The exciting part was the other video showing the tug ride in like the cavalry to pull her free. You know that tug captain has to be a legend in the harbor
👍😃🙏💝Thank you so much for this footage! Someone posted another video about this but cut the ending short & many of us wanted to know what happened. 🙏👍😃💝
PORTSMOUTH - The captain operating the Miss Stacy when it struck Memorial Bridge in February had never been in command of the tugboat prior to the incident and was unfamiliar with the Piscataqua River, according to new details released by the U.S. Coast Guard. PORTSMOUTH - The captain operating the Miss Stacy when it struck Memorial Bridge in February had never been in command of the tugboat prior to the incident and was unfamiliar with the Piscataqua River, according to new details released by the U.S. Coast Guard. Documents released to the Portsmouth Herald as a result of a Freedom of Information Act request shed new light on the drama on the river that occurred Feb. 21. The tugboat, which nearly capsized after taking on water as a result of striking Memorial Bridge, had two people onboard. After more than an hour of being stuck up against the bridge, the semi-submerged tugboat was pulled to safety by the Eugenia Moran, a larger tugboat owned by Moran Towing Corp. The Miss Stacy, which was owned by Virginia-based Seaward Marine Corp., had been hired to assist in the ongoing bridge removal project. According to details released by Coast Guard investigators, the captain of the Miss Stacy was a “relief captain” who had never before been in command of the tug. Investigators said the unnamed captain had also never operated on the Piscataqua River before, other than a two-day tutorial from the ship’s regular captain. A packet of information related to the FOIA request also included narratives from the tugboat captain, his deckhand and an official from Moran Towing. In his report to Coast Guard officials, the relief captain describes his attempts to move a barge beneath the bridge amidst a very strong outgoing current. “I made two attempts at it and the current pulled me off line so I turned back up river and made another attempt. This time I came in straight. As the tug came up against the barge 98, the current grabbed the stern of the tug and pushed it around into the barge 98. As the weight of the tug pushed against the barge 98, the lines from the bridge to the barge 98 stretched and the pilot house was pushed into the bridge and we began to get a hard port list. I tried to pull out of it, but nothing I could do could overpower the current as the barge leaned more to port.” The relief captain also described the moments leading up to and after the point he realized the tug could capsize. “I told my deckhand to get off the boat and onto barge 98 in case the tug goes over. I kept trying to fight the current. After a few more minutes (of) trying, I knew there was nothing I could do, so I got off the tug onto barge 98.” The investigation ultimately concluded that gaskets on a deck hatch on the boat were in “poor condition” and provided “little help” in making the deck watertight. “It was successfully determined that the deck hatch in question, which was not dogged down and completely full of water, was responsible for the sudden down flooding and partial capsize,” according to the report. The only enforcement action taken against the tugboat owner is a warning issued for slight oil pollution as a result of the tugboat being partially submerged. Investigators determined the tugboat spilled about one gallon of oil into the river. No action was taken against the relief captain operating the tugboat at the time of the accident.
Sounds like an unfortunate accident. Good thing it all worked out in the end. Crew safe, Push boat safe. Relief Captain had a good lesson on that, will make him a better Captain.
Very cool of you to add this information. Honestly, I was wondering about so many things. Now I know, and I am happy everything turned out pretty good!
The middle bridge (seen in video) is so angled to the channel, the tugs point ships in the correct direction, release lines and capture the ship on the other side. Portsmouth Navigation and the Holt Family are Masters!
Been boating on the Piscatiqua & the Merrimack for many years. Two of the fiercest currents in the world. A challenge for even the most experienced boaters.
Absolutely! The main issue with the Merrimack is entering through a narrow channel, right? I'm not a sailor but I remember being on someone's sailboat and a yacht came close to being on top of us on a wave of incoming water! Very scary.
Definitely very treacherous. I fish there a lot. You don't see to many old salts go out during tide change. Most wait for slack tide. Very fast currents. 🎣
Captain error to be exact. He misjudged the distance of the bridge and the current while maneuvering throughout the harbor area. She took on water and started listing.
