It is very instructive to see and hear your concerns about manuevering in severe conditions. Sometimes when the weather is not favorable I think I am being overly nervous but as I used to tell my patients who were downplaying their illnesses, "If you are making me nervous then you should be be nervous too." That usually ended the conversation . . . CUOTO
I really enjoy your videos. I have zero knowledge of how tugs actually work, so forgive me if I sound like an idiot. I am retired Navy (retired in 1999) and seen pusher tugs work with our ship going in and out of port. Question, when you call for assistance from another tug, does it cost you for this assistance or is it just like "scratch each others backs" as it were? Does pushing a "Product Barge" as seen in the majority of your videos that I watched, pay more versus just as a standard pusher tug? I know that making these videos take time and effort and really appreciate all you do to help educate us "landlubbers" when it comes to a different side of working on the water. Thank You Tim
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. For the most part, assist tugs are billed to the job. But if it's one of our tugs, then it's usually not billed. Rates for tugs are usually based on horse power and location. CUOTO
Awesome stuff. Excellent work as always. Just received my ordinary seaman credentials the other day. 12ish more weeks and I can start applying for a Tug Boat deckhand position
Great video. On a motor yacht I was fighting a wind, I reversed the twist to go with the wind and the momentum of the swing allowed the bow to come up into the gusts! Big winds for this time of year..
Great Video. As a side note, the coloration of the video when you came back on (as you passed the container ship) was really cool. The way the colors played on that ship, the cranes and water was very cool. Which also validates not needed more cameras ;)
Very enjoyable video. I just recently came across your channel. This was the third video of yours I've watched. Looking forward to more. Ted from South Dakota.
Like the airplane pilots say: "Always fly three mistakes high." " There are some old pilots and some bold pilots, there are no old, bold pilots." I was told the last one by an astronaut who also an MD and was in charge of medical safety for the Veterans Administration after his NASA career. Thinking ahead and having alternate plans in mind are the sign of a good sailor. Thanks for your videos and the opportunity to ride along with you.
The camera lies about wave height, but just watching the spray coming off your bow, whew! That was too sporty in the harbor. I heard the relief in your voice when the assist showed up. If this was last month, I think we were still anchored in Manhattan and had to cross the Hudson in our dinghy with that wind against the current. It really picked up and shifted out of the north right at dinner time, right? Scared the crap out of me, I admit! Sean drove the dink like he stole it and got me home before I went completely mental. Next time I might call Stephen Dann on 83A! 😂 -Louise
Excellent video in the wind. It was interesting hearing you talk to Viking Star as we have a number of Viking cruise ships visit the Thames. Their usual cruise here is 2 weeks from Greenwich (London) or Tilbury to Bergen in Norway and then 2 weeks back again.
Tim ... "we've been seeing 40 to 48 gusting over here" ... that got my attention! Never underestimate "mother nature" and always have a backup plan (or plans). I liked seeing the spray coming over the barge bow ... really nautical! Stay safe. CUOTO
Thanks for the tip: If the bow gets blown down by overly strong wind, can run the motor in reverse to slow down the unwanted progress toward a lee shore. Perhaps the wind would be weaker nearer the shore too. Would it be safe to throw out a (storm) anchor (on a nylon rode) off the bow at some point on the way to the shore, to wait out the wind? Might not set without enough scope. 14:24 can see your wind shifting from port to starboard as you near the shore. 18:07 and back to port again. Wanted to see the turn across the wind. That would have been the most interesting part to see the wind moving things around. 30:54 the bow line on and the engine twist will walk the stern towards the barge, right? The engines and rudder are acting as a stern thruster to starboard.
There was a High 30-50 mph wind event/storm here in Arizona last weekend at Lake Pleasant that caught a whole mess of recreational boaters by surprise, and it swamped and sunk about 15 boats and had many many blown up on the rocks and onto the boat ramp. It was a glorious mess/education for so many. Lake Pleasant is not the place you want to be when a Monsoon rolls in,it's quite notorious for 3-4 foot white caps. I'm sure that you could find the videos that have been showing in the local news, just Google Lake Pleasant storm. Nice job, Captain Tim, in making a plan and executing it to perfection.
I had a friend in late ‘60’s whose Father worked for PennCentral on a tug in the Hudson River. He went to Port Newark up into Weehawken area. He took us onboard one night. It was absolutely awesome. They allowed me to steer the ship which was steam powered. The counter weight was humangous!!
