Download or read book Towboat Deckhand Handbook written by Michael William Vanden Born and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-05 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A training manual for standard towing. A towboat deckhand's job is not as simple as just doing what you are told while waiting to be a captain. It is a trade of its own with its own responsibilities. You must learn, earn respect in and be able to teach this trade to others before thinking of becoming an officer in charge. Here in lies the purpose of this handbook. To begin to pass along some of the language, ways of work and expectations of a deckhand on a working tug.
Download or read book Towboatdeckhand Handbook written by Michael W. Vanden Born and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A towboat deckhand's job is not as simple as just doing what you are told while waiting to be a captain. It is a trade of its own with its own responsibilities. You must learn, earn respect in and be able to teach this trade to others before thinking of becoming an officer in charge. Here in lies the purpose of this handbook. To begin to pass along some of the language, ways of work and expectations of a deckhand on a working tug.
Download or read book Towboat Deckhand Handbook Log Tow Supplement written by Michael W. Vanden Born and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-11 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working as a log towing deckhand is a much more demanding, injurious and complicated job than towing barges or docking ships. You will never learn all the tricks of this trade, they are endless. It will take one year just to feel somewhat comfortable, and with every year of experience, your knowledge and job performance will improve. Working on logs requires athletic abilities, strength, balance, agility and stamina, all combined with the skill of problem solving under pressure.
Download or read book Towboat Deckhand s Handbook for the Pacific Northwest written by Michael W. Vanden Born and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book River Towboat Deck Hand Guide written by Ron Larson (Captain.) and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book gives a lay person a good insight on river towboating. It is also a good guide for a young man that has given thought to a river towboat career."--P. 4 of cover.
Download or read book Deckhand s Manual written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual's easy to read safe rules and procedures are the guidelines that promote safet work practices and help minimize personal injuries in the barge and towing industries.
Download or read book Handbook for Apprentice Deck Hands written by and published by . This book was released on 194? with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book River Towboat Deck Hand Manual written by Ron Larson (Captain.) and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Deckhand electronic Resource Training Software for Yarding Deckhands in the Towboat Transportation Industry written by Lance Schilka and published by [Mission, B.C.] : Marinetech. This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Primer of Towing written by George H. Reid and published by Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers. This book was released on 1975 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The original version of Primer of Towing was first contemplated during the late 1960s and published in 1975. Its purpose. . . was to acquaint beginners with common towing industry practices that they might not be familiar with.... "It dealt with the mechanics of towing operations from the operator's point of view, and confined itself to how something should be done rather than why it should be done that way.... "The premise for the second edition of Primer of Towing is much enlarged. The basic instructional process for beginners is still incorporated into the text, but in considerably more detail. Dynamics as well as practices are discussed for a more comprehensive view of this subject."
Download or read book Towboat Regulations written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Navigation and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Committee Serial No. 89-16. Considers H.R. 723 and H.R. 156, to authorize Coast Guard regulation of towing vessels propelled by means other than steam. Also considers H.R. 7491, to provide for licensing of officers of towing vessels propelled by machinery.
Download or read book Towboat Regulations written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Navigation and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers legislation to authorize Coast Guard regulation of towing vessels propelled by means other than steam. Also considers H.R. 7491, to provide for licensing of officers of towing vessels propelled by machinery.
Download or read book All about Towboats written by Tom Struve and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-10 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All About Towboats is a comprehensive overview of how towboats function. All kinds of fun facts and personal observations about the rivers, the towboats and life onboard.
Download or read book Deck on Deck written by Bob Deck and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-02-23 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1975 at the tender age of 17 a very wet behind the ears Bob Deck left high school to learn the art of being a deckhand on Mississippi River towboats with the goal of becoming a "harbor pilot". The men who trained him were colorful and unique characters. Men like "Steamboat" Bill Ruport a grizzled River Rat at the ripe old age of 24who learned Bob how to handle the lines (what rivermen call ropes) and "lay riggin" (wire barges together) into "tows" (rafts of barges to be pushed downriver from St. Paul to St. Louis). Bob learned that rivermen have a whole different nautical vocabulary. Later decking under the iron-fisted Captain Crash provided danger and humor to a young man's coming of age. If you have ever driven across a bridge over the river and wondered what life on those Mississippi riverboats is like then this is one view that is enlightening and entertaining.
Download or read book The Pontoon and Deckboat Handbook written by David G. Brown and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2007-04-12 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you need to know about pontoons and deckboats Wide, stable, and perfectly adapted for family fun and entertaining, pontoons and deckboats are among the most popular lake and river vessels in America. The Pontoon and Deckboat Handbook explains to you how these boats differ from conventional types in handling, safety, maintenance, and other aspects of ownership and use.
Download or read book Deckhand Days written by Tom Struve and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers will enjoy learning about what it is like to be a deckhand aboard towboats working on America's rivers. These stories are told as a first hand account describing the daily tasks, difficulties and joys, and the the reader will meet lots of characters with whom the author worked.
Download or read book So You Want to Be a Tugboat Or a Towboat Mariner written by Capt David L. Cole and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rivers of America have always held a certain mystique for mankind. Perhaps they bring to mind the tales of Tom Sawyer, Huck FInn, or Mark Twain? Rafts were built to use the rivers for transportation. But it only went down river! Then the great steamboats that could carry cargoes up and down the rivers. Those tasks have been taken over by modern diesel powered towboats. They cause us to look on in awe as they navigate the rivers with massive fleets of barges. They are stately, beautifully painted, and bear all manner of names by which to identify them. Well, we could stand on the river banks and watch or idly float down the rivers and marvel at these powerful modern wonders. Or if we meet the requirements we could actually travel on one of them and be well paid for our services. Have you ever looked up or down a river, and wondered what was just around the bend? River mariners can tell you, or you can sign up and look for yourself! The newer towboats are spacious and elaborate compared to the boats of yesterday. I developed this book to give insight into this career field. It provides factual information and guidance to persons wanting to seek career employment. The door is open and the welcome mats are out! Where else can a person earn $140K a year without a college education? See you on board! Captain Cole