Lots I could say here BUT my two cents are not needed...... However, I once built n flew a kit helicopter in the mid 90s. I named her Miss Nina, so glad to see Miss Stacy got a second chance at life AND hope no humans were injured when Ms Stacy got pinned against the bridge....
@@ewelinanajgebauer8862 On the American inland waterways, towboats used for harbor work are referred to as"tugs" since we use them to move barges to & from fleets,docks & the line haul towboats pushing barges up & down the rivers. Harbor boats are also called lunch bucket boats since the crew goes home at the end of a 12 hour shift. Line haul towboat crews ride for usually 30 days & are off the boat that same amount of time, depending on the company. They also have a cook onboard.
Throw a couple trash pump hoses into the engine room. The boat looked like the generator was shut off so there wouldn't be any electrical power to run the installed bilge pump.
And I just think it was Portsmouth, England where that happened but I didn't recognize it at all, it turns out that this was set in America but none of the creators could have imagined this to mention that this was Portsmouth in America , now there are many places with this name in America so fortunately the river is mentioned here. As far as the boat is concerned, it is a matter of pumping it dry and ready and not making it such a drama, after all, it is not a Titanic !!!
Hello Butlerbob. My apologies. When I created this video, I was new to making videos that I then posted on TH-cam. I never dreamed about a worldwide audience!
Oh, Miss Stacy, yesterday, while you was out visitin', I went and ate a can of your salmon. Now, I know you said eat the left-over pork chops, but they was kinda stiff. So, I stopped at the Piggly Wiggly and got you another can.
In my youth, jumped from the ship into the Tagus river, Lisbon, when came up the ship fucked off to the left so fast, if the guys didnt throw me a rope I wouldn't be commenting...
@@VideoTapestryClips I lived right on that river,...it IS the ocean,....currents are the worst in the northern hemisphere,.....you do not see any small craft out there do ya?....yassssuh, she's a bitch of a current,...dontchah know!
It's a river towboat. They push barges by facing up to the stern of the barge(s) being moved. The two knees allow the towing of empty barges which only draw 1 1/2' of water with 9+' of the hull out of the water.
+Ima Paine-diaz -- "Tug/Tugboat" is generic, "towboat" and "pusher/push boat" are specific. (And judging by the size of the bollards on her stern, Miss Stacy can do both.)
SeikiBrian all pushboats have h-bits on the stern just incase. But due to hull designs it's more practical for a push boat to shove its tow than pull like a tug boat. The term tug is a widely use term but anyone who works on the river on or around the boats call them push boats, but to the general public we are all tug boats. When I tell people I'm a captain I just say tug because it's easier.
Wrong. It's not a force to be taken lightly, but it IS a force to be reckoned with. "Reckon with: Take into account, be prepared for, as in 'The third-party movement is a force to be reckoned with during the primaries.' This usage was first recorded in 1885." - Dictionary.com - Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
The exciting part was the other video showing the tug ride in like the cavalry to pull her free. You know that tug captain has to be a legend in the harbor
All these crews do amazing work i think.
👍😃🙏💝Thank you so much for this footage! Someone posted another video about this but cut the ending short & many of us wanted to know what happened. 🙏👍😃💝
PORTSMOUTH - The captain operating the Miss Stacy when it struck Memorial Bridge in February had never been in command of the tugboat prior to the incident and was unfamiliar with the Piscataqua River, according to new details released by the U.S. Coast Guard.
PORTSMOUTH - The captain operating the Miss Stacy when it struck Memorial Bridge in February had never been in command of the tugboat prior to the incident and was unfamiliar with the Piscataqua River, according to new details released by the U.S. Coast Guard.
Documents released to the Portsmouth Herald as a result of a Freedom of Information Act request shed new light on the drama on the river that occurred Feb. 21.
The tugboat, which nearly capsized after taking on water as a result of striking Memorial Bridge, had two people onboard.
