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Old 06-08-2012, 06:42 PM   #20
RickB
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City: Fort Lauderdale
Vessel Model: CHB 48 Zodiac YL 4.2
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Originally Posted by Larry M View Post
Rick: Pretty amazing. I like the 2 passing. Are the big guys using their engines at all?
The passing was impressive! We wondered ourselves if there was going to be enough room to swing the stern but the towboat guys do it so often they make it look sooooo easy.

The yacht engines are idling in neutral and the rudders are midship. The tugs ahead pulls ahead and the guy astern is being towed backwards and acts as a rudder and pulls the stern around the corners where it is really tight.

That boat that passed on our port side and then ran ahead is a 112 footer that didn't need tugs to make the sharp corners. Bigger boats commonly use the tugs because the cost of a tow compared to even a minor screwup is pocket change.
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