Tugboat Insanity

[AGray]

http://www.graddon.net/towboat/towboat.htm

Andrew

 

[Doc Tinker]

That is wild



Doc

 

[amsoilman]

As DOc said,WILD!



Wayne

amsoilman

 

[HEMI®Dart]

Good find Agray



Man that Tugboat is Buoyant

 

[DMcClellan]

A "REAL" captain can do that going upstream!

 

[Shovelhead]

I think it's missing the last picture,



Where the captain and crew are standing at the railing washing out their underwear. :--)



Great find.

 

[tgbol]

Having been the engineer on a tug at one time I sure would hate to have been in the engine room during that.

 

[DieselDoghouse]

Asleep at the switch

Good thing he couldn't back full, in that current wouldn't you bury the stern?? The tug is impressive but I really want to know about the bridge… Is it automatic or who WAS the tender?? We had an incident several years ago on the Piscataqua river in NH/ME where the guard gates were raised (no interlock or bypassed??) while the lift was still 4 feet about the main deck. Luckily nobody went swimming!!

 

[GGill]

Barges

Am I missing something?? What happened to the coal barge?



Wouldn't that have also hit the bridge, and I doubt it would go under... :--)

 

[Sled Puller]

The only trouble with these things is you want more details!



gene

 

[JConley]

I have this on a video somewhere. I will try to dig it up.

 

[hammersley]

Try to get the video

You're right I saw this on video and can't seem to find it either. If anybody can we need it. But I'm with you folks - looks fishy to me... .

 

[J.R. Adkins]

CRAZY!!

That is just NUTZ!!:--)

 

[Rotty]

The real question, where was the bridge tender and why didn't he open the bridge? I have seen some real sadistic tenders, in the boating capital of the world. "fort lauderdale, fl". Most of the time they are asleep. You sometimes have to get out of your boat and go knock on the window/door of the tender to open the damn bridge.

:--) It still is amazing thank the tug didn't sink. I have been in situations where 4-7 knot current can get you into real trouble. :{

 

[TxDieselKid]

Have to see the video to belive........

I don't know if I belive this one yall. I have to see the video or something else cause this stuff is just getting too easy to fake now days.



Andrew

 

[JWhitcomb]

Crazy

When I was young I spent lots of years running white water and this type of thing happens a lot up against rocks. Called broaching and the upstream side goes down in the current and the boat flips. I guess going under the bridge kept the tug from going upside down. I am amazed at the luck of this crew, the only boats I know that can do this without damage are the Coast Guard boats that train in the mouth of the Columbia River. Geeze.

 

[JConley]

I will have to look for the video tomorrow. I think it is on my laptop at work.



For those doubters... I have seen the video, and this is real.

 

[weatherbyman]

Tug Engines

The Engines in that tug must be Cummins diesels..... 'cause it was still running!