Part of that journey brought back memories. I was 14 years old and took my 13' Whaler from Gloucester to Boston to go to a Red Sox game at Fenway Park. I went thru the locks by the Museum of Science into the Charles River. I dragged my boat up on the grass bank and used my bicycle lock around a tree. The weather turned on me on the way home, 4 footers once I got out of Boston Harbor and I was running low on gas! I pulled into Beverly Harbor but the gas docks at the marina there was closed! I had to lug 2 metal 6 gallon fuel tanks up to a gas station and back! Dry on my way down, soaked when I got home!
Another great video Tim this 1 brought back a lot of memories thank you I used to haul gasoline out of all the terminals on the Chelsea creek and my Dad used to be the head yard guy at Gulf oil I probably know they guys that offloaded u have a great day and stay safe
Lovely quality of the video. The content is there so for me its not a worry. Technical issues are now the curse of our lives. The way our lives are impacted by it is only found out at the point of failure..... as you found out... as you turned the shadow of the radar burling round showed the speed and made me smile. The other one .. go as fast as you want to hit some thing... brilliant. Good work in difficult circumstances. Amacf. CUOTO
Yes those "Eggs" on Deer Island are properly known as digesters, all part of the MWRA's waste water treatment process. I go over the Chelsea street lift bridge 2 a day and 2 or 3 times a month have to wait in line to watch some vessel pass through. The MWRA headquarters Building is just behind the Gulf Tank farm on the left. From my office window I can see the Superstructures of larger ships as they pass by on the creek. Nice to see the Chelsea Creek from a different point of view .
I love these videos. I get a kick out of seeing places I have driven many times from another perspective. Also, and off topic for this video, but I think you might get a chuckle out of this ... Three decades ago, I used to crew J24 sailboats racing in Eastchester bay. During one race, with the wind coming up from the south, our windward mark was on the south side of the channel near the entrance to Little Neck Bay. In order to reach it, we had to pass a barge with a tug on the hip - the tug was on the port side of the barge. He was coming out from under the Throg's Neck and out towards the sound. Our skipper had a bright idea ... as the tug was headed downwind, if we got into the tug's propeller wash we would gain a few yards to windward - in racing, every inch counts! That's exactly what he did. We tacked over so that we crossed behind the tug ... about 6' behind the tug. I could have tapped the tug on the transom with a boat hook. We caught the prop wash and got a short ride up to windward happy as you please. I figure we gained maybe 15-20 seconds. Of course we caught something else ... a stream of invective from the tug skipper. He was not a happy camper. Our skipper was tickled pink. Later, I think he realized that perhaps a little more clearance might have been a good idea. Maybe a lot more clearance would have been a good idea.
Thanks for pointing out the challenges of navigating Boston Harbor. As I understand it, Nantasket Roads are avoided because you would have to transit the narrow George’s Island channel and passing by Nix’s Mate (an obstruction whose lore is a fun story involving pirates). President’s roads is prefer because it is wider and straighter. The oil storage terminal on the right bank (East Boston) is not a refinery and never was a refinery.
Hi Tim, sorry about your phone and technical problems. I had that happen to me on vacation once had my boarding passes, hotel reservations, everything on the phone and it died! Beautiful video. Looks like one of those spectacular Boston mornings. Looked great on the big TV screen. Chelsea creek is kind of home for me. I lived within walking distance of the Chelsea st bridge. I could see ships as they passed east of the bridge. I’ve never been up there by water though. That was a new view for me. About 10. Years ago they had a woman fall off the McArdle bridge. Apparently she ignored the gate when the bridge was going up. The operator didn’t see her at first, but heard people yelling and tried to lower it, but she fell off before he could get it back down. Never heard if she survived. Wish I still lived in East Boston, would have brought over some donuts or something. #CUOTO
Another great one Capt. No need to apologise for anything; you've had some long hard jobs recently and we are all there for you. Losing the use of a phone is a nightmare but what can you do........just go with the flow without worrying. I like the voiceovers added later, makes it like a documentary. You've done so many on barge and tug handling with live commentary that the documentary style is just great, although I know how time consuming it can be. We can all wait patiently for the next video. The UK is back in lockdown and we are on a knife edge with this virus. Take care and you and your crew stay safe.
I remember towing out of there with a 135,000 barrel Barge with a 3,200 HP Tug and having the tail Tug part one of their lines. How my Captain kept us off the bridges, I have no idea. I was manning the tow winch and watched him swing that barge around. Even the Assist Tug came up and told the Captain that they could not believe he made it though!
@@TimBatSea Thats quite a bunch of oil. I can’t recall a single tank at my refinery that could hold that much. I may be wrong. I figure they came out of a couple of tanks. I forget, do the barges have separate holds for different products?
One of the interesting parts for me is that for years as I saw tugs and barges moving around in Miami to the carolinas in the ICW and off shore, I never gave much thought to what the tug is doing and what the journey may have entailed. Very enlightening.
Nice! My home port. Deer Island is where my wife's best friend works. I've been thru all of those channels. North channel, and islands, even thru the smaller ones near Hull, etc. In years' past (before the 'rona!) i've been on barges setting up sound systems, etc for shows, out in Chelsea, for fireworks, etc. So nice to see home port! Missed the bits of the Seaport, BLackFalcon, Waterfront proper, etc. Brings back memories. My wife and I were married at the New England Aquarium.
Its tough for us old dogs to learn new tricks. Today if you don't know some electronics you dead in the water, just look in your own engine room. My backup generator, a lister one cyl. diesel, came off a barge in Boston harbor.
Ha! Very Cool! I always loved those old listers with the manual decompression valve on the head and the hand crank on the side. Those things ran for ever. CUOTO
Enjoyed it Tim. If there was a technology issue, I didn't notice it. Good to see Boston Harbor from another direction. Appreciate what you put out as always! Be safe.
