Your company is doing a great service to the community by allowing you to make these videos. It educates people and raises awareness of how the industry works. Most of us can refer back to a time when we learned or saw something that inspired us and maybe led us to a career. And, thanks to you for being proud of what you do and taking us along!

I’m an old Navy man who worked in the engine rooms of several naval ships over my 20 year career. You gave a Great tour. You did an excellent job of giving people an explanation of how the engine room looks and operates. Thanks for the tour.

it's just a tugboat & I'm just a tugboat guy. Yeah well I know I'm thrilled to see, hear & learn about machines I know little about. I appreciate you & your crew

Hey Tim… I am really enjoying your videos. I am a captain on a Boeing 737 for a major airline and you talk about a lot of the things similar to what we do in aviation. For example, like you said, we too haul the planes into maintenance on time intervals to do major inspections. Interestingly enough, our engines are on condition. We monitor engine parameters continuously for one-time events that can damage the engine (for example, a hot start) but also we look at long-term trends to determine the performance of the engine. As the performance deteriorates, maintenance determines when to remove an engine for overhaul. I cannot remember the total amount on some of the longer lasting engines, but I do remember thinking “Holy crap, that is a long time.” Another similarity that I noticed is that we also use pneumatic air to start our engines as well. Instead to compressed air, we use bleed air off of our auxiliary power unit (a turbine engine as well). On start we have about 30 to 40 psi depending on the altitude of the airport that we are at. Anyhow, keep up the good work and I am looking forward to your next video… Andrew

OUTSTANDING VIDEO! Heard everything you said. Actually the sound helped in the authenticity of the show. The most informative Tugboat videos on KZfaq. Thanks

Awesome. I really liked the tour with you narrating in real time. The engines were just a form of background music!

Another old navy man....was an engineman on a WWII vintage diesel/electric submarine in the late 60’s. Fairbanks Morse 38D 8 1/8 10 cylinder opposed piston rock crushers. Impressed with the cleanliness and ROOM. Nice engine room and video. Just subscribed.

What a great tour! thanks for showing. Very impressed by the cleanliness of the engineroom and all the ancilliaries, not a speck of dust even

Your company has to be proud of how well you take care of their boat....as if she WAS yours. I love it your channel.

It's amazing how clean everything is. I watch the tugs here go up and down the Ohio river. I wish I could, see more. Great video.

Congratulations to the crew for maintaining such a clean and orderly engine room and workspace. Pride in workmanship! I’m hooked on these videos. Well done.

When I was a kid, my dad would take me down every couple months to the tug boat (a standby tug) and I'd go aboard and the crew was always nice enough to feed us lunch and I'd get to play on the boat (under supervision of course). The engine room was always my favorite. That contract later got picked up by Crowley who were giant doushes and wouldn't even let you get on the same dock as the boat.

Only one thing better looking than a clean engine room on a boat ...... and thats a clean engine room with all the piping colour coded to what the pipe carries.

Great video. That is a very clean engine room! Thanks for the tour and I could hear everything. The noise adds a lot of authenticity too!

Glad they put power steering for you on that bad boy. Cool video. Thanks for posting Tim.

Thanx for a great video. In the 60's and 70's my dad and I always got to visit the engine room on ships and ferries between Seattle and Skagway. We were given a used piston ring 21" in diameter- a great keepsake! The mv Wickersham had 2 MAN engines, 10,000 hp each, painted white, big as a house, in a spotless, white engine room. I love engine rooms!

Capt., I've have viewed a fair amount of your videos, and while they are all excellent, this one is by far my favorite so far. I have spent over 20 years of life in vessel enginerooms (predominately tugs) on the west coast, east coast and Great Lakes. First I would like to compliment you on the cleanliness and organization of the engineroom. It would be a pleasure to work there. I even noticed how nice the pilothouse appeared at the start of the video. Along with your pleasant disposition, I am sure your crew must appreciate how good their work environment is. Second, I was impressed with your knowledge during the engineroom tour. I believe that knowledge makes you even a better Captain and boat handler than most. Finally, your company should be proud they have such a respectable and positive spokesperson. You are doing them a beneficial service. Oh, I live just outside of New Haven.....if you even need a relief engineer. Fair Wind and Following Seas.

