1000ft of wire is way too short for towing offshore. I am surprised that the tow line didn’t part first. would be of interest to know the horsepower of the tug and diameter of the tow line.

Your right. The uscg will save your life not your boat

Thing about CG not providing assistance towing is they loose a lot of practical experience. Used to be all boatswains mates were on the job trained. Some stations real busy, Little Creek one year lead the district assistance cases, 649 in one year. Now it’s a Boatswain mate school, useful I guess bu…

Looks like the two tugs that are trying to salvage tug & barge are currently guessing over 150 miles offshore with expected gale conditions, So if towlines are not attached now if conditions Are deteriorating than they may be following till conditions allow. Looks like a few miserable days to …

Been there, done that. The Charles James may not be the best boat to be out in that mess though. Its the old Megan McAllister.

the bad weather adds to the degree of risk multiplies in the salvage award. so as long as your dry and warm you ride it out, shadowing the vessels since they are still attached. my concern would be if the barge yanks the shafts out of the coupling but by this time the wire (rope) may be wrapped arou…

The term “line” is ambiguous with regards to material. Here’s a site that uses to terms “chain mooring line” and “wire mooring line”. [image] Mooring Lines Chain mooring line In shallower water (up to 100 m) the chain mooring line is the most common type of mooring line. The strong ca…

I’m a little slow and not to brite So your confusing me😀 I think we’ve worn the subject out until the recovery is made

Doubt if there is much money in saving that tug, sold foreign probably cheap. Salvors take her owners unlikely to pay they are stuck selling scrap. Barge is not even close to worth what it would cost to get it to safe location. Loose barge offshore case I was on floating upside down abandoned. We sh…

Every thing takes forever to sink when you shoot at with a deck gun. If you want it to sink in a hurry, use a torpedo. The holes need to be below the waterline. Somehow that seems to get overlooked.

This post brings back flashbacks of hawser boards, and coiling hawsers while trying to get into port. The horror!

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