Deer island- those digestors actually make enough methane gas to run the thermal power plant on the island. The Power Plant supplies electric power to the island as well as supplies heat to all buildings and the digestor eggs. The Digestors operate similar to the human body and digest the "sludge". I use to work there, now I work at the the plant that is from another one of your videos in Quincy,MA. You took a barge off the north end of the facility.
Awesome video thank you!, I have hauled salt out of that pile a couple times really cool to see it from another prospective. Also have a good friend who is a long shoreman out on those docks.
When we visit Boston we always anchor in Anchorage 1. I try to squeeze into the very NE corner, which is past the start of the No Wake zone. Lately it seems we often share the anchorage with an ATB or two.
Good morning my friend. Every Tuesday when I get up and start going through the comments, I get to the second cup of coffee and say "Dam it, Where is Wayne"? LOL You stay safe my brother. CUOTO
Also the Chelsea Creek was the home of the Donald Mackay ship building yard...the Flying Cloud still holds the record from NYC to San Francisco around the horn. As kids we all learned about how important shipping was to East Boston. If you ever get off the boat his house is at the top of hill at Brooks and White Streets
Thank you for watching Wayne. Please keep on me about that. That is a wonderful idea and I keep forgetting to put that in. So with your help, I will try to do that in future videos. CUOTO
It's really interesting seeing the charts and then going to the various places, I do find it strange with the bouys being on the opposite side to ours. Thanks for posting. CUOTO
Thank you for watching Steve. Yes we have to be different because we are to stupid to use the metric system. LOL. I really appreciate you watching. CUOTO
Tim, Are you aware that the location of this video is the site of the second battle of the Revolutionary War? It is called the Battle of Chelsea Creek (some call it the Battle of Noddle's Island) and it was both a land and naval battle. The colonists won the battle and destroyed a British ship.
Thank you for watching Wayne. I have been thinking about doing videos like this with the same time and audio lines so the voice overs will work for both ways (flat and 360), but that will require a much better laptop than I have at the moment. But I'm working on that. CUOTO
Just started watching you Captain Tim excellent videos I’m picking up things and learning would love to work on a tug boat keep them coming wanna help the cause you said patron I go to and donate
Nice video! The times without a smartphone... I can still remember that I actually had to collect my money at a bank, that had just one half hour on friday evenings that I could actually make use of... Quel horreur... Cuoto!
Had a fun experience up there once, was pushing a small 150x50 crane barge out and made security calls of 13 and 16 as well as calling for a bridge opening as I approached the Mcardle bridge an idiot in a sailboat started to sail through the middle of the bridge I mean right down the middle I gave him 5 short and he kept coming with no change in course or speed there was a ship tied up at Eastern minerals and no where to go except into that junkyard on the eastboston side just upstream of the bridge! I had no choice but to swing in there and he cleared my starboard side by 6 foot what a handful getting lined back up on that bridge! I couldn’t have gone slower and I needed the headway due to the 20kt crosswind and the fact I only had a 600 hp boat he must have cut that corner so tight my bow was only 300ft from the bridge when he appeared amazed he didn’t run aground as there’s only about a foot of water at mean low inside red 16 and it was a 50ft or so sailboat I really hate recreationals! He never called for an opening and just assumed that the bridge magically opens for him!
I know this shows my ignorance but could you please explain what criteria you use for deciding when to tow and when to push. You said you switched when you came into the harbor. I assume one reason to push is better control in tight spaces. Feel free to explain this in some future video or point me to a past one where you already did. Another great episode. Thanks, Ron S/V True Blue
Thank you for watching Ron. I think I have gone over this in a few videos, but in short; we are required to push through the canal (with a loaded barge). We can't push when the weather is more that a few feet of sea. We have to push in close quarters like what you saw in this video. Thank you again for watching. CUOTO
Thank you for watching Evan. Yes. Tankermen stay on the barge (Except when offshore below Hatteras) I will try to do a video of us "Breaking Tow". CUOTO
Thank you for watching George. I think it was rite before Christmas. Pilots usually give steering commands and local knowledge to ships, but on tugs many run the boat themselves. Not always and it is up to the master's discretion, but many pilots are old tugboat guys and are very very good at running a boat. CUOTO
I'm not crazy about all this hi-tech stuff, especially when it's all tied into your cell phone. I try to just have one of those flip phones from Walmart, but you can only do so much with them. There are no more pay phones around where you can even make a collect call. Wow, collect call now that's a blast from the past lol Anyway...Glad you were able to "navigate" yourself to safe harbour. Welcome home Tim🍻
Thank you very much Nicholas. Things are slightly better today but only slightly. I am going to try to get a computer store to do some CSI magic and hopefully I'll get some data back. CUOTO
Thank you for watching. Please keep in mind that this is not my job (You Tube) and I have to try very hard to sneak in the time away from my real job (TugBoat Captain) to try to make content for you. You are absolutely correct that it could be much better, but this is what I have for you. CUOTO
Great video! Looking at boats in Florida huh? Tell us more. What are you looking at? something new? Commercial? classic plastic? - I'm sure you are well aware that osmotic blistering is a good bit more prevalent in Florida boats than in the north due to temperatures.
Thank you for watching Henry. I would love a new Island Packet but the one I want would want new and all tricked out would be about a million dollars. And that is about a million more than I have. LOL. But an almost 20 year old IP420 would be something that could take around the world and back. IP also has a very good blister, or lack of blisters, history. Stay tuned and wish me luck. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Oh boy! Are you sure you are set on an IP? For IP420 cash there (even 20 yro boat) are a lot of great options. I LOVE looking at the blue water boat market - Passport 40, Wauquiez Centurion 49, Shannon 43, Sabre 42, Pacific Seacraft 40 & 44. Don’t get me wrong, IP is a fine boat, but there are some very well built and luxurious boats in your price range. Some of them are cheaper and (arguably) just a seaworthy (and then some) - leaving you money for upgrades. Drop me an email if you want to chat about this. It’s a deep interest of mine.