Thanks Tim for the very thourgh engine room tour,I was one of the guys who mentioned getting a look down below. In my 51st year at sea,still enjoying it ,my son is the 5th generation of the family to keep the tradition going.

Seeing your engine room reminds me of an excursion vessel I was on for a day trip in Vancouver, BC. She was 65' long and it had a very wide beam. I happened to bump into the engineer, and talked my way into a tour of the engine room while underway. I was really surprised when I got down the ladder and found two Cat 3208's just screaming in the middle of this very large and open engineering space that dwarfed those Cats!!. She was spinning 3' props through reduction gears.... the tour was the best part of the trip! Thanks for taking us onboard!!

A big thank you for the tour.Nice clean engine room.Cat and Twin-Disc is a great combination.The 65' foot tug I was on had a Cat D379,500hp single screw.She never let us down.Keel cooling a big plus in the ice.All the best.

With regards to your shaft breaks, I was always taught and still teach others.. to count 2 seconds from throttle down in neutral before engaging forward or reverse to assist in this issue and to help the motor and couplings from ripping each other apart. That is one of the best and cleanest looking engine rooms I have ever seen. A very brief but informative tour of your engine room.

Thanks for the tour Cap! Really appreciate the clarity in explanation. Very cool, the tug looks squared away and well maintained.

Excellent Tim, I am still working my way through all of your videos, you do a fantastic job of explaining how things work.

I'm a Truck and coach mechanic in Ontario. I like my job end everything but this stuff... way more interesting!! It may be my next career if I get bored of what I'm doing now! Super cool video!!

Appreciated the tour. Thank - you Tim, I like the quiet end of the job, topside.

I just hit the subscribe button, Capt. Thank you for some great videos! I've had the good fortune of being on a few sea trials for various types of tugs and I can say that your videos are about as close as it gets to actually being on the boat. Noises and all, which makes for a great experience. Keep them coming, I'll be watching all of them! I work for the company that engineered and manufactured the wheels that are under your boat. We're forever grateful to be able to work with Vane Bros.

Great tour, Tim. Beautiful, clean engine room, too - props to your deckhands and engineers. I work on the Columbia River, so it’s always cool to see you guys do your thing on the other coast. Cheers

*Thanks Tim. That was a awesome tour of a unbelievably well maintained engine room.*

How interesting and Thank you for taking the effort and time to try and show us what it is that makes those boats move and run. Yes I could understand and hear you with the generator operating, sounded like music to me!!

Thank you for the tour, I enjoyed it. Props to the Engineers for the clean engine room.

Tim, I’m a recreational boater in the Seattle area, but have always had a fascination with tugs, and am endlessly curious about their operations. Thank you so much these wonderful little trips into your world! What a find! Thank you, thank you! (And yes, I’ll likely buy some TimB merch to show off on my old Egg Harbor)😎

some really cool tech and engineering. Thanks for sharing with us!

I wish I had you as an instructor when I was engine cadet. You were born to teach! You are wonderful! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Really ship shape spaces. No oil anywhere, all gear stowed, very nice. Good job Captain keeping it that way! Enjoy your videos very much. Thanks.

Very educational I could hear you just fine. Nice clean well organized engine room

Hi Tim, Great tour, I work on Cat and Komatsu dump trucks, love it that you talked over the engines, cause thats how it done in the work place.

You have a very strong knowledge of rotating equipment ,especially its functionality & ratings. Kudos to you Captain Tim.

Wonderful tour of the engine room. Learned a bunch.

Wow! Chock full of goodies. I’m impressed how small the propellor drive shafts are to drive those 72”(?) props. The single screw drive bearing at Jakobsen seemed enormous in the ‘60s.

It’s amazing to me what a complex machine a tug boat is. I enjoyed the tour of the engine room.

17 years that was my domain, loved ever day of it. Had 2 379 cats and 2 342 cat gen sets DC not ac . Miss it. Thanks for the tour

This is exactly how a Engineroom should look like! Bright, clean and tidy. Compliments to you and your team. CUOTO

If people don't know, let me just say that has to be one of the cleanest engine rooms on the water!!

nice tour and your knowledge of all the systems is impressive. clean engine room.

