# TUG BOAT WANTED..Help take an old girl home **URL:** \ **Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\ **Created:** [November 15, 2011, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/tug-boat-wanted-help-take-an-old-girl-home/6465 "2011-11-15T06:09:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CaptRick63](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4da419/32.png) [@CaptRick63](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/CaptRick63)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/tug-boat-wanted-help-take-an-old-girl-home/6465/1 "2011-11-15T06:09:30Z")
We are now the proud owners of the 350 foot SS KEEWATIN, built in 1907 Goven Scotland and sailed as a passenger/frieght liner on the Great Lakes for Canadian Pacific Railways from 1907 to 1965. She was sold to a Marina Operator on Michigan in 1967 and became a floating Museum. We have now purchased her and want to move her back to Port McNicholl Canada, her home port for 60 years. We need a tug boat operator to do this job who has licensing for both US and Canada and insurance. A proven track record is also a must. She has been surveyed andcertified fit to travel. [[email]ericconroy@sskeewatin.com](mailto:ericconroy@sskeewatin.com)[/EMAIL] ---
**Author:** ![dougpine](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/dougpine/32/7653_2.png) [@dougpine](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/dougpine)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 10:49am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/tug-boat-wanted-help-take-an-old-girl-home/6465/2 "2011-11-15T10:49:41Z")
Yellow pages? Google? ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Phoenix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/capt_phoenix/32/281_2.png) [@Capt\_Phoenix](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Capt_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/tug-boat-wanted-help-take-an-old-girl-home/6465/3 "2011-11-15T12:11:42Z")
There are tug companies on the lakes. Make some phone calls. You want to talk to the company, not the operator… ---
**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:** [November 15, 2011, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/tug-boat-wanted-help-take-an-old-girl-home/6465/4 "2011-11-15T12:24:08Z")
I’m not sure but I believe the phrase “old girl” indicates they are looking for a volunteer? Someone looking for the glory of running a tug built in 1907. K.C. I guess I didn’t read it carefully, it not a tug. ---
**Author:** ![cappy208](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@cappy208](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/cappy208)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/tug-boat-wanted-help-take-an-old-girl-home/6465/5 "2011-11-15T14:49:06Z")
I think they want a free tow for publicity. From US to CA ---
**Author:** ![seadog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@seadog](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/seadog)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/tug-boat-wanted-help-take-an-old-girl-home/6465/6 "2011-11-15T19:16:15Z")
Beggars can’t be choosers. They want: “…a tug boat operator to do this job who has licensing for both US and Canada and insurance. A proven track record is also a must. She has been surveyed and certified fit to travel.” This outfit has some VERY deep pockets. They are paying over a million $ to dredge a channel to get her out of her present port in Douglas,MI on Lake Kalamazoo. ---
**Author:** ![NAUTICART](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/nauticart/32/1174_2.png) [@NAUTICART](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/NAUTICART)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/tug-boat-wanted-help-take-an-old-girl-home/6465/7 "2011-11-16T07:28:53Z")
[B]Sign me up for cook.[/B] ---
**Author:** ![CaptRick63](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4da419/32.png) [@CaptRick63](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/CaptRick63)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/tug-boat-wanted-help-take-an-old-girl-home/6465/8 "2011-11-21T07:44:20Z")
Quite right. We can take charity because the ship will be eventually owned by a “not for profit” agency, but that is not the intention…We want the best and most experienced to move her.