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Wanna be a tug boat capt'n ?

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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 01:19 PM
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Wanna be a tug boat capt'n ?

http://www.yachtmaster.com/news/tug.htm


Now that's control.
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 01:25 PM
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I wonder what happened with the bridge operator? He was probably on his break
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 02:26 PM
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"hey kid, come here and hold my beer....."
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 04:46 PM
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Yep, seen that one before. My brother is a ocean tug captain. 85ft powerhouse w/twin V-16 Cummins engines, bollard pull of 65 tons. Pulls eight barges btwn Kodiak and Hawaii.
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 05:40 PM
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That's a great set of pictures. One of my favorites.

Here is another link w/ funny captions.

Link Removed due to possible trojan infection

Full Story on what happened:

Link Removed due to possible trojan infection
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 06:07 PM
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Did that in a Kayak once wasn't as dramatic but still scared me.
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 06:33 PM
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Hemi thanks for the story to go with the pictures.
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Old Feb 27, 2004 | 11:42 AM
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Old Feb 29, 2004 | 10:10 AM
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Hemi Dart,
Watch out! I just found that one of these links to the tug boat is infected by the Trogan 'Trojan.ByteVerify'. It got into my system and a friend of mine's also.

I don't know about the link from Yachtmaster though.

Chris
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Old Feb 29, 2004 | 10:58 AM
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same thing just happened to me

thanks for the link....
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Old Feb 29, 2004 | 01:38 PM
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Sorry about that you guys. I didn't know. I will scan my system now too.
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Old Feb 29, 2004 | 01:49 PM
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no prob., i realize its easy to be fooled by those things.

if the trojan is on your computer too, make sure you get rid of it......same type destroyed my last harddrive
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Old Feb 29, 2004 | 02:04 PM
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I checked it out yesterday , then just now scanned my 'puter, No virus found.
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Old Feb 29, 2004 | 02:05 PM
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I wonder if the crew gort a bous for saving the ship? You have to admint that shows experience by the captain. Knew when to put power back on made her through.

I bet they all got drunk afterwards.
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Old Feb 29, 2004 | 02:21 PM
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I'm the same as Shovelhead. Ran antivirus & System is clean.
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