I could hear the wigged concern in your voice before you were underway. Nothing beats mother nature when it comes to making you feel *small and not the Alfa In Charge of the situation* 😋 My biggest scare was being out in the Gulf Stream on a 24' open fish coming home from the Bahamas with a 6-8Ft following Sea. It wouldn't have been bad but the waves weren't far apart = we were constantly on/off/on/off of the throttles to, 1) make it over the next swell and 2) not submarine under the next wave and it took both of us to do that (I was the throttle man while my best friend kept both hands on the wheel). And at one point we actually had a following wave breach over the stern (completely covering both engines) and I'll never forget how good it was to hear they were still running (as we stood on the deck in ankle deep water) 😨
:( I would have loved to see you do the turn in those seas! For the spray over the deck - that shows how big the waves were. I agree with you - waves even from shore don't seem as big as reality! I have an anecdote about this ;) I was sailing, we were over taken by a boat under power - it was pitching up and down (not high winds but a big fetch). Yes the wind also runs up the Loch's and the headlands change its direction a lot! (agrees with your commentary)! Under sail there is some more stability but not as much as you may think! Anyway my friend said wow look at that - it's nearly half out of the water over the waves! Your boat is not doing that ! I then said it doesn't feel like it but yes we are - just look at your dogs. They were fast asleep (harnessed and tied on) - they were levitating! He then said OK can we head back please. Sure but we will tack around. He tried to tack and failed - your comment about head to wind etc is spot on! I gave better instruction - basically I explained that he needed to use the waves to assist by timing the use of the helm on the downside of wave - the next crest helped bow around. We tacked then headed home but it was fun surfing down waves. Yes the waves even from 1 boat to another don't give a true picture either! I wasn't going to gybe in those waves - not a wind issue but the waves and a slight roll mid gybe has the potential to make things go bad fast!
Had on shore wind and tide sailing down the Dutch coast heading for Oostende, so decided to tack out to sea and then resume course for a while and tack again. Called it a day and went into Zeebrugge, tied up and went for a beer or three. The 1930s ex navy Pinnace had his stove go walk about in the galley, so we suffered a meal out. Thanks for the windy posting, take care out there.
The colours at sea seem more intense than on land. Lovely. Mention of ‘product’ in the barge helping with how it handles reminded me of school kid physics: Mass x Velocity = Momentum.
Thank you very much for watching Stephen. I am envious of other channels that do color correcting and stuff like that, but I am just a Tugboat guy and I just shoot what's in front of us. CUOTO
Congratulations for your great channel.... sometimes you show the controls of the engines and rudder, I really appreciate when you do it, we can see how you're maneuvering it, even if you're explaining it on voice we can't see the little details which are so important
Thank you very much for watching David. I like those videos as well, but they are extremely time consuming (like 20 to 40 hours) of editing. We are busy now, but if things change, I would like to do those again. CUOTO
Nice transfer, yep the wind, I agree tug keeps you safe, and love the way you are fully relaxed ... until there is a radio call or other thing for your attention: face changes, full concentration on task at hand. Professional springs to mind. :)
Tim - I see wind in those waves - just something about the look of the sea surface. (ignoring the waves over the bow!). Will never get over you calling your propellers 'wheels' - but wheels to the wind is an interesting trick. Stay safe - your employers can be pretty sure that someone, somewhere in the audience is going to use the tricks you teach us when it matters... Big thanks to them for allowing these videos.
Tim New viewer...with ya a couple of days. I am not affiliated in the maritime business in any fashion..but for some reason I find your channel entertaining and very relaxing to view. Quick question...are there any videos actually showing you "hooking up" in the push position? I watched a older video today where you were in a side push position also. Very interesting, thanks for a great channel sir! -mike
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel Mike. Yes, there are a number of videos showing us getting into push gear. But tomorrow, I have a video showing how it's made up. CUOTO
I just heard you on VHF while watching NY Harbor Webcam while having coffee at 8:30am 7/28/24 You seemed bummed that a fellow Cap had to drop anchor in Gravesend. You mentioned you hope you'll get to Port Jeff in time to get Pizza. You have an extremely recognizable voice.
