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Tug Boat Lights

Ricci WrightRicci Wright Member Posts: 8,259 ✭✭
edited January 2017 in General Discussion
Since you guys are discussing train lights in another thread I will share this. Setting in the yard one night watching boats moving on the intracoastal waterway I observed a small outboard boat pulling a shrimp trawl. This guy had one of those hand held "million candle power" lights and he was shining it all over the place. A tug was coming from the opposite direction. Now it was a well lit night with a full moon and plenty of light from the houses along the bank. I watched the outboard light up the pilot house of the tug when they were maybe 75 yards away and thought how rude. Well maybe 30 seconds later he did it again. The third time he did it the tug hit him with his giant light and it was like God had said ENOUGH!!
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  • 84Bravo184Bravo1 Member Posts: 10,461 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've got to ask, do the wheels on the Bus, go round and round?? [:D][:D]


    (And) Was the boat shiny??
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  • Ricci WrightRicci Wright Member Posts: 8,259 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    That first thing just doesn't make any sense and how would I know if the damn boat was shiny? It was night time.[:)]
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  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,690 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That sort of thing could blind a tugboat.

    TugBoat.jpg
    Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.

    Brad Steele
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  • 84Bravo184Bravo1 Member Posts: 10,461 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sorry Ricci. Just goofing on you Brother.
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  • roswellnativeroswellnative Member Posts: 10,192 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It would have been more proper to shine the light on his boat or structure, Better that than getting run over...
    Although always described as a cowboy, Roswellnative generally acts as a righter of wrongs or bodyguard of some sort, where he excels thanks to his resourcefulness and incredible gun prowesses.
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  • Ricci WrightRicci Wright Member Posts: 8,259 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Don't apologize for that. I was goofing right back.[:D]quote:Originally posted by 84Bravo1
    Sorry Ricci. Just goofing on you Brother.
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  • pwilliepwillie Member Posts: 20,253 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    did the shrimper have running lites?...port and starboard?Wsa the Tug under burden?
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  • Ricci WrightRicci Wright Member Posts: 8,259 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Bro that's been 20 years ago and I don't remember. The tug was not towing anything. quote:Originally posted by pwillie
    did the shrimper have running lites?...port and starboard?Wsa the Tug under burden?
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  • Ricci WrightRicci Wright Member Posts: 8,259 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    A tug boat can tug boats.[:D]quote:Originally posted by mrmike08075
    How much boat would a tug boat tug if a tug boat could tug boats???

    Mike
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  • pwilliepwillie Member Posts: 20,253 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Ricci Wright
    Bro that's been 20 years ago and I don't remember. The tug was not towing anything. quote:Originally posted by pwillie
    did the shrimper have running lites?...port and starboard?Wsa the Tug under burden?

    Uhhhhh OK.....
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  • US Military GuyUS Military Guy Member Posts: 3,644 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Ricci Wright
    Bro that's been 20 years ago and I don't remember. The tug was not towing anything. quote:Originally posted by pwillie
    did the shrimper have running lites?...port and starboard?Wsa the Tug under burden?



    If it has been that long ago, just make something up.

    It will be fine. Nobody will verify it.

    [:D]
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  • fugawefugawe Member Posts: 1,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    In 1950 my Dad was stationed at Greenville Mississippi for flight training. He was flying a T-6 Texan at night and thought it would be great fun to drop low on the river and shine a tugboat with his landing lights. He said that when the tugboat illuminated him with its spotlight he was totally blind for about 30 seconds. All he could do was pull up and wait til he could see his gauges.
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