After more than an hour of being stuck up against the bridge, the semi-submerged tugboat was pulled to safety by the Eugenia Moran, a larger tugboat owned by Moran Towing Corp.
The Miss Stacy, which was owned by Virginia-based Seaward Marine Corp., had been hired to assist in the ongoing bridge removal project.
According to details released by Coast Guard investigators, the captain of the Miss Stacy was a “relief captain” who had never before been in command of the tug. Investigators said the unnamed captain had also never operated on the Piscataqua River before, other than a two-day tutorial from the ship’s regular captain.
A packet of information related to the FOIA request also included narratives from the tugboat captain, his deckhand and an official from Moran Towing.
In his report to Coast Guard officials, the relief captain describes his attempts to move a barge beneath the bridge amidst a very strong outgoing current.
“I made two attempts at it and the current pulled me off line so I turned back up river and made another attempt. This time I came in straight. As the tug came up against the barge 98, the current grabbed the stern of the tug and pushed it around into the barge 98. As the weight of the tug pushed against the barge 98, the lines from the bridge to the barge 98 stretched and the pilot house was pushed into the bridge and we began to get a hard port list. I tried to pull out of it, but nothing I could do could overpower the current as the barge leaned more to port.”
The relief captain also described the moments leading up to and after the point he realized the tug could capsize.
“I told my deckhand to get off the boat and onto barge 98 in case the tug goes over. I kept trying to fight the current. After a few more minutes (of) trying, I knew there was nothing I could do, so I got off the tug onto barge 98.”
The investigation ultimately concluded that gaskets on a deck hatch on the boat were in “poor condition” and provided “little help” in making the deck watertight.
“It was successfully determined that the deck hatch in question, which was not dogged down and completely full of water, was responsible for the sudden down flooding and partial capsize,” according to the report.
The only enforcement action taken against the tugboat owner is a warning issued for slight oil pollution as a result of the tugboat being partially submerged. Investigators determined the tugboat spilled about one gallon of oil into the river.
No action was taken against the relief captain operating the tugboat at the time of the accident.
Thank you so much for this information. I am sure many will appreciate reading the background of this incident.
Sounds like an unfortunate accident. Good thing it all worked out in the end. Crew safe, Push boat safe. Relief Captain had a good lesson on that, will make him a better Captain.
Very cool of you to add this information. Honestly, I was wondering about so many things. Now I know, and I am happy everything turned out pretty good!
You're commenting on an 8 year old video. Everyone knows the story already.
@@thra5herxb12s and you're being a moron, by not minding your own business, you fluffer.
The middle bridge (seen in video) is so angled to the channel, the tugs point ships in the correct direction, release lines and capture the ship on the other side. Portsmouth Navigation and the Holt Family are Masters!
Been boating on the Piscatiqua & the Merrimack for many years. Two of the fiercest currents in the world. A challenge for even the most experienced boaters.
Absolutely! The main issue with the Merrimack is entering through a narrow channel, right? I'm not a sailor but I remember being on someone's sailboat and a yacht came close to being on top of us on a wave of incoming water! Very scary.
Definitely very treacherous. I fish there a lot. You don't see to many old salts go out during tide change. Most wait for slack tide. Very fast currents. 🎣
First off it is not a tugboat but rather a towboat. A tugboat has a pointed bow and towboat has a square bow with towknees (for pushing barges).
@ Barry Griffith - 👍🙏Thank you. 💝
How did the tug come to be jammed under the bridge in the first place?Did she experience engine failure;and why the heavy list to port?
My guess is engine fail and taking on water for the portside list. The boat rolled a bit in the current and then took on water exacerbating the list.
Captain error to be exact. He misjudged the distance of the bridge and the current while maneuvering throughout the harbor area. She took on water and started listing.
+Squarerig -- Here's an article where the skipper explains what happened:
www.seacoastonline.com/article/20120618/NEWS/120619764
a tugboat towing a tugboat is like meeting your barber at the hairdresser
Hahaha, "hear the wind? That's why I'm leaving." Cool vid!!