Escort tug: better to have him and not need him than to need him and not have him! Thanks for what you're doing, Tim! (I still say we need Reggie back, if you ever talk to him, tell him that he's missed!) I'm gonna keep watching! #CUOTO
In helicopters we have a sophisticated, high-tech way of assuring us that we're pointed perfectly into the wind. It's a six-inch string of yarn on the windscreen. If we are not pointed exactly into the wind, the yarn will deviate from its normal orientation of straight up. Maybe you tug captains could use these devices.
A lot of boats have flags flying, Tim's does up near the bow, and of course yachts often have little "pointers" / Wind indicator that points to where wind is coming from. If sailing they also use "telltales" which are just like the helicopter ... length of wool on side of sail. yep wind is same same sort of. You can see the effect yourself of apparent wind changing with either wind speed or boat speed on 2sail sailing simulator app, enjoy
Sail boats have lots of sting too. Pushed through the sail so a length streams on both sides of sail allows us to see the wind and effectiveness/efficiency of the sail position.
Very cool to watch captain, from an airline captain. Curious, are you ever utilized as an assist tug? That would be an interesting video, to see the assist side of life
Last tug I was on was the Anglian Lady. A seagoing tug wotking frssh water oit of Sault Ste Marie, Ontaruo Canada Fully auto pilot demo was smazjng. Joystick clntrol.😊
I used to race sailboats in the Great South Bay, and I know those white caps well. Weather like that would be something between exhilarating and terrifying depending on the distance to the lee shore and set of the spinnaker. Yeah, the waves are plenty visible on camera when you know what you're looking at.
Interesting to watch the, "juggling act" that is the life of a Captain.... wind -n- water are not easy to read & coming into the wind I didn't have any clue how hard the wind was except for how the water was breaking against the bow - the wind turned it into a mist & that was all I could see. I bet the wind was making quite a bit of noise but I was falling to sleep to the purring of the engines...... thanks for the videos. peace & do be safe >> GB ALL
Hi Tim, Can you talk about how employment works......I assume many, but not all, work for a certain company but other get random contracts? Can you explain how all that works?
At the beginning of the video, is this a Momma Bear gas station feeding a Baby Bear gas station? Are you giving fuel to the vessel on the left or taking fuel from her?
Tim, it's the Viking Star that we will be on arriving at New York on 2nd September, having picked up the boat at Reykjavik. Will you be working that day? I know you are not allowed to say the name of your tug, but I will be keeping a keen look out for a tanker barge and tug. We live in New Zealand so it's a big trip for us. I hope it goes better than last year's trip to South America, where I spent our time in Brazil stuck in the hotel overlooking Coco Cabana beach with COVID, and then a week in hospital in Peru - three days in ICU - with acute altitude sickness. That included seven, hour long, sessions in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, which left me partially deaf for a couple of months.
Oh WOW! That sounds terrible! Thank you for watching and I'm sure this trip will be better. I will be working then, but there is no guarantee our tug will get the orders to fuel your ship. Fingers crossed. CUOTO
Yes use the bow as a mizzen. I do that sometimes hauling gear if its blowing. Idle in reverse with the ass in the wind. Until it slaps over the stern that is.
It would be very helpful to include wind direction ,apparent wind direction and your heading so we could understand how you steered through the wind without trouble.
Thank you for watching. I had thought I gave both true wind speed and our speed and at 30 to 40 kts, you should be able to see the wind direction on the water. CUOTO
😮 hey Captain, when you call on another tug like you just did in this video, does that put him "on the clock".... That is to say, is it billable time for the guy following you or is it just "good seamanship?"
Tim remembers a couple of years ago you were caught in a hurricane in staptolton anchorage at night getting along side a ship this is nothing I remember that night you handled it very well got it
Tim: wow this is really hairy... Us: 😐 Tim: this wind is howling dont know if i can do this, here is plan A thru D just in case. Boat: let me just stick this docking like Simone Biles. Us: 😐🎉 Haha, victem of your own success Tim! I imagine everything responds so slow your control input doesnt even appear much different on camera.
My 1st video was a fuel barge on a cruise ship, now ur somewhere else. So do u travel to different places on a different tug? Or same tug new places? Can you help, I'm confused. Lol
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. In general, I work on the same boat with the same crew and we go where we are ordered. CUOTO
Wow! That was amazing to watch. For a recreational sailor, this is like the other side of the looking glass.