Thank you for watching. Not exactly because back fill is usually a single screw technique. We use bother engines to twist (one ahead, one astern, rudders hard over). CUOTO
@@Seawizz203 yes. We have twin CAT 3512s. I have two engine room videos you may enjoy. Links below: th-cam.com/video/jW-gBNFPE20/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/_Gvl0CpYAoE/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for watching Mark. Many Pilots drive the boat (on Tugboats) but not all and it is up to the master. The ethanol is mixed with gasoline (9 to 1) and sold to cars in the US. CUOTO
Good Show. Since you were in a tow mode at sea I though of 2 questions. Is there a STRAIN gauge someplace in the towing gear that will tell you how much you are pulling so you do not break the wire? If you do have a way of making us measurement this might be something for a future video. Does your tug have a Gyro compass? Sorry about your dead phone. I’ve been there and done that. I think I have everything backed up to the cloud so I don’t lose any data. But the apps of course are another story. Maybe it’s time to SEA a back up phone on your horizon?
Thank you for watching Ed. A long time ago I worked on a tug that was built for Texaco back in the 70s. It had a real proper "Tow Machine" instead of the "Tow Witches" we have today. It had a spring pack that would allow the drum of the winch to rotate a little under load. There was a link from the drum to a Strain Gauge that would move up and down as the load changed on the wire. Now a days we do it more by feel and watching the angle of the wire off the stern of the tug. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Center cockpit is the way to go. You should be good for 3-4 weeks at a time in the Bahamas and the virgins. Just be sure to keep an eye on the weather. Crossing the Gulfstream can get pretty bumpy in a 40 ft boat.
That is odd that the new bridge channel is still choked down to the old bridge footprint. I would have to believe, as you suggested, that they left pilings from the old bridge but why would they do that? Did the Boston pilot have any info on it? Edit: Your video made me do some research on the bridge. It seems the locals are not happy with all the openings. I always loved mess like that. Well how about we not deliver your heating oil, would that make you happy? chelsearecord.com/2020/01/25/greenroots-residents-say-its-time-for-action-on-chelsea-street-bridge-changes/
Thank you for watching Perry. Are you referring to the line drawings of the tug that I spin to simulate the engine starting up? If so, that is the same are you will find on the T-shirts and Hoodies I have on the merch shelf for sale under the videos. CUOTO
Tim - I’ve been an enthusiast for this channel for a long time. The interest and enjoyment for me was being able to watch the maneuvers with both the controls and your commentary about what and why you were doing. Really good stuff. I’m sure you have your reasons, but going away from that format has just taken away the interest and enjoyment for me. I expect that I am in a small minority and that, unfortunately for me, you will continue with your new formats that probably suit a different audience. I wish you all the best with it.
Thank you for watching David. Nope. We will get back to split screen boat handling soon. Just mixing it up. That is the end of that series. I like to show different aspects of the work but I completely understand that most like the boat handling videos and I will always have them. I recently shot some content of a tug company in south florida where they use two tugs to bring in mega yachts. That is something different for me and watching masters do things I've never done was great and I think you will like it as well. Thank you for your feedback and without it, I will not improve. Thank you very much and stay tuned. More of what you want is coming. CUOTO
Tim, I value you because your tech milleu is sanctuary from the current horrible political strife whirling now about us. Now I value my formative years at sea, and that it has no immediate demands upon me. Blue water taught me how fragile we are, and so I can shrug off the current polticans jockeying for position. I thank you very much for what you've done for safety; keep harping on it. A little PS: about charts, when I was navigating for the USAF, we carried charts for the arctic regions which had a "grid north": An arbitrary 060 to which you slaved your gyrocompass (after a lot of yelling at the pilots, presumably). Oh, I just thot of the usual class question you might ask of your audience: What's the difference between a map and a chart? Political lines. Quite simple, for air use, but with the addition of depths for sea use. Cheers, and carry on, JL
Interesting video but long commentary on phone issue makes it somewhat boring. Would have been interesting to heat about past problems in Chelsea Creek, what you line up on, Do pleasure boats drive you craze going through the main harbor, etc.
Thank you for watching. Yes, i was quite distracted by my phone issues. You can watch the entire trip (without a word about my phone problems) on the 360 version of the trip. CUOTO
Glad to hear you finally made it up to Boston. Did you ever find your wooden leg? (from the Dropkick Murphys song th-cam.com/video/NsxcZol_FEE/w-d-xo.html)
Tim B a Bubble gum Buoy! What next a Cod Cape? Lol. Sory your phone died such things can incur as much inconvenience to others as ones self now days. Scotty #CUOTO
Hey Tim. Sorry if someone mentioned this already, I didn't go through all the comments. And, maybe you already know and do this, in which case I apologize. But, if not, Hhre's links for backing up your data on Android: support.google.com/android/answer/2819582?hl=en and iOS: support.apple.com/guide/iphone/back-up-iphone-iph3ecf67d29/ios - if you back up data and later lose your phone or it dies unexpectedly, having a backup will help you get running sooner.
Touring the US and Canada is like staying at home with all those places named after British ones. I visited Chelsea harbour on the north bank of the River Thames a couple of times, quite an expensive mooring, but me being me struck lucky, a charity fashion show was taking place on a pleasure boat just up the pontoon. To stop complaints if anybody would have because the cause was foe Breast Cancer two bottle of champagne were left at each boat. Several boater got together and had a party, made a collection and stuck it in the hat. One day you'll make a video that won't kick start a memory. Stay safe and sorry about you phone, don't like the ATM card bit man stuck without a phone and money!!!!!