That current is no joke. My boat would be bow into it making 3 knots....backwards..
It looks realy strong and fast I agree with you
Hi, I've added to the description and included the link again. Hopefully it will work this time!
"Towing Miss Stacy",the sequel to "Driving Miss Daisy"...
Thanks for posting the link. It is always interesting to get official information to go with the video.
awesome narration great video thank you love that bit about the wind
Sorry it's taken awhile to answer - but this article was just published today. See the link added to the "Description" section above.
Thanks!
Sara
WOW ! what a great story im glad she made it and didnt sink !. hows the bridge ?..
The bridge is great!
Absolutely correct. Unfortunately, that's not what came out of my mouth. It's bugged me ever since but alas, it wasn't something worth editing IMHO.
Lots I could say here BUT my two cents are not needed......
However, I once built n flew a kit helicopter in the mid 90s. I named her Miss Nina, so glad to see Miss Stacy got a second chance at life AND hope no humans were injured when Ms Stacy got pinned against the bridge....
Which Moran tug was that?Merlees Blackstone powered?
Eugenia Moran.
Miss Stacy is a towboat, not a tugboat (made to push barges, thus the flat front)
so wouldnt that make it a pusher
@@georgeh9967 Yes. Weird, huh?
@@mikegrimsby4922 tugboat means a boat used for pushing/pulling/whatever barges/oceanliners
@@ewelinanajgebauer8862 Yes. Miss Stacy was not that. She pushes barges.
@@ewelinanajgebauer8862 On the American inland waterways, towboats used for harbor work are referred to as"tugs" since we use them to move barges to & from fleets,docks & the line haul towboats pushing barges up & down the rivers.
Harbor boats are also called lunch bucket boats since the crew goes home at the end of a 12 hour shift.
Line haul towboat crews ride for usually 30 days & are off the boat that same amount of time, depending on the company.
They also have a cook onboard.
Good to see her safe...hate to see a good boat lost...crew risked lives to save their friend and home from home...good job all...
prior to the accident, is the tug that is guiding the barge upstream from the barge?
The tug was upstream. I don't know if it was guiding a barge or not. I wasn't there for that part of the action.
the skipper should know the danger of the tide as it is to the bridge
The water tight doors worked, and lucky the current didn't push her under.
Only barely. The hatch seals were worn and leaky, and Miss Stacy was pretty badly waterlogged by the time it was pulled free.
So that must be that authentic New Hampshire accent there. Love it!!
They did really well to keep that right side up.
Wonder if the captain still has his job
towing a tug boat is like a car driving a car ;)
Get those bilge pumps back on line....
Throw a couple trash pump hoses into the engine room.
The boat looked like the generator was shut off so there wouldn't be any electrical power to run the installed bilge pump.
it got stuck between the tide and a bridge
downbound landing is what took that boat down... Very dangerous.
And I just think it was Portsmouth, England where that happened but I didn't recognize it at all, it turns out that this was set in America but none of the creators could have imagined this to mention that this was Portsmouth in America , now there are many places with this name in America so fortunately the river is mentioned here.
As far as the boat is concerned, it is a matter of pumping it dry and ready and not making it such a drama, after all, it is not a Titanic !!!
Hello Butlerbob. My apologies. When I created this video, I was new to making videos that I then posted on TH-cam. I never dreamed about a worldwide audience!
what happened afterwords
Why she still listing ?
took on some water thru a deck hatch that had old dogging bolts on
Like you care trumptard.
Hi I have just watched a other video, where this tug became STUCK under the large bridge just down river.. the second tug had help pull it free.
Phil
its called a current not a tide.
sorry i dont see a link
👍😩NOTE to self....avoid this river by any means necessary. 😱💝
the little tug boat that went oh shit!
Lol.
Before most onlookers knew what happened? Braggy, braggy, braggy! Aparently you came too late. :-)
Who got fired???