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. Be sure to check out SV Paquita too. CUOTO
I like the way you talk to the crew, very positive... Wheel to the wind, excellent point to make 🙂
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea very good video just found your channel, I would love to get into that type of work
@@Hobo4Life Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO
Looks stressful. You really have to think ahead when things get bumpy.
Good job Capt.
Beautiful watching a true Master at work.
Thank you very much for watching Rob. CUOTO
It is very instructive to see and hear your concerns about manuevering in severe conditions. Sometimes when the weather is not favorable I think I am being overly nervous but as I used to tell my patients who were downplaying their illnesses, "If you are making me nervous then you should be be nervous too." That usually ended the conversation . . . CUOTO
😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Absolutely hooked, the work that goes into this work goes unnoticed
💯 True! Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO
Relaxing, watching you work. Thank You, Sir.
Thank you very much for watching Jack. CUOTO
Windage is fun on bunker barges, depending upon loaded draught compared to shallow draught.😊draughts. Good job Tim, thanks for taking us along. CUOTO.
Thank you very much for watching Jeffrey. CUOTO
Thanks Tim watching you work brings back so many memories
Thank you for watching Paul. CUOTO
Nicely done Captain! Pleasure to watch.
Thank you for watching Gary. CUOTO
Great Job Tim, Thank you for your content, love all the videos!
Thank you very much Sean. I appreciate that. CUOTO
So nice and informative a video is.I did understand how difficult it is to drive a ship in to the port.Thank you so much.
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO
I really enjoy your videos. I have zero knowledge of how tugs actually work, so forgive me if I sound like an idiot. I am retired Navy (retired in 1999) and seen pusher tugs work with our ship going in and out of port. Question, when you call for assistance from another tug, does it cost you for this assistance or is it just like "scratch each others backs" as it were? Does pushing a "Product Barge" as seen in the majority of your videos that I watched, pay more versus just as a standard pusher tug? I know that making these videos take time and effort and really appreciate all you do to help educate us "landlubbers" when it comes to a different side of working on the water. Thank You Tim
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. For the most part, assist tugs are billed to the job. But if it's one of our tugs, then it's usually not billed. Rates for tugs are usually based on horse power and location. CUOTO
Awesome stuff. Excellent work as always. Just received my ordinary seaman credentials the other day. 12ish more weeks and I can start applying for a Tug Boat deckhand position
Congratulations. Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Great video. On a motor yacht I was fighting a wind, I reversed the twist to go with the wind and the momentum of the swing allowed the bow to come up into the gusts! Big winds for this time of year..
Thank you very much for watching Wayne. CUOTO
Great Video. As a side note, the coloration of the video when you came back on (as you passed the container ship) was really cool. The way the colors played on that ship, the cranes and water was very cool. Which also validates not needed more cameras ;)
Thank you very much! I appreciate that Billy. CUOTO
Very enjoyable video. I just recently came across your channel. This was the third video of yours I've watched. Looking forward to more. Ted from South Dakota.
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel Ted! CUOTO
Hello Tim l appreciate your videos thank you for sharing, stay safe from bad weather as much as possible.
Thank you very much for watching Denis. CUOTO
So interesting Tim. I love all the lingo that we are learning, but I still find it scary watching when conditions are challenging.
Thank you very much for watching Trevor. CUOTO
Like the airplane pilots say: "Always fly three mistakes high." " There are some old pilots and some bold pilots, there are no old, bold pilots." I was told the last one by an astronaut who also an MD and was in charge of medical safety for the Veterans Administration after his NASA career.
Thinking ahead and having alternate plans in mind are the sign of a good sailor. Thanks for your videos and the opportunity to ride along with you.
Thank you very much for watching Walter. CUOTO
Thanks Tim, "Wheels to the wind!" I'll remember that. You are such a good teacher. Dave WRØX CUOTO
Thank you for supporting the channels Dave. CUOTO
The camera lies about wave height, but just watching the spray coming off your bow, whew! That was too sporty in the harbor. I heard the relief in your voice when the assist showed up. If this was last month, I think we were still anchored in Manhattan and had to cross the Hudson in our dinghy with that wind against the current. It really picked up and shifted out of the north right at dinner time, right? Scared the crap out of me, I admit! Sean drove the dink like he stole it and got me home before I went completely mental. Next time I might call Stephen Dann on 83A! 😂 -Louise
😂😂😂 That's great! Thank you for watching Louise. Sean is a good man to have at the helm of any vessel. CUOTO
This is the first time I have noticed stress in your voice. Great Job Capt. Mike Atlanta GA
Thank you very much for watching Mike. I just knew that if things went bad, they were going to go really bad. 😂. CUOTO
Excellent video in the wind. It was interesting hearing you talk to Viking Star as we have a number of Viking cruise ships visit the Thames. Their usual cruise here is 2 weeks from Greenwich (London) or Tilbury to Bergen in Norway and then 2 weeks back again.
