More engine noise please! I love when you give it full power and everything starts shaking.

Legitimately some of the best content on KZfaq!

Love your videos Willy!

i like that you leave all the radio chatter, love your vids continue your work

New subscriber! Thank you for these POVs.

Nice!! Can’t wait for the next!

I really like to be able to hear the commentarys clearly andn I´m sure, given time, the balance between engine noise and talk will be perfect.

Now I am thinking of switching ambitions and becoming a tug captain instead. It honestly seems really fun. Keep up the content, I love it!

oh no we can't hear the boat noises now haha dammit! I prefer the old setup when it was maximum cavitation and engine noise but i'm sure it's difficult to balance

New to the channel love your videos. Maybe in a different place in time I would have enjoyed this work. Retired now but I enjoy learning about this way of life. Great job !

New subscriber. I live in the uk Manchester England. I live on a narrowboat on the bridgewater canal. I really enjoy your channel and look forward to more great tug videos 👌

I like the explanation for us landlubbers good job😊

I think Tugboat Willy that your video's on KZfaq are some of the best in the world. And I am not just saying that. I mean it. I was in the Marine Corps for a while. But I grew up in the Northwest. I am actually from Bremerton Washington. But I live here in N.C now. So not far from ya. I am truly liking how you just moved the Mic it sounds great to me Sir.

good day willy my name is Remigius. I'm from Lithuania, I really like your video. Love the tugboat.😊 👍👊

Amazing how small the anchors look on those huge ships! Willy, all of the complainers about the mic swinging, sound differences, etc,. - don't let the naysayers bring you down. I, for one, like your videos with or without mic swinging, sound differences, etc....

Dirt sailor here (Navy Seabees). Appreciate all your videos as well as the tour. Thanks for walking us through everything. Couple of comments, maybe throw up a map or something showing your route out the channels and consider asking someone with a drone to shoot some footage. Not sure if a drone shot would be allowed but it would make for some great shot in help explaining what you are doing. Great channel from a new subscriber!

Like the new mic set up. Can hear your comments much better.

Great to go for the ride

Thanks for the videos. It's a look into a job that most people will ever experience. I drove car hauling truck for 10 years, some out of Newark, and some out of Dundalk Md. I think that I'd rather have done 10 years on a tug.

Sorry to say but ya gonna have to do some audio mixing, new mic killed the HorsePower music.

Salute capt !

Awesome! 👍

Hi! You have a great job

You guys don’t do much backwards work? Just curious… I run a SAE z-drive in Puget Sound (Tacoma). Interesting to see what you guys do out east. Car ships are our bread and butter. 😎 We’re either CLF/CLA mostly. I head back to work next Thursday for my two weeks…. It’s an awesome job! Enjoy! Cheers. 🍻

Capt, I have my young sons (12 and 10) watch your videos. They would love to know more about the controls in the house. I’m a old timer Z drive just came out when I got out.

I just subscribed, really like this content but is it possible to do more explaining, such as 1650-1810? What does that mean? Great job!!! Ya gotta love those joystick controls, beats the olden day, fer sure. Ron

Doing a good job there! did you start in what I would call conventional fixed screw/s and rudder tugs? I worked with a lad that managed to get a job over there working in tugs, can't recall if it was Mac or Moran he went to work for. Such a lovely thing to have control of slacking away the tow rope from your end.

Btw I would definitely buy a Tugboat Willy tee shirt if you ever decide to sell them

Maybe you can finish your tour of the engine room sometime..

I can not believe you don't use a hands-free radio.

Yes more engine noise would sound great 👍

using the force a lot in this one!!

Forgive my ignorance, but is it the pilot on board the ship who is calling out the commands for the tugs?

So how do you guys get assigned a tow? I know there’s several tow boat companies so does it run off contracts with different boats or is it whoever is available or is it a rotation that the port authority assign. Also was curious about the horse power the tug puts out. I know some of them tugs are beasts. Anyway love the content keep killing it have a kick ass day!

That seemed like a much easier job than some you have shown us. Just curious, do you ever get uneasy about being under such mega sized equipment? I noticed at several points, the ships anchor was directly over your bow and looked to be really close to the wheelhouse.

Another good one Cap'n! Welcome back to the boat! Can you expound on 16:50, 18:10 please? Is that RPM or time?

Greetings from West Michigan. I watch MarineTraffic for lakers to photograph and now check New York to see what the McAllister tugs are up to. Do you rotate what tug you captain, or are you always on the Brian?

...you guys need a flexible-semi rigid mic! That swinger will take out an eye someday!! LOL!

Why do you not have a cup/mug holder ? just askin' that's all.

More newbie questions. You came on and said what you were going to do with the ship. How did you know that? What tells you specifically what the job entails? You explained the 1/3 1/2 etc. 1/3 of what? Can we also talk costs? What is market price for a job like this one. Who do you bill for it?

hi there is your tug a shaft drive or pod drive ?

Tip to take the content to the next level try and set up multiply camera's inside and outside your vessel gives the viewer a clearer perspective!

@Tugboat Willy afternoon capt just wondering what is the bollard pull on the tug pls?

How close are the car ship anchors to the tug windows?

How much money do these guys make? 200-300K?

How many radios do you have in the bridge and how many are you listening to at the same time?

Nice work how about a headset mic that would help

can a big guy be a deck hand or do you need to be able to do pull-ups to get up and over things?

Will, Is it the pilot or another tug giving you your commands?

1650, 1810 tell us what it means for us layman's

Why don't you make fast center forward? Wouldn't that be quicker and safer?

so are you talking to the pilot or the other tug?

boat is too quiet 🙃

It would be nice if you could provide just a little more narration for those of us who are novices

Willy do you have other tug captains you would rather work with than others or do you,work in the same company and don’t dare say anything

how do we become tug boat captain?

I dont give a shit about the mike, iwhat i give shit about is the sound off the engines, i could her you fine before, What do do you think about the voith schneider system of propulsion,it looks complicated to me. Btw thank you for the videos

No kitty sound this time 😢😢😢

The swinging Mike doesn’t bother me

Any nice tractor tug T-shirts for sale Captain?

Willy I want to go striper fishing with you under the staten island plank ( Verrazano ) 😂😂😂😂

You are not sailing, you dont have sails. You are motoring. How are you on a tug and not know the difference?

that friggin mic flying around is so distractive. get yourself a damn headset, man !

Was that a hammerhead I saw swim by off the bow?