Also the audio commentary during the chart presentation is very echoey and hard to understand. We’ve become so used to the voiceover which has wonderful audio, maybe you can get a better microphone system for a sections of the video that are filmed in the wheelhouse. It’s too echoey and Tin canny.
Yes. Once again I have to say that unless you are a Patron, you are getting this for free and asking me to spend more time and money to enhance your viewing experience. I do want to improve, and I appreciate your feedback and am slowing investing in the channel every month. I do hope you stay watching to see a difference. CUOTO
Part of that journey brought back memories. I was 14 years old and took my 13' Whaler from Gloucester to Boston to go to a Red Sox game at Fenway Park. I went thru the locks by the Museum of Science into the Charles River. I dragged my boat up on the grass bank and used my bicycle lock around a tree. The weather turned on me on the way home, 4 footers once I got out of Boston Harbor and I was running low on gas! I pulled into Beverly Harbor but the gas docks at the marina there was closed! I had to lug 2 metal 6 gallon fuel tanks up to a gas station and back! Dry on my way down, soaked when I got home!
Awesome. Those are the memories that get better with time!! Thank you for watching. CUOTO
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The only opportunity to see backwaters of Boston, thank you. Watched it again. More like it, please.
Thank you for watching Wolf. I'll see what I can do. CUOTO
A very nice day to be out on the water. Good to see you had plenty of room for maneuvers.
Thank you for watching Richard. CUOTO
Another great video Tim this 1 brought back a lot of memories thank you I used to haul gasoline out of all the terminals on the Chelsea creek and my Dad used to be the head yard guy at Gulf oil I probably know they guys that offloaded u have a great day and stay safe
Thank you for watching Michael. CUOTO
Been through there many times when the old Chelsea St. bridge was in place....my favorite pilot was Jeff. Always had a paper and donuts in hand, LOL.
Thank you for watching Victor. CUOTO
Great to see Boston from this angle. Love the canal voyages too. Happy New Year. Stay safe.
Thank you for watching Bob. And Happy New Year to you as well! CUOTO
Lovely quality of the video. The content is there so for me its not a worry. Technical issues are now the curse of our lives. The way our lives are impacted by it is only found out at the point of failure..... as you found out... as you turned the shadow of the radar burling round showed the speed and made me smile. The other one .. go as fast as you want to hit some thing... brilliant. Good work in difficult circumstances. Amacf. CUOTO
Thank you very much for watching and for the kind words. CUOTO
Very interesting view of inner Boston. Thanks. CUOTO!!
Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Nice. It’s been 40 years since I sailed up Chelsea creek with Mobil oil. Changed quite a bit. Thanks Tim. CUOTO
Thank you for watching Jerome. CUOTO
Yes those "Eggs" on Deer Island are properly known as digesters, all part of the MWRA's waste water treatment process. I go over the Chelsea street lift bridge 2 a day and 2 or 3 times a month have to wait in line to watch some vessel pass through. The MWRA headquarters Building is just behind the Gulf Tank farm on the left. From my office window I can see the Superstructures of larger ships as they pass by on the creek. Nice to see the Chelsea Creek from a different point of view .
Thank you for watching Ted. I really appreciate it. CUOTO
Your pilot skills are amazing and a joy to watch
Thank you for watching Scott. CUOTO
Wow... I'd never think of that as a creek! Creeks are a lot different in my area!
Thank you for watching. It got named a long time ago and probably looked different back then. CUOTO
Much better with the new Chelsea St Bridge,, The old one was a challenge ,Even more tricky with a single screw Tug and barge ! Great Video !
Thank you for watching Ed. CUOTO
Chart time is terrific! It's a great beginning to a video, especially when the destination is one we haven't seen before.
Thank you for watching Bryan. I'm uploading next week's video and I kept with the chart intro. CUOTO
I love these videos. I get a kick out of seeing places I have driven many times from another perspective.
Also, and off topic for this video, but I think you might get a chuckle out of this ...
Three decades ago, I used to crew J24 sailboats racing in Eastchester bay. During one race, with the wind coming up from the south, our windward mark was on the south side of the channel near the entrance to Little Neck Bay. In order to reach it, we had to pass a barge with a tug on the hip - the tug was on the port side of the barge. He was coming out from under the Throg's Neck and out towards the sound. Our skipper had a bright idea ... as the tug was headed downwind, if we got into the tug's propeller wash we would gain a few yards to windward - in racing, every inch counts!
That's exactly what he did. We tacked over so that we crossed behind the tug ... about 6' behind the tug. I could have tapped the tug on the transom with a boat hook. We caught the prop wash and got a short ride up to windward happy as you please. I figure we gained maybe 15-20 seconds. Of course we caught something else ... a stream of invective from the tug skipper. He was not a happy camper.
Our skipper was tickled pink. Later, I think he realized that perhaps a little more clearance might have been a good idea. Maybe a lot more clearance would have been a good idea.
LOL. All is well that ends well. Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Thanks for pointing out the challenges of navigating Boston Harbor. As I understand it, Nantasket Roads are avoided because you would have to transit the narrow George’s Island channel and passing by Nix’s Mate (an obstruction whose lore is a fun story involving pirates). President’s roads is prefer because it is wider and straighter.
The oil storage terminal on the right bank (East Boston) is not a refinery and never was a refinery.
Thank you for watching Tom and sharing your local knowledge. CUOTO
Hi Tim, sorry about your phone and technical problems. I had that happen to me on vacation once had my boarding passes, hotel reservations, everything on the phone and it died!
