Elloo will,I worked on tugs fr nearly 30 years in liverpool river mersey rish sea uk coast and west Africa,what a job,unique 🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂😂😂

That is amazing to me. Since I will never have the chance to work a tug... I really appreciate your giving me the chance to at least watch it up close. Your soft easy touch and perfect control is just unbelievable to me.

That takes me back, the early morning jobs on a clear day, the smell of a not yet warm diesel exhaust the rattle of cavitation and tea cups jangling. its a more high-tech world out there but I am glad I did the job.

Love how this actually captures the vibrations with higher rpm

Awesome video mate from New Zealand.

What a cool job. Some people have jobs that wouldn’t feel like work to me. Beats sitting in a dang office.

man.. that bridge seems like a frickin cool place to be.

This is really cool to watch! Thank you for sharing your work.

I’ve often wondered how tugboats work. Thanks for the video even though I don’t know what you’re doing

Great videos Wil. Brings back a lot of memories for me. I grew up in Staten Island and as a kid we used to hang around the Moran tug yard on Richmond terrace. Later in my life I worked for Sealand deepsea, that was in the seventies. Man how things have changed. Hey congrats on your journey thru sobriety. Been there done that. Keep up the good work. Peace and grease Iggy p

Nice work, thanks so much.

Good cash aswell gave me a good lifestyle and retired at 50. Worn out😢😢😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉

I'm sitting here in Wiltshire in the U.K. in my office in my garden, miles from the ocean, watching this.... it's the second one I've watched now... for some reason I find it relaxing.... great job guys.

Awesome job there.. thank you for your efforts in videoing and posting for us :)

Fantastic so interesting to see and hear this job from your perspective

This will probably be the coolest video I see today. Reminds me of some sort of a space simulator. Thanks for sharing.

Never seen the inside of a tug bridge before. Thats a cool workspace

The company was Rays then Corey’s then svitzer,I was on the escort tug for oil tankers inbound to ranjere oil terminal seen some vile weather and seas😢😢😢😂😂😂😂🎉🎉

It's real cool to watch you work from the inside. I worked at APM terminal for almost 35 years. I watch you guys bring in so many ships it was always interesting watching you guys turn them around. enjoyed watching. If you would have had a KZfaq channel back then. I would have been yelling to you from the dock keep up the good work stay safe.

Enjoy watching your videos. Maybe you could explain in layman terms what's being said on radio, what it means and what you do after that. Thanks.

That was very cool to watch!! you are lucky enough to have a very exciting job. Never take it for granted!

Great videos and like someone previously said calming. I find the controls of the boat very interesting obviously requiring experience.

You have a great job!

Nice to find your channel! I am from Brazil and I work as a freight forwarder.. As I am writing this comment the vessel Monte Verde carrying my cargo on it is berthed at NY Harbor. How cool is that! Thanks man and good luck! I am subscribing to your channel!

Terrific video. Thanks for the effort!

So exciting I could do this all day

Love to the Tugs. Great video.💪♥️

AWESOME, FANTASTIC, EXCELLENT, OUTSTANDING, NICE 👩👌😷🤗👍🙆‍♀️😊👏🙌😁😀☺️😄✨️😆🎤

Hello that was cool as hell ,i be watching so calming thank you hugs from MN

The all stop was sweet, you could see how much tension was on the boat

Hi Will So cool being I live right on the Jersey side of the Kill Van Kull just before the Bayonne bridge. Watch u guys go buy all the time. Thanks for the insight showing what actually goes on those harbor tugs!!

So early it's still in 360p lol Love the vids, both educational and entertaining :)

Putting a pilot onto a moving boat has to be one of the most hazardous things in shipping. With the weather conditions seemingly to be nice, still nice to see. Well done.

Well crud, you are making me question my career choices! I bet it's way more stressful than you make it look, but if you were my dad, You'd totally be the coolest Dad on parent's day!

Been waiting for this! Awesome video man

Awesome! New subscriber! Thank you!

