GL: Talking to tows

[StWillett at aol.com]

Along the North Coast of the Gulf of Mexico, which has a high  volume of 
commercial traffic, I have usually heard a boat pushing barges  called a tow by 
other "tows", lock tenders, and bridge tenders. That boat  traveling without 
barges is usually called  a "light boat". My  experience has been that they are 
very helpful and almost always respond when  called on the radio. It is 
surprising to me that quite a few of them do not  have their name on the stern. 
Steve Willett
Camano 31
Thibodaux, Louisiana
 



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