Subscribe to RSS FeedI don't have anything to report (tow job wise, that is) from this past weekend, obviously, as I was just outside Hilton Head, SC for a family wedding. My trip home was a bit of an adventure, however. After a delay on the tarmac in Savannah, my wife and I missed our connection in Atlanta. We were re-booked to Providence on a 2030 flight, but then realized that flight was already 2 hours late coming out of Key West, so we opted for a 1930 flight to Logan and decided to worry about getting home from there. After a ride on the T to South Station, commuter rail to downtown Providence, and a cab to TF Green to pick up our car, we were 5 hours later than our original arrival time, but still 3 hours better off than waiting for the delayed flight out of Key West.
Boaters wasted no time Monday morning getting me back behind the wheel of the Safe/Sea Salvor. Capt. Andy, the regularly scheduled Monday morning boat driver, was doing his thing as the Safe/Sea Fleet Manager down in Point Judith, performing maintenance on the Safe/Sea Block Island, which Capt. Doug had brought in from the island for servicing. So, it was up to me when the first call came in around 0915. At the other end of the line was this nice little 22' Grady White with a blown fuel pump and a captain who had just earned his 50 ton Master license. She was right in the mouth of Bristol Harbor, going back to Apponaug. A nice high speed tow cut almost 2 hours off the time needed to complete this job, and she was tied up at her dock by 1030.
After returning to our offices, catching up with our staff on the weekend happenings and wading through my email, I was just sitting down to work on this post when job number 2 of the day materialized. As it turns out, it was a long-time frequent flyer. This particular customer had a new boat, but it didn't seem to run much better than his last. Ah well, no problem, we were off for Haines Park Ramp from the west side of Prudence Island. That's him at right, wiggling around a bit on the hawser in the Bullock's Cove entrance channel, due to the fact that he's already raised his outboard.
Yesterday was a washout for me, but Capt. Phil did have a short tow in Greenwich Bay in the late afternoon. We'll see what today brings. I'll get my jobs map updated by Friday.
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