Tugs

[Rambler4ever1]

I miss the NY and working in the harbor .. I too am a merchant marine, but was convicted of a felony in 07.. I have not touched the water since.. I worked on the water for 18 years.. maybe one day I will get back there

[JetMechMA]

Two weeks on, two weeks off, you lose half your life on the water. The average worker only loses one third of his life at work and has free time every day. Sounds like a hard life. Kinda like a fireman. Why not just do 8 hour days? Or even four, ten hour days? The system must work. They've been doing it since the first ship sailed, I imagine. I'm surprised the companies haven't tried to do away with something that works. It's shocking really. They've ruined everything else.

[jeffman618]

great job i must have missed this one as i know john is on another boat and jack has moved on to another company. You're starting to look likke your father John,lay of the bryiers ice cream lol.Capt John was instermental i my career as a tug capt. he helped me out when i started at Eklof on deck,I will always have fond thoughts when i think of working with john or his dad Jack smooth salin Jeff

[urza4282]

Same tug I learned to deck on... great boat (although the AB's room is a broom closet LOL). Great to see the work publicized!

[grabiod44]

nice i love this

[cidcampeador1952]

BRAVO , I love it the tug boat .

[CaptainMPN]

My compliments to whomever it may concern. What a great short film... I'm also in favor of never removing this video from YouTube. Thanks for filming it, for it was a pleasure to watch... As for the Falcon, and her crew, I wish you fair winds, following seas, & many a star filled nights... Capt. Mitchell

[CaptainMPN]

My compliments to whomever it may concern. What a great short film... I'm also in favor of never removing this video from YouTube. Thanks for filming it, for it was a pleasure to watch... Capt. Mitchell

[grabiod44]

my uncle ted owns a fleet off tug boats out on the coast off california

[YaterSpoon86]

Thanks for the vid guys. 95 memerories of Boston Harbor flood back along with those dreaded 2 am call outs. Russ always said it was easy to find people willing to go yachting during the spring and summer months. I signed on in Feb and never looked back or thought twice. Now I look back and question why I ever left that lifestyle and propably will question that until I pass.

[YaterSpoon86]

BAY STATE TOWING. Yeah I went to sea with RUSS TRIPP. Boston ROCKS! If there was a captain I ever gave 100 percent respect and trust too it would be Russ Tripp. I'd sail to to ASIA with that guy as captain. Then sail home. BEST TUG Captain by far!

[tugcrazy]

cool

[porpoisefathom]

Gavin- saw this vid when you first made it...i looked for it everywhere online for a while and thought it was gone--

was and still is one of my favorite shorts ever and very very well done..

btw i worked on tugs for a while..sure miss doing it...kudos

[RUSSSELLLLL]

bo ring

[censor48]

my grandfather was also a skipper back around the turn of the 20th century, a hundred years ago.

i never carried on the tradition, as was spoken here on the video.

i respect people who work on tugs and see in them sometimes the way that they talk and think, my father.

thank you for this video.

[DirPaulyB]

Yawn! learn how to cut documentries and don't steal music from baraka, you can't pull it off.

[censor48]

"CATHERINE TO 794."

[Pickininvt]

My wife's father, George Kehoe, just passed away a few days ago. He was 78. He and his brothers, Clayton and Martin operated the Kehoe tugs in NY Harbor, as well as the NY and VT inland canal system. I was researching for videos today to find a good video to use in a multimedia presentation at a family gathering we are having after his funeral.

With your permission, I would like to use this video as the center of that presentation. Thank you on behalf of the Kehoe family in Vermont.

[pablomendez256]

@Pickininvt We want to see the result if it possible, good luck whit the vid.

[tugboat1995]

Awesome video. I work for Vane and you guys did a good job presenting what we do. I was impressed with your approach to the bridge. Gut check time!

[daswurger]

Beautiful...very inspirating  video,great great city! congratulations

[meo600]

a really greath video... on of a kind...

[t3ddymac]

awesome video ... well done

[censor48]

u should add this clip to the state of new york museum. very nice, tells what life was like on the boats and great photography.

very good job

smooth sailing for the crew of the falcon.

I saved this on my computer.

Please never remove it from you tube.

[censor48]

I just got a flashback of my father when I saw the engineer sitting in front of the tv late at night.

i loved standing an all night watch and just talking, smoking a cigarette.

my dad passed away in 1977.

i never worked on boats as a career.

[censor48]

my father was a skipper for mc allister. i rode on tugs when I was younger with him.

he is deceased now since 1977

he was a member of local 333

[FanORail]

Very well done video, I could watch it over and over. Job well done!!

[Exionne]

one of the best videos on you tube. Well done

[zomgFletch]

I love this video! It's very rare that I get to get a glimpse in side of a tug, and this 10 minute glimpse was great! However, was that "Perfect Storm" music I heard? lol :D

[violoncellomaster]

THis is a work o art and truly amazing..yes i too would have loved to see this awesome clip longer. I work on tugs and it makes me miss it. I loved this vidoe and have watched it about ten times

[hrltugs]

My name is Don Shappelle from wilkes barre,pa.and part time Perryville,md.I just watched your tugboat video and wanted to say how much I enjoyed it,wish it was longer!But you packed a whole lot of the human side of this work in several minutes.I have always loved the world of tugs,I get to see quite a few down in the northern part of the chesapeake bay. Any way once again want to say what a fine piece of work your short film is.thanks and sincerely,don shappelle.