Tugboat in Trouble-gctid358899

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Interesting video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWCP2...layer_embedded

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bayskipper wrote:
Interesting video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWCP2...layer_embedded

Cool. It didnt look like a 3/4" poly line from this angle.

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Bet that left a little pucker in the ole' vertical smile!

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that should buff out just fine

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The power of those tugs is amazing! Nice to see it was pulled free.

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onthelake wrote:
The power of those tugs is amazing! Nice to see it was pulled free.

EXACTLY what he said

cool video,,,,,thanks!

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You think he'll lose his job. Talk about the power of water.

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The way the little tug listed to port as it was being pulled off of the bridge I thought it might go over.

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Here's your sign!

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2052FD wrote:
Here's your sign!

lol,

he probably got distracted for a brief moment, then bang!

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Or lost power and drifted. It looks from the sudden black smoke appearing that he was attempting restarts.

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Here's a tugboat in real trouble. At the Skookumchuck rapids in B.C.

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North Arm Venture was towing the barge North Arm Express, loaded with fuel and deck cargo, from Toba Inlet to Sechelt Inlet. The tug girded and capsized...

TSB report on accident

http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-re...1/m09w0141.asp

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Thanks to all the posters on the issue of girding - I had not fully understood it until now