Good tour of the engine room. Good explanations of the components and how things work. Your voice was understandable. Thanks

Hello from the UK! Really love the content, yours is a world I know nothing about so I really thank you for taking the time to make and post these facinating videos. Keep up the good work! P.s. a big thank you to your employers as well for allowing you the freedom to make these!

I really enjoyed seeing the engine room tour. It was very interesting and I learned allot. I like the fact that the engine room is so clean and organized. Cats are great engines. Thanks Tim. Oh by the way I am a retired engineer from the U.S. Coast Guard. Yep, 34 great years. Keep up the safe work.

great job one of the best at explaining the engine room and all that is going on.

Well done sir! Very informative and super cool video. The technology in today’s workboats is absolutely amazing. It always amazes me me that engineers can get all those components in such small places and make it work to boot! Thanks for the tour. Be safe out there!

That was a very interesting tour! I work for a chemical company and they would never allow a tour of our plant. The engine room looks very clean and well organized. A must for a safe work environment! Great tour Captain!

That’s a nice engine room, I currently run a crew boat in the Gulf of Mexico and we have 4 cat 3512-B and 2 Cummins 6bt generators

I'm studying to become a Marine engineer and your channel is great, keep it up!!

Great video like all the others. I'm a sailor and sail frequently in the Raritan and lower NY bays. I see you and other tugs all the time. What an amazing opportunity to see inside and learn more about what you do. Subscribed to your channel so not to miss anything

Very similar to a yacht engine room. Was an engineer on a 130' sailing yacht and the big difference is space to work. Thanks for the video,

Gives me chills to see that stuff again. Good job!

Nicely done! How and Whys, high tech and low tech, not to forget, Brakes. I like it!

Very very interesting thanks for sharing. Place is kept immaculate excellent job explaining everything thank you again 👍

Tim, This is wonderful you are taking time to explain things about your work to us. I am going to try to set your videos in a saved file on here for future use. I never worked Tug Boats or Tow Boats either. Would love to spend a day on one. Just as a observer I find these thing highly interesting. Tell your employer thanks from me to them for allowing you to do this.

Thank you for the tour. That 3512 Cat was built in Lafayette, Indiana, Caterpillar builds several different arrangements of engines serving power needs for Marine, construction, electrical power generating, oil field and a horizon of other uses.

That is a beautiful and clean tug.

Really clean engine room!

Great video.You did a great job explaining everything and i heard you just fine.

Another Great video, Thanks for the interesting tour

Thanks Tim very clean & well maintained, looks like a good company to work for

Thanks for letting me know you had a video on engine room, well informed thanks

Captain, thanks for the tour! Your engineer and crew deserve a great thanks for keeping the engine room clean and tidy! Still working on getting through your videos... LOL this is lots of computer time for me and I'm enjoying every minute! #CUOTO

I remember Union 76 fuel tanker trucks used to use air starters probably the most robust starting system but were phased out because they would startle customers. Great video.

Wow, the engine room is so clean and organized...way cleaner than the ships featured in "The Deadliest Catch." Shows how professional the company runs it's operation!

Hi Tim, that was a great video and i was able to understand all of your narratives. I love tugboats and ship's engine rooms. I sub'd to your channel a few months ago when i realized you work in NY. I live in upstate NY and go on a couple cruises per year, sailing with Norwegian from pier 88. I've probly seen your tugboat !! Will def be keeping a sharper eye out. Thank you for all that you do.

interesting engine room tour thank you tim

Great tour . I have rebuilt alot of those engines in the mining sector . Cheers .

As always, great results with the video!

super cool extreamly clean ...much cleaner than my semi truck engine great job

Nicely done!!

TimBatSea is a KZfaq Genius----a true Master of video production. Thanks so much Tim for a fine presentation. Please know that I do not know Tim, and have never met him or sailed on the same vessel with him. Thanks again Tim for a great vid.

You have an outstanding channel ! New sub. Thank you for making these videos.

Great video I love the boats

I came across your videos a week ago, enjoying them very much. I have been binge watching them this past week. My grandfather worked on a tugboat in New York harbor when I was very young. Around 7 years old. I am 75 years old now, but still remember him taking me on the boat back then. Very impressionable world on a young child. I do remember the noise in the engine room. It seems like in this video you are not wearing ear protection in a high noise environment. Please be safe.