COASTAL rivers are TIDAL - - can flow BACKWARDS
The flotation devices are called camels .
Thank you for educating me!!!
Oh, Miss Stacy, yesterday, while you was out visitin', I went and ate a can of your salmon. Now, I know you said eat the left-over pork chops, but they was kinda stiff. So, I stopped at the Piggly Wiggly and got you another can.
Tug boat doesn't have a problem, the Push boat has a problem.
In my youth, jumped from the ship into the Tagus river, Lisbon, when came up the ship fucked off to the left so fast, if the guys didnt throw me a rope I wouldn't be commenting...
What in the HELL is a brown water,....flat water tug from Chesapeake, VA doing in the Pissthataway River?????????????????...someone edumacate me here?
Can't answer but it's a good question!
@@VideoTapestryClips I lived right on that river,...it IS the ocean,....currents are the worst in the northern hemisphere,.....you do not see any small craft out there do ya?....yassssuh, she's a bitch of a current,...dontchah know!
It's easier to push a barge faced up to it than to take it "on the hip" like a boat with a model bow does.
Интересно, где это? Название реки, штата, города?
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, US
Piscataway River
It's not the tide, it's current.
Tide is vertical movement
That’s the oddest looking tugboat I have ever seen.
It's a river towboat.
They push barges by facing up to the stern of the barge(s) being moved.
The two knees allow the towing of empty barges which only draw 1 1/2' of water with 9+' of the hull out of the water.
Miss Stacy is a barge pusher, not a tug.
+Ima Paine-diaz -- "Tug/Tugboat" is generic, "towboat" and "pusher/push boat" are specific. (And judging by the size of the bollards on her stern, Miss Stacy can do both.)
SeikiBrian all pushboats have h-bits on the stern just incase. But due to hull designs it's more practical for a push boat to shove its tow than pull like a tug boat. The term tug is a widely use term but anyone who works on the river on or around the boats call them push boats, but to the general public we are all tug boats. When I tell people I'm a captain I just say tug because it's easier.
Oh,is this boat abgesoffe
Miss Stacy had too much to drink! She needs a good "pumping" LOL.
The tide is a force to be reckoned with?
The saying goes - It's NOT a forth be reckoned with.
Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Wrong. It's not a force to be taken lightly, but it IS a force to be reckoned with.
"Reckon with: Take into account, be prepared for, as in 'The third-party movement is a force to be reckoned with during the primaries.' This usage was first recorded in 1885." - Dictionary.com -
Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Piscataqua River super fast river.
@porpoisefathom . That's right. The water came through a
@PurpleTsuyoi In more ways than one!
Great! Thanks!
Good narration...for a girl.
Is this the same incident as this, or did the same tug get stuck twice: th-cam.com/video/bKrp9imh_X4/w-d-xo.html
The very same.
Force*
Should have paaarked the caar instead...
In Haavahd Yahd?
Watch this first: th-cam.com/video/-65_DKUv3ks/w-d-xo.html
hatch.
Should have let it go under bridge . It had taken on water and it looks like engine room was flooded so just let it go and collect insurance .
This is a cause of Sea Rise!
The Piscataqua River has always been known to have strong currents. I haven't heard anything about sea rise being an additional issue.
Пискатания, Нью-Гемпшир, Портсмут.
😋😋👍👍
Roll Tide Roll ;-)
Here the real story "th-cam.com/video/-65_DKUv3ks/w-d-xo.html"
This video was linked earlier. Maybe you missed it? Good to remind people what led to the mishap. Thanks.
@@VideoTapestryClips OK, didn't know that
First thing is don't name boats after women.....
Why do they, anyway?
@@VideoTapestryClips Weak men....Why would you name a workhorse after something that bakes cookies and cleans toilets? Think about that ...........
I'm guessing that you're a lifelong bachelor, Milwaukee Gregg.
@@doughesson my sons would disagree....
@@milwaukeegregg Never been married & I got kids,too