Thank you very much for watching. Very cool! CUOTO
This was a good one Tim!
Good "Fail Safe" plan.
John Barry
Thank you very much for watching John. CUOTO
Tim ... "we've been seeing 40 to 48 gusting over here" ... that got my attention! Never underestimate "mother nature" and always have a backup plan (or plans). I liked seeing the spray coming over the barge bow ... really nautical! Stay safe. CUOTO
Thank you very much for watching.. I didn't like seeing spray coming over the bow. 😂 CUOTO
Thanks for the tip: If the bow gets blown down by overly strong wind, can run the motor in reverse to slow down the unwanted progress toward a lee shore.
Perhaps the wind would be weaker nearer the shore too.
Would it be safe to throw out a (storm) anchor (on a nylon rode) off the bow at some point on the way to the shore, to wait out the wind? Might not set without enough scope.
14:24 can see your wind shifting from port to starboard as you near the shore.
18:07 and back to port again.
Wanted to see the turn across the wind. That would have been the most interesting part to see the wind moving things around.
30:54 the bow line on and the engine twist will walk the stern towards the barge, right? The engines and rudder are acting as a stern thruster to starboard.
Thank you very much for watching. So there may be some distance between small boat tactics and larger heavier boat tactics. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Yes, I was referring to small boats. Sorry for not making that more clear.
Enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing!
There was a High 30-50 mph wind event/storm here in Arizona last weekend at Lake Pleasant that caught a whole mess of recreational boaters by surprise, and it swamped and sunk about 15 boats and had many many blown up on the rocks and onto the boat ramp. It was a glorious mess/education for so many.
Lake Pleasant is not the place you want to be when a Monsoon rolls in,it's quite notorious for 3-4 foot white caps. I'm sure that you could find the videos that have been showing in the local news, just Google Lake Pleasant storm. Nice job, Captain Tim, in making a plan and executing it to perfection.
Thank you very much for watching Tim. CUOTO
“Wheels to the wind” I like that thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much for watching Matt. CUOTO
That assist tug is like so many other things ... better to have and not need, than to need and not have. =)
💯 Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
That’s my favorite expression for a lot of things.😊
I had a friend in late ‘60’s whose Father worked for PennCentral on a tug in the Hudson River. He went to Port Newark up into Weehawken area. He took us onboard one night. It was absolutely awesome. They allowed me to steer the ship which was steam powered. The counter weight was humangous!!
Very cool! Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Shibber me timbers!! Glad to be here Matey
Being anxious or nervous removes complacency. Great tip wheels to wind!
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Just curious, but how do the assist tugs get accounted for? Who pays for their time and fuel? Liked and subscribed! Good channel.
Thank you for watching and subscribing Mike. The customer pays for the assist. CUOTO
What a job, so much responsibility and Tim makes it look like easy 😂
Thank you very much for watching. I appreciate your kind words. CUOTO
I fly over you every day in those helicopters above ya! I always tell the tourists a bit about you guys, cool to see it from your perspective.
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. That's awesome. Be sure to tell them to like and subscribe! 😂 CUOTO
Piece of cake! Thanks
Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Nicely done capt. 👍👍
Thank you very much Chuck. CUOTO
I could hear the wigged concern in your voice before you were underway.
Nothing beats mother nature when it comes to making you feel *small and not the Alfa In Charge of the situation* 😋
My biggest scare was being out in the Gulf Stream on a 24' open fish coming home from the Bahamas with a 6-8Ft following Sea. It wouldn't have been bad but
the waves weren't far apart = we were constantly on/off/on/off of the throttles to, 1) make it over the next swell and 2) not submarine under the next wave and it took both of us to do that (I was the throttle man while my best friend kept both hands on the wheel). And at one point we actually had a following wave breach over the stern (completely covering both engines) and I'll never forget how good it was to hear they were still running (as we stood on the deck in ankle deep water) 😨
Thank you for watching. You got to be careful out there. Glad you got home safely. CUOTO
:( I would have loved to see you do the turn in those seas!