Beautiful video. Looks like one of those spectacular Boston mornings. Looked great on the big TV screen. Chelsea creek is kind of home for me. I lived within walking distance of the Chelsea st bridge. I could see ships as they passed east of the bridge. I’ve never been up there by water though. That was a new view for me.
About 10. Years ago they had a woman fall off the McArdle bridge. Apparently she ignored the gate when the bridge was going up. The operator didn’t see her at first, but heard people yelling and tried to lower it, but she fell off before he could get it back down. Never heard if she survived.
Wish I still lived in East Boston, would have brought over some donuts or something. #CUOTO
Thank you for watching Bill. Very cool story. CUOTO
Thanks Tim, great to see the area and hear you tell about it. Best luck with the new phone!
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Thank you very much David. Things are on the mend. CUOTO
Another great one Capt. No need to apologise for anything; you've had some long hard jobs recently and we are all there for you. Losing the use of a phone is a nightmare but what can you do........just go with the flow without worrying. I like the voiceovers added later, makes it like a documentary. You've done so many on barge and tug handling with live commentary that the documentary style is just great, although I know how time consuming it can be. We can all wait patiently for the next video. The UK is back in lockdown and we are on a knife edge with this virus. Take care and you and your crew stay safe.
Thank you very much Norm. Please be safe and stay healthy! CUOTO
I remember towing out of there with a 135,000 barrel Barge with a 3,200 HP Tug and having the tail Tug part one of their lines. How my Captain kept us off the bridges, I have no idea. I was manning the tow winch and watched him swing that barge around. Even the Assist Tug came up and told the Captain that they could not believe he made it though!
God I love those stories when they end well like that! Very Very Cool! Thank you for watching. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Thats quite a bunch of oil. I can’t recall a single tank at my refinery that could hold that much. I may be wrong. I figure they came out of a couple of tanks. I forget, do the barges have separate holds for different products?
Chelsea Creek bridge is incredibly narrow to bring a ship through. Wow!
And it take an eternity to open! Lol. Thank you for watching. CUOTO
One of the interesting parts for me is that for years as I saw tugs and barges moving around in Miami to the carolinas in the ICW and off shore, I never gave much thought to what the tug is doing and what the journey may have entailed. Very enlightening.
Thank you for watching Braxton. CUOTO
Nice! My home port. Deer Island is where my wife's best friend works. I've been thru all of those channels. North channel, and islands, even thru the smaller ones near Hull, etc. In years' past (before the 'rona!) i've been on barges setting up sound systems, etc for shows, out in Chelsea, for fireworks, etc. So nice to see home port! Missed the bits of the Seaport, BLackFalcon, Waterfront proper, etc. Brings back memories. My wife and I were married at the New England Aquarium.
interesting. I've never been up that part of the Chelsea Creek/River
Thank you for watching Greg. You sure do live in a great spot. CUOTO
It may be best seen on video rather than in person. LOL
Its tough for us old dogs to learn new tricks. Today if you don't know some electronics you dead in the water, just look in your own engine room. My backup generator, a lister one cyl. diesel, came off a barge in Boston harbor.
Ha! Very Cool! I always loved those old listers with the manual decompression valve on the head and the hand crank on the side. Those things ran for ever. CUOTO
Enjoyed it Tim. If there was a technology issue, I didn't notice it. Good to see Boston Harbor from another direction. Appreciate what you put out as always! Be safe.
Thank you very much! CUOTO
Cap'n always backup your data. The bridge you speak of had one Hell of a bad habit........getting stuck! Keep up the good work. #COUNO
Lol. Thank you for watching! CUOTO
Practically on my stomping grounds!!!! Good ol Chelsea.
Thank you for watching! CUOTO
That is a mighty narrow passage, Capt. Thanks for taking us along with you. Good luck with your phone revival!
LOL. Thank you Laura! CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Interesting. It looks significantly larger than I perceive it to be on google earth.
Deer island- those digestors actually make enough methane gas to run the thermal power plant on the island. The Power Plant supplies electric power to the island as well as supplies heat to all buildings and the digestor eggs. The Digestors operate similar to the human body and digest the "sludge". I use to work there, now I work at the the plant that is from another one of your videos in Quincy,MA. You took a barge off the north end of the facility.
Thank you for watching Tom and thank you for the inside scoop. Very Cool! CUOTO
Just wanted to say that was great! Sorry about the phone trauma, I bet it was an eye opener!
Thank you for watching Nick. It sure was. CUOTO
Neat seeing that from the water, have driven past that area many times. Nice video.
Thank you for watching Lance. CUOTO
Awesome video thank you!, I have hauled salt out of that pile a couple times really cool to see it from another prospective. Also have a good friend who is a long shoreman out on those docks.
Thank you for watching Chris. Very cool that see it from the side I don't. CUOTO
When we visit Boston we always anchor in Anchorage 1. I try to squeeze into the very NE corner, which is past the start of the No Wake zone. Lately it seems we often share the anchorage with an ATB or two.
Thank you for watching. I assume you are anchoring a pleasure boat? (I didn't think anchorage 1 or 2 was for recreational boaters). CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Yes, motor yacht. Bird Island (Anchorage 1) is open to all vessels. There are no anchorages in Boston Harbor specific to pleasure craft.
Good morning Tim, Thank you for the video and Take Care stay safe 👍😎🇬🇧#CUOTO.
Good morning my friend. Every Tuesday when I get up and start going through the comments, I get to the second cup of coffee and say "Dam it, Where is Wayne"? LOL You stay safe my brother. CUOTO
Interesting trip. Thanks, Tim!
Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Thanks for showing my neighborhood a very tough narrow channel..cuoto
Thank you for watching Paul! CUOTO
Also the Chelsea Creek was the home of the Donald Mackay ship building yard...the Flying Cloud still holds the record from NYC to San Francisco around the horn. As kids we all learned about how important shipping was to East Boston. If you ever get off the boat his house is at the top of hill at Brooks and White Streets
Nice thank you love Boston Woodstock ct
Thank you for watching Brad. CUOTO
Your videos are incredible. Don't stress. you didn't mention how many miles were you traveling. CUOTO ⚓
Thank you for watching Wayne. Please keep on me about that. That is a wonderful idea and I keep forgetting to put that in. So with your help, I will try to do that in future videos. CUOTO
Nice one Tim. CUOTO.
Thank you for watching John! CUOTO
It's really interesting seeing the charts and then going to the various places, I do find it strange with the bouys being on the opposite side to ours. Thanks for posting. CUOTO
the American ‘booei’ cracks me up every time.
Thank you for watching Steve. Yes we have to be different because we are to stupid to use the metric system. LOL. I really appreciate you watching. CUOTO
LOL Thank you for watching Paul. See response to Steve, LOL CUOTO
@@TimBatSea There are those countries that use the metric system and those that have been to the moon.
@@dennisjay3277 LOL. To Funny! I'll be using that.
Tim, Are you aware that the location of this video is the site of the second battle of the Revolutionary War? It is called the Battle of Chelsea Creek (some call it the Battle of Noddle's Island) and it was both a land and naval battle. The colonists won the battle and destroyed a British ship.
Thank you for watching. Yes. Another viewer had called it America's first naval battle. CUOTO
Another great video. I like the 360 view too, but miss your narration on the 360.
Thank you for watching Wayne. I have been thinking about doing videos like this with the same time and audio lines so the voice overs will work for both ways (flat and 360), but that will require a much better laptop than I have at the moment. But I'm working on that. CUOTO
excellent video nice views thank you tim
Thank you for watching James. CUOTO
Another great post. See why you avoid Hull Gut. Lot of current
LOL. (I have been through the Gut. See the outbound Quincy video) Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Just started watching you Captain Tim excellent videos I’m picking up things and learning would love to work on a tug boat keep them coming wanna help the cause you said patron I go to and donate
Welcome aboard Eddie. You Patrons are the good people paying the bills for the rest of us to watch. A very heart felt thank you!! CUOTO
Super cool great views if boston
Thank you for watching Adam
Nothing wrong with this video. Thank you..CUOTO
Thank you for watching James! CUOTO
Great video, Tim, I happened on your voyage on Marine Tracker and was wondering if you recorded the the voyage. Good Stuff!
LOL. Mike. You are my eye in the sky. Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Nice video! The times without a smartphone... I can still remember that I actually had to collect my money at a bank, that had just one half hour on friday evenings that I could actually make use of... Quel horreur... Cuoto!
LOL. Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Had a fun experience up there once, was pushing a small 150x50 crane barge out and made security calls of 13 and 16 as well as calling for a bridge opening as I approached the Mcardle bridge an idiot in a sailboat started to sail through the middle of the bridge I mean right down the middle I gave him 5 short and he kept coming with no change in course or speed there was a ship tied up at Eastern minerals and no where to go except into that junkyard on the eastboston side just upstream of the bridge! I had no choice but to swing in there and he cleared my starboard side by 6 foot what a handful getting lined back up on that bridge! I couldn’t have gone slower and I needed the headway due to the 20kt crosswind and the fact I only had a 600 hp boat he must have cut that corner so tight my bow was only 300ft from the bridge when he appeared amazed he didn’t run aground as there’s only about a foot of water at mean low inside red 16 and it was a 50ft or so sailboat I really hate recreationals! He never called for an opening and just assumed that the bridge magically opens for him!
Thank you for watching. Oh yes. I think most us that have spent any time out here all have a similar story. Good job keeping your $hit together. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea that’s the best thing about winter keeps the idiots off the water.
Interesting video Tim, the weather looks great. Hmmmm technology great when it's working.....but........Ingat kuya CUOTO
LOL Very Very True! Thank you Roger! CUOTO
Lose the phone, still got my sextant! Thanks for sharing! Great Vid, Tim!
LOL But I can't get to Tinder with my sextant. LOL. Thank you for watching. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Don’t forget your use protection. You don’t want a salty dog.😂
I know this shows my ignorance but could you please explain what criteria you use for deciding when to tow and when to push. You said you switched when you came into the harbor. I assume one reason to push is better control in tight spaces. Feel free to explain this in some future video or point me to a past one where you already did. Another great episode. Thanks, Ron S/V True Blue
Thank you for watching Ron. I think I have gone over this in a few videos, but in short; we are required to push through the canal (with a loaded barge). We can't push when the weather is more that a few feet of sea. We have to push in close quarters like what you saw in this video. Thank you again for watching. CUOTO
Couple questions Tim.. do tankerman ride the barge while on the wire? And can you try and get a video going from on the wire to push gear?
Thank you for watching Evan. Yes. Tankermen stay on the barge (Except when offshore below Hatteras) I will try to do a video of us "Breaking Tow". CUOTO
That’s a tight waterway I can’t imagine the ship at 7:40 getting in and out unassisted?
Thank you for watching. The ships usually have two big tractor tugs to help them out there. CUOTO
Tim, does the pilot actually drive the boat, or does he just tell you what to do?
When was this?
