# Reported; Tug Master lost overboard **URL:** \ **Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\ **Created:** [April 25, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/reported-tug-master-lost-overboard/7398 "2012-04-25T17:17:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![captbbrucato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@captbbrucato](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/captbbrucato)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/reported-tug-master-lost-overboard/7398/1 "2012-04-25T17:17:10Z")
[http://www2.turnto10.com/news/2012/apr/25/coast-guard-searches-water-missing-tug-master-ar-1013286/](http://www2.turnto10.com/news/2012/apr/25/coast-guard-searches-water-missing-tug-master-ar-1013286/) ---
**Author:** ![captbbrucato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@captbbrucato](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/captbbrucato)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/reported-tug-master-lost-overboard/7398/2 "2012-04-25T17:27:48Z")
Initial reports have the tug assisting the barge when in fact it was towing. This update has a bit more info on weather conditions, sea state and water temperatures. [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/RI\_MISSING\_MARINER\_RIOL-?SITE=WJARTV&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/RI_MISSING_MARINER_RIOL-?SITE=WJARTV&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) ---
**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/reported-tug-master-lost-overboard/7398/3 "2012-04-25T17:49:20Z")
Tough deal. Don’t like it. ---
**Author:** ![captbbrucato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@captbbrucato](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/captbbrucato)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/reported-tug-master-lost-overboard/7398/4 "2012-04-25T19:26:51Z")
This is a bad day for our fleet, he’s one of ours. ---
**Author:** ![Tugs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/tugs/32/158_2.png) [@Tugs](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Tugs)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/reported-tug-master-lost-overboard/7398/5 "2012-04-25T22:51:46Z")
I hope they find him. My prayers are with with him and his family. ---
**Author:** ![mtskier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b77776/32.png) [@mtskier](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/mtskier)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/reported-tug-master-lost-overboard/7398/6 "2012-04-26T01:06:55Z")
Sad news… ---
**Author:** ![Bayrunner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/bayrunner/32/966_2.png) [@Bayrunner](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Bayrunner)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/reported-tug-master-lost-overboard/7398/7 "2012-04-26T02:56:53Z")
Yup sad indeed. We lost one of our captains over the winter as well. His boat was TDY up in Providence and must have slipped off the ladder going up to the dock and hit his head on the bulwarks. No one knew until it was to late. ---
**Author:** ![CoastalDPO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3d9bf3/32.png) [@CoastalDPO](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/CoastalDPO)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/reported-tug-master-lost-overboard/7398/8 "2012-04-26T04:33:48Z")
Sad news! I hate to hear this! ---
**Author:** ![Bigpuddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Bigpuddie](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Bigpuddie)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/reported-tug-master-lost-overboard/7398/9 "2012-04-26T04:54:09Z")
Sad indeed. I know that boat…used to talk to Miss Donna in NY Harbor all the time. Prayers are with the Captain,family and crew! ---
**Author:** ![Bigpuddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Bigpuddie](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Bigpuddie)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/reported-tug-master-lost-overboard/7398/10 "2012-04-26T14:15:37Z")
Search was suspended. RIP Capt. O’Leary with fair winds and following seas! ---
**Author:** ![HawsePiper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b4bc9f/32.png) [@HawsePiper](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/HawsePiper)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/reported-tug-master-lost-overboard/7398/11 "2012-04-27T21:31:40Z")
Is this the same man who went to the Matthew after Cliffy, or his son? ---
**Author:** ![cappy208](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@cappy208](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/cappy208)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/reported-tug-master-lost-overboard/7398/12 "2012-04-28T14:50:02Z")
Yes, senior’s son.