For the spray over the deck - that shows how big the waves were. I agree with you - waves even from shore don't seem as big as reality! I have an anecdote about this ;)
I was sailing, we were over taken by a boat under power - it was pitching up and down (not high winds but a big fetch). Yes the wind also runs up the Loch's and the headlands change its direction a lot! (agrees with your commentary)! Under sail there is some more stability but not as much as you may think!
Anyway my friend said wow look at that - it's nearly half out of the water over the waves! Your boat is not doing that ! I then said it doesn't feel like it but yes we are - just look at your dogs. They were fast asleep (harnessed and tied on) - they were levitating!
He then said OK can we head back please. Sure but we will tack around. He tried to tack and failed - your comment about head to wind etc is spot on! I gave better instruction - basically I explained that he needed to use the waves to assist by timing the use of the helm on the downside of wave - the next crest helped bow around. We tacked then headed home but it was fun surfing down waves. Yes the waves even from 1 boat to another don't give a true picture either! I wasn't going to gybe in those waves - not a wind issue but the waves and a slight roll mid gybe has the potential to make things go bad fast!
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO
Had on shore wind and tide sailing down the Dutch coast heading for Oostende, so decided to tack out to sea and then resume course for a while and tack again. Called it a day and went into Zeebrugge, tied up and went for a beer or three. The 1930s ex navy Pinnace had his stove go walk about in the galley, so we suffered a meal out.
Thanks for the windy posting, take care out there.
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Thank you for another Great video. Cheers
Thank you very much for watching Steven. CUOTO
I m usually doing my walking on the shores of Sewaren and Carteret..Thanks for your videos fellow Timothy
Thank you very much for watching Timothy. CUOTO
The colours at sea seem more intense than on land. Lovely.
Mention of ‘product’ in the barge helping with how it handles reminded me of school kid physics: Mass x Velocity = Momentum.
Thank you very much for watching Stephen. I am envious of other channels that do color correcting and stuff like that, but I am just a Tugboat guy and I just shoot what's in front of us. CUOTO
Great video as a Captain of small cruise ships (100') shot many video of rough weather. Played it back and look like smoth sailing ha!
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Congratulations for your great channel.... sometimes you show the controls of the engines and rudder, I really appreciate when you do it, we can see how you're maneuvering it, even if you're explaining it on voice we can't see the little details which are so important
Thank you very much for watching David. I like those videos as well, but they are extremely time consuming (like 20 to 40 hours) of editing. We are busy now, but if things change, I would like to do those again. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea thank you, great channel 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Nice transfer, yep the wind, I agree tug keeps you safe, and love the way you are fully relaxed ... until there is a radio call or other thing for your attention: face changes, full concentration on task at hand. Professional springs to mind. :)
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO
Thanks for this .I sail NY waters and its always good to know what you big guys are up against.
SV Voyager on vhf 13.
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
27:49 WOW What a picture at the end , sun, tug, lighthouse? and perfect parking. ❤
Thank you very much for watching Betty. CUOTO
Tim - I see wind in those waves - just something about the look of the sea surface. (ignoring the waves over the bow!). Will never get over you calling your propellers 'wheels' - but wheels to the wind is an interesting trick. Stay safe - your employers can be pretty sure that someone, somewhere in the audience is going to use the tricks you teach us when it matters... Big thanks to them for allowing these videos.
Thank you for watching and I really appreciate your kind words. CUOTO
Awesome footage…beautiful
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Excellent Videos Tim. You've got my dream job bud.
Thank you very much for watching Tom. It took over 20 years to get here, but it's been fun. CUOTO
Tim
New viewer...with ya a couple of days. I am not affiliated in the maritime business in any fashion..but for some reason I find your channel entertaining and very relaxing to view. Quick question...are there any videos actually showing you "hooking up" in the push position? I watched a older video today where you were in a side push position also. Very interesting, thanks for a great channel sir!
-mike
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel Mike. Yes, there are a number of videos showing us getting into push gear. But tomorrow, I have a video showing how it's made up. CUOTO
Hi, another fascinating informative video. A question, often there are skyscrapers on the horizon. Is that Manhattan?