Thank you for watching George. I think it was rite before Christmas. Pilots usually give steering commands and local knowledge to ships, but on tugs many run the boat themselves. Not always and it is up to the master's discretion, but many pilots are old tugboat guys and are very very good at running a boat. CUOTO
I'm not crazy about all this hi-tech stuff, especially when it's all tied into your cell phone. I try to just have one of those flip phones from Walmart, but you can only do so much with them. There are no more pay phones around where you can even make a collect call. Wow, collect call now that's a blast from the past lol Anyway...Glad you were able to "navigate" yourself to safe harbour. Welcome home Tim🍻
Thank you very much Nicholas. Things are slightly better today but only slightly. I am going to try to get a computer store to do some CSI magic and hopefully I'll get some data back. CUOTO
First naval battle in US history recorded in the Chelsea Creek
Wow! I didn't know that. Very Cool. Thank you for sharing and watching Paul. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea How about that? Who would have thunk it? The Boston area has some history. Next thing you know, it’ll be famous for being a “party” town😉
Paul you and I have the same last name spelled same way!!! Ponycar98@hotmail.com
@@perrydiddle3698 I hear they like tea at their parties, too!
@@matt_waddy Exactly. But, it has to be good tea, otherwise they’ll just toss it out.😉
The perspective of the camera while showing us the charts was on favorable. I feel like it should be directly straight above.
Thank you for watching. Please keep in mind that this is not my job (You Tube) and I have to try very hard to sneak in the time away from my real job (TugBoat Captain) to try to make content for you. You are absolutely correct that it could be much better, but this is what I have for you. CUOTO
Nice footage Tim. What does a 50k draw fully loaded and light?
Thank you for watching Mike. Depends on the load (as you know). I think the 6 oil and asphalt 50s draw 22 and light around 3f5a. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea good thinking topping around. Sounds like you’ve got a bit of a kite there with only that bitty tug of yours.
@@boatbikemike8571 exactly right!
Sorry for being out of the loop, but what does CUOTO stand for/mean? Thank you.
Thank you for watching John. It's our secret code. But since you are a subscriber, it's short for "I will see you on the one". CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Thanks Tim, I looked up “See you in the one” and now I got it. CUOTO.
When are you back through the canal?
Thank you for watching. Keep in mind that this video was from a while ago. To keep up with us, follow along on Instagram. CUOTO
Great video! Looking at boats in Florida huh? Tell us more. What are you looking at? something new? Commercial? classic plastic? - I'm sure you are well aware that osmotic blistering is a good bit more prevalent in Florida boats than in the north due to temperatures.
Thank you for watching Henry. I would love a new Island Packet but the one I want would want new and all tricked out would be about a million dollars. And that is about a million more than I have. LOL. But an almost 20 year old IP420 would be something that could take around the world and back. IP also has a very good blister, or lack of blisters, history. Stay tuned and wish me luck. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Oh boy! Are you sure you are set on an IP? For IP420 cash there (even 20 yro boat) are a lot of great options. I LOVE looking at the blue water boat market - Passport 40, Wauquiez Centurion 49, Shannon 43, Sabre 42, Pacific Seacraft 40 & 44. Don’t get me wrong, IP is a fine boat, but there are some very well built and luxurious boats in your price range. Some of them are cheaper and (arguably) just a seaworthy (and then some) - leaving you money for upgrades. Drop me an email if you want to chat about this. It’s a deep interest of mine.
Tim, when you spin her around in a tight spot like that do you back and fill similar to spinning a trawler?
Thank you for watching. Not exactly because back fill is usually a single screw technique. We use bother engines to twist (one ahead, one astern, rudders hard over). CUOTO
@@TimBatSea thanks. I didn’t realize she had twin screws. Duh...lol
@@Seawizz203 yes. We have twin CAT 3512s. I have two engine room videos you may enjoy. Links below:
th-cam.com/video/jW-gBNFPE20/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/_Gvl0CpYAoE/w-d-xo.html
Does the Pilot actually drive the boat or just tell you what he wants you to do? What do they use that Alcohol for where you emptied it at?
Thank you for watching Mark. Many Pilots drive the boat (on Tugboats) but not all and it is up to the master. The ethanol is mixed with gasoline (9 to 1) and sold to cars in the US. CUOTO
Well that sucks about your phone!! 🤬 If I loose/ miss place my wallet, keys or phone I go in a tailspin! thanks for sharing! cuoto! ⚓
Thank you very much for watching Rick! CUOTO
Good Show. Since you were in a tow mode at sea I though of 2 questions.
Is there a STRAIN gauge someplace in the towing gear that will tell you how much you are pulling so you do not break the wire?
If you do have a way of making us measurement this might be something for a future video.
Does your tug have a Gyro compass?
Sorry about your dead phone. I’ve been there and done that. I think I have everything backed up to the cloud so I don’t lose any data.
But the apps of course are another story.
Maybe it’s time to SEA a back up phone on your horizon?
Thank you for watching Ed. A long time ago I worked on a tug that was built for Texaco back in the 70s. It had a real proper "Tow Machine" instead of the "Tow Witches" we have today. It had a spring pack that would allow the drum of the winch to rotate a little under load. There was a link from the drum to a Strain Gauge that would move up and down as the load changed on the wire. Now a days we do it more by feel and watching the angle of the wire off the stern of the tug. CUOTO
What were you looking at for a boat?
Thank you for watching. I am trying to find a bluewater sail boat, and with fingers crossed, I may have found her. CUOTO PS Island Packet 420
@@TimBatSea www.bluewatercruisingyachts.com/images/Gallery_Large_420CC_24.jpg
This looks like you! Tugboats been very very good to you !! HaHa
@@TimBatSea Center cockpit is the way to go. You should be good for 3-4 weeks at a time in the Bahamas and the virgins. Just be sure to keep an eye on the weather. Crossing the Gulfstream can get pretty bumpy in a 40 ft boat.
Have u ever been in corpus christi port before
I sure have Joseph. Thank you for watching. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea hella yhea me and the guys from jhonblud worth ship yard love ur videos
That is odd that the new bridge channel is still choked down to the old bridge footprint. I would have to believe, as you suggested, that they left pilings from the old bridge but why would they do that? Did the Boston pilot have any info on it?
