island NY.( the times are close not spot-on) the crude oil tanker is the RYMAN

[@TimBatSea]

@@davidcoggshall5822 yes David. That's sounds correct. I talked to the pilot and he went through the race ahead of me.

[@williamjacobs236]

Another great video caption Tim .

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching William. CUOTO

[@DROcchipinti]

Like a glove. Great video!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Donald, and please consider subscribing.

[@DROcchipinti]

TimBatSea been subscribed from the beginning Capt

[@TimBatSea]

Oh shit. I didn't read the last name. Lol. Im sorry Don.