"There are some who call me... Tim." It's the small things in the back of your mind to get you through the day with a laugh or two! Smooth sailing! 🚢

I was once a truck driver that used to load out of Marcus Hook. Good memories.

You make it look so easy, which I know it's not. CUOTO

Semantics. Gotta love em. I was taught that "tide" used in this context is perfectly acceptable verbal shorthand for tidal current.

I am picturing the ship crew above you throwing a cow.

"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries! Now untie that barge or I shall taunt you a second time!" :D

Tide, used the way Capt Tim uses it, is shorthand for tide induced current. Which is different than river current in that it changes direction, or doesn't flow at all.

Always get something out of your terrific videos, Tim. CUOTO

Hey Capt. Tim, great video! I need to make a correction: when you said “run out of real estate” when making your turn, I think it should be “run in to real estate”………🤠CUOTO, ED

Thanks for taking us along Tim

So, current vs. tide: I'm a life-long sailboat racer and we typically discuss the tide. We don't care whether we're eight feet higher or lower at the end of the race, but that knot or so of tidal current is a critical factor. Even so, we most often call it tide.

Thank you Captain Tim! The wife and I enjoyed the trip ⛴️

I am having new electronics (Garmin) installed and the electrician suggested I include a heading sensor. Thanks for explaining, I didn't quite understand it's significance. CUOTO

The issue with slow travel when going with the flow is the loss of control with reduced speed of water over the rudder. A balancing act to maintain control and have the speed desired. #CUOTO

Another great show. Quiet professionals, I am always impressed how coordinated the entire operation is considering the size of the ships and the potential consequences.

Another great video.. thank you

You can tell those "experts" that the tidal current is currently tidal

enjoyed the video and views thank you Tim

Hilarious Monty Python reference

Marcus Hook. My dad worked for SunOil in Marcus Hook. I even worked on oil tankers for a couple of summers earning money for college.

Hi Captain Tim! Well, it is the tide that drives the current. CUOTO

Love watching always learn something by watching

Yes “tide is a foreign language to a lot of inland Towboaters. A common term used on inland waters that’s probably rarely used in the waters you travel is South bound and North bound. Thoses terms do not describe the cardinal direction. Rather they determine whether a vessel is going downstream or upstream.

Enjoy watching your videos. Grew up on the Chesapeake Bay had a father who was a waterman(blue crabs& oysters)Always saw the tugs and barges going up and down the bay

Thx for the vid.

Love seeing the Delaware River. I worked on a tug that went to Sun Oil about once a week for tar for Barrett Roofing on the Schuylkill River.

Lit me get this straight your going across the Atlantic to the Mediterranean in your sailboat wow that’s awesome

The Monty Python reference made me laugh!

Enjoyed the video. Sometimes life can be simple. Noticed and liked a little different camera work where you showed what your eyes were looking at and what your hands were doing. Might be interesting to try a video where you do much more of that if you can. (i.e. I want to keep 6" off the ship, this is what the 6" looks like)

Always wondered what Tankerman classes are for It's so people can spend their careers living on a bunker barge with a small cabin with berths for 2 maybe 4 at most with a galley Imagine spending your career so guys like Tim can push you around :)

Thanks cap

Hi from Vancouver BC Canada on the Westcoast. Love your videos. The port of Vancouver is a major port for freighters cruise ships float planes sea buses water taxis and more. Keep the videos coming 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

You are a true master Tim , it takes great experience and skill to keep that corner of the barge within 6” of that ship. I spend a lot of time on the Delaware in a small boat in spring / summer/fall. CUOTO Captain

nice job! You are a great ship handler, great how you talk us through the manoeuvre!

Thanks,Tim, always fun to watch your videos.

Thank Tim god bless

Thanks!

Thanks for the ride Tim👍🏻👍🏻

great video for a rainy day here in the PNW thanks Tim

I need to break out my charts and follow your track.

👍✅ Another pro maneuver, tks Tim👏

Nice one Tim, over here we call it "Tidal Stream" but I appreciate others may call it something different. We also refer to Tidal heights when we are considering depths.

Thanks Tim I am making coffee now and headed to the CC Canal to watch a few Tug Barges run through. Hope they don't have to fight the TIDE

Hey Tim, great to hear your explanations and see your style of seamanship. Having sailed a lot in and around the UK and Northen Europe we learn to plan our trips to the tide tables. The River Thames is tidal up to the tide gates just west of Isleworth Ait and when closed boats use a lock to pass. So as not to fight the tide, we plan outbound inbound runs to coincide with the tide barrier being lowered. Going down river with the aid of the outgoing tide and the upper river flow saves a lot of diesels and if seeking to call into a marina at Tower Bridge, Limehouse or Galleons Point in the old days the lock in times are controlled by the height of tide. Mooring on the upper Thames needs extra care with the flood waters bringing debris down. I floated a railway sleeper out to deflects logs etc. from between the mooring and the boat. One night I felt a clonking and found a gas bottle one side of the stem and a BBQ the other, the bottle came in handy as a spare. The Humber again is tidal, and sandbanks continually change, hence the floating lightships. The chart office at Grimsby loaned me a chart as I had classic boat that was built in 1930 close by and went to WWII in 1940. They loaned on the understanding it came back unmarked, of course we took great care of it not only for the cost but their kind gesture.

I have several French colleagues. Every time they speak, I can't get this phrase out of my mind: "I'm French Why do you think I have this OUTRAGEOUS accent you silly king?"

another good one...Thanks!