Edit: Your video made me do some research on the bridge. It seems the locals are not happy with all the openings. I always loved mess like that. Well how about we not deliver your heating oil, would that make you happy?
chelsearecord.com/2020/01/25/greenroots-residents-say-its-time-for-action-on-chelsea-street-bridge-changes/
lol. To Funny John. Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Highly technical question here... what is the coins on the very beginning of the video before the music starts.
Thank you for watching Perry. Are you referring to the line drawings of the tug that I spin to simulate the engine starting up? If so, that is the same are you will find on the T-shirts and Hoodies I have on the merch shelf for sale under the videos. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea I really need to proofread before sending. What is the noise at the very beginning of the video before the music starts?
I probably shouldn't cut in here, but that's the sound of his tug's engines turning over and starting.
@@selkiemaine Excellent. Now I have an image to go with sound. Now, I’ll have to check the merch.✌️🤙
Tim - I’ve been an enthusiast for this channel for a long time. The interest and enjoyment for me was being able to watch the maneuvers with both the controls and your commentary about what and why you were doing. Really good stuff. I’m sure you have your reasons, but going away from that format has just taken away the interest and enjoyment for me. I expect that I am in a small minority and that, unfortunately for me, you will continue with your new formats that probably suit a different audience. I wish you all the best with it.
Thank you for watching David. Nope. We will get back to split screen boat handling soon. Just mixing it up. That is the end of that series. I like to show different aspects of the work but I completely understand that most like the boat handling videos and I will always have them. I recently shot some content of a tug company in south florida where they use two tugs to bring in mega yachts. That is something different for me and watching masters do things I've never done was great and I think you will like it as well. Thank you for your feedback and without it, I will not improve. Thank you very much and stay tuned. More of what you want is coming. CUOTO
Tim, I value you because your tech milleu is sanctuary from the current horrible political strife whirling now about us. Now I value my formative years at sea, and that it has no immediate demands upon me. Blue water taught me how fragile we are, and so I can shrug off the current polticans jockeying for position. I thank you very much for what you've done for safety; keep harping on it. A little PS: about charts, when I was navigating for the USAF, we carried charts for the arctic regions which had a "grid north": An arbitrary 060 to which you slaved your gyrocompass (after a lot of yelling at the pilots, presumably).
Oh, I just thot of the usual class question you might ask of your audience: What's the difference between a map and a chart? Political lines. Quite simple, for air use, but with the addition of depths for sea use. Cheers, and carry on, JL
Thank you for watching and for the kind words John. I really appreciate it. CUOTO
The Battle of Chelsea Creek look it up
Thank you for watching Peter. CUOTO
Interesting video but long commentary on phone issue makes it somewhat boring. Would have been interesting to heat about past problems in Chelsea Creek, what you line up on, Do pleasure boats drive you craze going through the main harbor, etc.
Thank you for watching. Yes, i was quite distracted by my phone issues. You can watch the entire trip (without a word about my phone problems) on the 360 version of the trip. CUOTO
Glad to hear you finally made it up to Boston. Did you ever find your wooden leg? (from the Dropkick Murphys song th-cam.com/video/NsxcZol_FEE/w-d-xo.html)
Thank you for watching Dion. Lol. CUOTO
Tim B a Bubble gum Buoy! What next a Cod Cape? Lol. Sory your phone died such things can incur as much inconvenience to others as ones self now days. Scotty #CUOTO
Thank you for watching Scotty! CUOTO
Tim, it’s called “crick ” cuoto 😁
Lol. Oops sorry. Thank you for watching. Terry. CUOTO
Hey Tim. Sorry if someone mentioned this already, I didn't go through all the comments. And, maybe you already know and do this, in which case I apologize. But, if not, Hhre's links for backing up your data on Android: support.google.com/android/answer/2819582?hl=en and iOS: support.apple.com/guide/iphone/back-up-iphone-iph3ecf67d29/ios - if you back up data and later lose your phone or it dies unexpectedly, having a backup will help you get running sooner.
Wow! That is exactly what I am looking for Matt! Thank you very much. CUOTO
Hi Tim. Send your phone to northridgefix, he might be able to fix it. I like my Apple since all my data is in the cloud.
Thank you for watching and for the advice! CUOTO
Touring the US and Canada is like staying at home with all those places named after British ones. I visited Chelsea harbour on the north bank of the River Thames a couple of times, quite an expensive mooring, but me being me struck lucky, a charity fashion show was taking place on a pleasure boat just up the pontoon. To stop complaints if anybody would have because the cause was foe Breast Cancer two bottle of champagne were left at each boat. Several boater got together and had a party, made a collection and stuck it in the hat.
One day you'll make a video that won't kick start a memory. Stay safe and sorry about you phone, don't like the ATM card bit man stuck without a phone and money!!!!!
Thank you as always for watching and sharing such great stories. CUOTO
Also the audio commentary during the chart presentation is very echoey and hard to understand. We’ve become so used to the voiceover which has wonderful audio, maybe you can get a better microphone system for a sections of the video that are filmed in the wheelhouse. It’s too echoey and Tin canny.
Yes. Once again I have to say that unless you are a Patron, you are getting this for free and asking me to spend more time and money to enhance your viewing experience. I do want to improve, and I appreciate your feedback and am slowing investing in the channel every month. I do hope you stay watching to see a difference. CUOTO
Cap. phone, to many eggs in one basket, but i guess thats all of us. check out Rob Braxman Tech
Thank you for watching Craig. I'll check him out. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea i really love what you are doing
I don't know, maybe time to relearn old skills by not using Google.
Lol. I think you are right! Lol. Thank you for watching. CUOTO
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Thank you for watching. CUOTO