Yes. That is correct. Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Hi Tim that as a very informative vlog thanks 🙃
Thank you again for watching Lynne. CUOTO
👍😎👍 nice work capt.
Thank you for watching Chris. CUOTO
I just heard you on VHF while watching NY Harbor Webcam while having coffee at 8:30am 7/28/24 You seemed bummed that a fellow Cap had to drop anchor in Gravesend. You mentioned you hope you'll get to Port Jeff in time to get Pizza. You have an extremely recognizable voice.
😂😂😂 Yes, that was me. Thank you very much for watching.
Excellent!!!!!
Thank you very much for watching Butch. CUOTO
enjoyed the video thank you Tim
Thank you for watching James. CUOTO
Nice job and video! Don’t miss the radio noise!
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO
Good job Capt 👍👍👍
When are we going to see another video of the famous chief 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Cuotos 👍👍👍
Good question? He's had a lot on his plate after the shipyard getting everything back in order. Thank you for watching. CUOTO
You can tell by that white water over the bow that the chop is pretty heavy Capt , nice job as usual.. CUOTO
Thank you very much for watching Chuck. CUOTO
Very interesting video as usual. Keep it up and stay safe
Thank you very much for watching Chucky. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea I never miss a show
Another great video, Sir! 🫡🇺🇸
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Does your Company own the helper tug, or do they have to pay for it to travel with you? Thanks, I enjoy your videos.
Thank you for watching. We try to use our boats when available. This time this tug was on contract to our company. CUOTO
Escort tug: better to have him and not need him than to need him and not have him! Thanks for what you're doing, Tim! (I still say we need Reggie back, if you ever talk to him, tell him that he's missed!) I'm gonna keep watching! #CUOTO
Thank you very much for watching all these years Casey. Oh yes. I tell him every time I talk to him. 😂 CUOTO
Thanks for the technique of putting the wheel to the wind - don't want to use it, but nice to know.
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
In helicopters we have a sophisticated, high-tech way of assuring us that we're pointed perfectly into the wind. It's a six-inch string of yarn on the windscreen. If we are not pointed exactly into the wind, the yarn will deviate from its normal orientation of straight up. Maybe you tug captains could use these devices.
Thank you for watching. Maybe that could work, but we use an aninometer. 😂 CUOTO
A lot of boats have flags flying, Tim's does up near the bow, and of course yachts often have little "pointers" / Wind indicator that points to where wind is coming from. If sailing they also use "telltales" which are just like the helicopter ... length of wool on side of sail. yep wind is same same sort of. You can see the effect yourself of apparent wind changing with either wind speed or boat speed on 2sail sailing simulator app, enjoy
Sail boats have lots of sting too. Pushed through the sail so a length streams on both sides of sail allows us to see the wind and effectiveness/efficiency of the sail position.
How about a damp finger. Even less moving parts then yarn
@njjeff201 - Yes! Best comment!
Very cool to watch captain, from an airline captain.
Curious, are you ever utilized as an assist tug? That would be an interesting video, to see the assist side of life
Thank you very much for watching. Yes. I have a number of assist videos. CUOTO
Last tug I was on was the Anglian Lady. A seagoing tug wotking frssh water oit of Sault Ste Marie, Ontaruo Canada
Fully auto pilot demo was smazjng. Joystick clntrol.😊
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel Bill. CUOTO
as a deckhand i wish all captains were like you
😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO
Awesome driving, God bless
Thank you for watching Elizabeth. CUOTO
Nice work 😊
Thank you for watching George. CUOTO
Awesome Tim.... Towboat is responsive when needed...
Thank you for watching Sam. CUOTO
Your awesome be safe out there 😎👍🙏
Thank you very much for watching Matt. CUOTO
seems like the Steve and Dan is your clutch assist day in day out, those guys have you marked :)
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Yes, nicely done under more difficult winds. Better safe than sorry with the other tug with you!
Thank you very much for watching John. CUOTO
I used to race sailboats in the Great South Bay, and I know those white caps well. Weather like that would be something between exhilarating and terrifying depending on the distance to the lee shore and set of the spinnaker. Yeah, the waves are plenty visible on camera when you know what you're looking at.
Thank you for watching Robert. CUOTO
Thx for the vid. Capt.