Enjoyed the ride a long. Cheers. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Commodore Barry🎉

Tim, as a “land lubber” , I have thoroughly enjoyed your videos. I definitely appreciate that you can explain things in terms most of us understand. I do have a ski boat, so I’m not quite land locked 😂🤣. When everyone got to discussing “prop walk” after the Baltimore fiasco, totally understood what you meant, my boat is a 90 Malibu with the direct drive 351 in it and I learned quite quickly about that, because when you throw it in reverse, the ass end kicks to the right. It definitely makes you have to think things through especially with low speed maneuvering. Very cool stuff to learn the reason why certain things happen. Physics😂🤣. Much love to you buddy and be careful out there 🤙🤙.

Know that place well! My company supplies one of those refineries coffee.

Tides move water up and down, currents move water back and forth. Currents are driven by several factors, tides being one of those.

There’s the Commodore Barry Bridge at Chester.

I’m no mariner, and I’ve been watching this channel only since early in the pandemic but I know exactly what you mean by tide vs. current. Tide changes the current flow and/or direction a couple of times a day. Current is of course affected by the time of year (rainfall, snowmelt etc) but it doesn’t affect the job nearly as much as the day to day stuff. I think what those folks are missing is that when you say “tide” you mean “tidal changes to current”, and anyone in an industry working as crucial infrastructural support (shipping, aviation, and even medicine) must abbreviate and shorten terminology: “tide” is much easier to say. This is a fun channel!

Thank you for another great video. CUOTO

In estuaries the tide involves water flowing in and out, so it makes perfect sense.

When I was at sea (many moons ago) every event entered in the log ( scrap log kept in pencil ) cocked at a six minute point :)

I've never been there,but I intend to go ,but I'd bet Master George picked a narrower spot to cross that river than the place you are. Thankfully he used the tide to his advantage.

Yeah tide for us is known as current, the tide sure is ripping today. When you live in an area that has places where the tide can rip at 16-17 knots with whirlpools that can swallow a small boat, in the marine industry tide is current.

Great job Captain When are we going to see Keith and Dalton on the same show 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Big Cuoto 👍

Tim, I fart in YOUR general direction . . .

I drive a semi and some of the shippers and receivers I visit have limited parking for us so they have very strict limitations on how early you can arrive. It's hard to be prepared for traffic slowdowns and not arriving too early. The closer you get, the less you can affect your ETA by slowing down without actually stopping somewhere. And you can't just park a semi anywhere! Like you just did here, we have to plan our arrival to be early, but not too early. Lot's of second guessing along the way as being late is NOT an option.

I have you anchored up opposite the Argos Terminal Norfolk. 16/4/24 11:25 Zulu. Marine Traffic AIS.

Always interesting...CUOTO

You were in my neck of the woods

Hope you got to catch BB62 at PNSY………

Or we shall call God shave the Queen! 😂

Tim ... Perfect turn ... seamless! Stay safe. CUOTO / CUOT2

Uneventful is always welcome Cap…..

Nice nice. Hmm, what's that ominous black curtain behind you??

✌ CUOTO

I say " tide running to the east, west ect " Never say current.

What happened to the barge you were taking to Baltimore when Dali hit the bridge? Did you turn around & repurpose the load for different ship(s)? It seems like the clearing of the FSK bridge wreckage involves a lot of tugs, barges, cranes & various watercraft. Is there a increased need to move marine/diesel fuels to Baltimore?

Do mariners in port or harbor use what we call uni com at uncontrolled airports. An open communication channel to everyone that's supposed to be on frequency, that we broadcast to everyone where were at, and what we intend to do or go?

do you have any thoughts on pod propulsion vs prop and rubber? as always great video

hahaha... did you try imitating riding a horse by banging together two coconut-halves?! 😛

Some day he will learn that he is Tim Bat Sea not Tim B at Sea.

If this vid was actuall from a couple weeks ago, I caught you on the drone, fueling the banana boat. Holler if you want the link to my vid. You still hanging around the Del River?

tim you didn't hit that anchor chain did you lol

Ok Commadore Barry. I’m down at the Del Memorial Bridge. What are they building in the water?

Hey Tim how’s everything wasnt Sunoco oil company there at Marcus Hook terminal at one time

Do you ever have encounters with recreational fishing boats?

Tim it’s probably me the prediction line is showing which direction you are moving not your direction correct

Did we ever learn anything more about the non-vts vessel logging?

How many plimsol marks does the ship have😂😂. 09:27

Of course we are French… where do you think we get such outraaaaaagous accents!! #CUOTO and the Chief on Two!!

Can one become a tugboat captain later in life like 56 years old - asking for a friend

Tim thank you you might have said this before but could I ask how long are your shifts on the tug ? I assume you have watches how long are do you stay on the tug? Also you say right and left not that I mind why nor port and Starboard do you say R & H for the none seafarers? thanks again

Capt Tim, do you utilize the ranges on the river?

Tim in order to have a 6 minute line do you need a ais and special plotter

No security call when casting off ?

So the tug bow is tied into ( the notch? ) with a cable when the barge rises how do the hands get it undone ? is one end on a winch ?

1/10ths of an hour is easier & I use it in the car to guesimate my travel time but why haven't you guys just gone metric? I don't watch any other maritime videos except you but I'd imagine other crews in Europe use the metric system? They do on everything else & only we try to use both..... that's not confusing, huh? thank you for the videos Capt.

It's a current, caused by a tide, therefore it's perfectly legitimate to call it a tide to distinguish it from regular currents. Any fresh water mariners who care enough to "correct" you on that front should get their noses out of the books and look out the wheelhouse :)

How much would it cost to get one to yell over "i fart in your general direction" But make sure it gets recorded lol

of course I am French! That is why i have this OUTRAGEOUS accent!!

Another great video. And the Old Man never called it current - it was always tide at the Battery!