I really enjoy your videos 😊

hearing the diesels rip is such a awww noise for sure

bonjour . génial vos vidéos . bonne continuation

New subscriber. Thanks for the inside look. A couple of questions if/when you have some time. First, I never realized just how disorienting it can be when alongside monster-sized vessels - I had a tough time telling when the tug was turning, when the ship was turning, and when both were turning. How do you stay oriented? Second: is there some sort of strain gauge that's on the capstan for the tow line which allows you to know just how much force you're putting forth - and perhaps more importantly, allows you to know how effectively you're working and how close you might be to snapping the line? Thanks in advance!

This channel is awesome! New subscriber here. 🤟

TIE-Tug to Maersk: "I have you now"

Even in calm conditions, I could NEVER be the captain that climbs that rope latter up the side of the ship! Oh Hell no!! 😲

Much respect to you tug guys. When I was stationed on Submarine, USN, I was a topside line handler, y'all were great to work with and your monkey fist slinging skills were always pro-ball. Thanks for what you do. Its one of those jobs that are out there, but not out there, very much in the shadows. I don't think people really realize how dangerous your work is....The size of the Maersk hull next to your boat, and the small line holding that ship in place...alot going on at the same time and the levels of danger is through the roof, especially with that line right in your face like that. Kudos brother. Was your tug the only one that was working with that ship??

Not sure how many monitors he has but that sim setup is awesome

Got to come play on the Miss River in New Orleans

A ship came into harbour carrying a ship ton of ⛳

Watch out for bridge😊😊😊

What an office view 👍

Watching from Alabama but are familiar with McAllister was a river rat on a boat in Philadelphia called Jupiter end 567 with 2 6v71 gen’s loved it they were gazella Philadelphia non profit org

Super cool stuff. What’s the vibration/chatter noise around the 19 min mark? Big load on the line and the drives paddling hard in the water against it?

Really cool. Does the larger rumble vibrations primarily happen when pulling against a load in reverse? Is it the prop-wash going under the boat?

Out of curiosity, how many knots can you get out of that tug

How hard is it to be a tug boat captain? It looks really fun and that boat looks really epic!

Great video Cap, thanks! Do you go out on July 4th into the harbor for the fireworks? If you do can/will you film some of it for your Vlog?

Your microphone is fantastic. Super immersive. Fun to watch. Are you ex-Navy or did you go to the Maritime Academy?

cool video, but it would be awesome to have another camera on the outside of the boat

thank you for sharing your work i came accross your channel yestarday, i have a question for you, how dose someone get into your job position/role? what do they need todo before getting behind the controls of a tug

Ive published show video i took of Stick and several other bands and it shows it as copyrighted but that the artist allows it to be used somit doesnt get taken down. A little world on fire would make this even better.

Great audio in this video. Nice to hear the engines instead of the music, although I do enjoy your music. Question: how do you guys sleep through the cavitation in reverse?

how big of a boat can you drive? what's the biggest boat your licensed for?

Isn't this an odd parking position of the window wipers, in the middle of the glass? Is this deliberate? (I have the same but thats my mistake not configuring the parking position correctly on the side before covering the motors with carpentry.)

What is the tensile strength of those lines? Those things must be insanely strong.

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Really enjoy your videos. Though a lapel microphone of some kind would make it easier to hear you when you aren’t holding the camera.

enjoy the video but couldn't hear much maybe you could wear a lapel mike?

Commentary would be nice during periods where you are just sitting in silence and nothing is happening

Hi Will!! I bet you are worth listening to so can you include closed captioning when you go to post your video’s?? Deaf people would equally enjoy your video’s if we knew what was being said. The number of deaf people in the U.S. is growing rapidly so by the year 2025 it’s estimated that another 50 million will become totally deaf. We hear with our eyes so be a sport by adding closed captioning. Thank you!!

Its not realy my business but how on earth did such a young kid get a captians chair. Doese your family own that tug. PLEASE did not mean any offence I wish nothing but the best for a young dude out there doing what he loves and doing it good witch obviously you are

Lousy audio volume; need captions please !

Can't imagine the insurance these tugs must carry to cover their ass. These tug contracts have to be big numbers.

Can't play music or KZfaq will copyright strike you, unless it's free to use music and stuff...

Cool video. Get a wireless microphone with money from videos.

Did YT give you shit about the music? Such a PITA. I feel like the industry kind of hurt themselves on that front.

Good cash aswell gave me a good lifestyle and retired at 50. Worn out😢😢😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