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Interesting to watch the, "juggling act" that is the life of a Captain.... wind -n- water are not easy to read & coming into the wind I
didn't have any clue how hard the wind was except for how the water was breaking against the bow - the wind turned it into a
mist & that was all I could see. I bet the wind was making quite a bit of noise but I was falling to sleep to the purring of the
engines...... thanks for the videos. peace & do be safe >> GB ALL
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Great video. This is what makes TH-cam great.
Thank you very much for watching Mark. I appreciate that. CUOTO
Hi Tim, Can you talk about how employment works......I assume many, but not all, work for a certain company but other get random contracts? Can you explain how all that works?
Check out my response the first time you asked Dan. CUOTO
I can hear the concern in your voice😮
Thank you for watching Edward. CUOTO
It’s in weather like that that you really earn the big bucks! 👍🏽😁 CUOTO.
Thank you very much for watching Matt. CUOTO
At the beginning of the video, is this a Momma Bear gas station feeding a Baby Bear gas station? Are you giving fuel to the vessel on the left or taking fuel from her?
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. We just gave them fuel. CUOTO
If there is anyone skilled enough to get it done under those conditions, it’s Tim.
Thank you very much Donald. I appreciate that. CUOTO
a little spray on the bow just another day on the sea well done Tim
Thank you very much for watching Garth. CUOTO
Like Butta! Well done!
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Tim, it's the Viking Star that we will be on arriving at New York on 2nd September, having picked up the boat at Reykjavik. Will you be working that day? I know you are not allowed to say the name of your tug, but I will be keeping a keen look out for a tanker barge and tug. We live in New Zealand so it's a big trip for us. I hope it goes better than last year's trip to South America, where I spent our time in Brazil stuck in the hotel overlooking Coco Cabana beach with COVID, and then a week in hospital in Peru - three days in ICU - with acute altitude sickness. That included seven, hour long, sessions in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, which left me partially deaf for a couple of months.
Oh WOW! That sounds terrible! Thank you for watching and I'm sure this trip will be better. I will be working then, but there is no guarantee our tug will get the orders to fuel your ship. Fingers crossed. CUOTO
Yes use the bow as a mizzen. I do that sometimes hauling gear if its blowing. Idle in reverse with the ass in the wind. Until it slaps over the stern that is.
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Well done Capt nothing wrong with asking for help just in case, have a good one
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel Ben. CUOTO
Nice job Cap!
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
It would be very helpful to include wind direction ,apparent wind direction and your heading so we could understand how you steered through the wind without trouble.
Thank you for watching. I had thought I gave both true wind speed and our speed and at 30 to 40 kts, you should be able to see the wind direction on the water. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea my fault sometimes I skip ahead
Really nice to see your pucker factor go up and you earning those hard earned $$$. Awesome job as usual. 😁
Thank you very much for watching Nolan. CUOTO
😮 hey Captain, when you call on another tug like you just did in this video, does that put him "on the clock".... That is to say, is it billable time for the guy following you or is it just "good seamanship?"
Thank you very much for watching. It can be, but in this case we were done with that job and the assist was a company tug. CUOTO
Captain Tim doing that captain stuff again.
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Tim remembers a couple of years ago you were caught in a hurricane in staptolton anchorage at night getting along side a ship this is nothing I remember that night you handled it very well got it
Thank you very much for watching Ed. It gets sporty here now and then.. 😂 CUOTO
Yea after that I raise my glass to yea
Nice job, the wind always makes me nervous. Could you put a glossary of terms in bio? Thanks.
Thank you very much for watching John. That's a great idea, but I don't know when I'll get to it. CUOTO
Tim: wow this is really hairy...
Us: 😐
Tim: this wind is howling dont know if i can do this, here is plan A thru D just in case.
Boat: let me just stick this docking like Simone Biles.
Us: 😐🎉
Haha, victem of your own success Tim! I imagine everything responds so slow your control input doesnt even appear much different on camera.
Thank you very much for watching Darren. Yes. You have to try to stay ahead of things. CUOTO
My 1st video was a fuel barge on a cruise ship, now ur somewhere else.
So do u travel to different places on a different tug? Or same tug new places?
Can you help, I'm confused. Lol
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. In general, I work on the same boat with the same crew and we go where we are ordered. CUOTO
Curious about the message on the diesel tank - who is that for? We all see you do a great job...
Thank you for watching. I believe the tankerman was a Bill Belecheck (spelling?) fan. CUOTO