Very interesting I have a buddy who works for Kirby in south LA cool to finally see all he has been talking about!

So sad that the days are gone when a man could make a good living and own his own boat. Good luck to you, and thanks for sharing.

You got a good company. I'd like to hear all that one on one to ask questions as I go. Sounds interesting. Like the mini maintenance shop.

Excellent video. Heard every word you said.

Beautiful engine bay for a tug, not what I was expecting.

Great video! Thanks

Great... I love. Engine rooms and Shops to and that one was N1CE and Clean And yes, they are Noisy...!! BTW, ALL airplanes, not just Airline planes ✈️ have Timed components that have to be changed on time from small private planes To the freight companies to the Major Airlines, also like your Tug, they have Many Fuel tanks that have to be “worked” and kept balanced... good video...!!😎👍✅

Awesome engine room tour. I was thinking you could have done a voice over on the vid so it would be easier to hear you speaking. All in all, it turned out great. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!

My favorite place on any boat or ship, sounds like home to me

Heard good thanks for the tour

Impressively quiet generators. My ships have Detroit 16-71's. The main engines are actually quieter then the gens. (Fairbanks Morse 12cyl OP). Awesome video, cool to see how similar ships really are.

that was fantastic! thanks so much!!!

Great looking boat

It’s so clean, you’d think that a machine that runs 24/7 would accumulate some dirt/grease. Bravo on keeping a tight ship Cap.

Thanks for the tour. Ait starters also save weight as the air starter is lighter plus you don't have to have the weight of the batteries and wiring for the starting circuit.

I'm re-watching these, and found it amusing that your Cat's are so big they need air starting. Frame of reference is that I worked with EMD 567 (CID per cyl.) and Alco 539 (first run in May 1939, 12" bore x13" stroke) and they used the loco batteries to turn the generator as a motor. I think the reasoning is that your tug carries more diverse power sources and air is a much smaller system. It is also likely more efficient than huge batteries and a motor that is capable of the job, since you don't have a generator bolted to your flywheel, lol Also of interest is the block heating. In the Alco 539, the block is a huge two piece casting with a table crank. The cast iron isn't always perfectly water tight, and antifreeze chews on bearings, so its just water cooled. Shutting down overnight is a bad idea. Worse though, is not shutting down. Idle speed is about 350RPM, so the engine doesn't burn fuel completely and raw fuel lays in the exhaust manifold. Next day, after warm up and shouldering into a set of loads she'll throw sparks into that exhaust manifold, and turn the stack into a blow torch. On the EMD 567's, the block is a set of welded plates, so the same leak possibilities exist. But even more so, the two cycle system has a huge airbox that collects condensation if the block isn't kept warm. Each cylinder has a test cock that is opened and the engine cranked to remove the water. But imagine if for some reason she sucked in a good amount of condensation. Power assemblies aren't cheap, lol So block heating is a necessity.

That is one CLEAN engine room ... says a lot about the engineer and the company.

As an ex marine engineer I could almost smell the fumes at the top of the engine room steps. Awesome video.

once again a cool vid and good maintenace. i did sub already because i like the vids keep them up :) . i build and maintain tugs mostly shoulbusters and its funny to see some differences we also sometime,s have the cats 35/12 or 16,s in them and we do start them by battery not by air. we dont have propshaft blockers, its nowadays calculated in the software that if you go from fullpower forwards all the way to fullpower backwards for a crashstop for example, they put in an certain amount of seconds delay in the software before the gearbox actually activates reverse. also they put in the software that your engine will stay like 100/200 rmp above idle to deal with the weigt of the prop+shaft still rotating the other way. nowadays most costumers choose smaller engine,s like the cat c32 with a higher rating and more rpm because it will use less feul when you go slow and its not that often they need the full power as those ships mostly have more than enough.

Hi, thanks for the info. Always wondered what was pulling my Shell Oil tanker around the seas.

This was very interesting. Thank you. Nice to know what drives the boat. Alan Horton

Thank you for doing the tour, it's very rare that we can look below the deck. Would be great if you could add subtitles/captions, would realy help with understanding!