GL: Talking to tows

[fred]

Henry and All,

This varies from one place to the next apparently ... in
Port of New York and Hudson River, they are called Tugs, or "Tug and Tow".
That's what they call each other.

Those things towing barges are not called
towboats in our area.  The tow is the actual barge.

Fred
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From: Henry Quigley
<quigley at consolidated.net>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 2:34 PM
To:
Ralph Yost <ralph at alphacompservices.com>, Coleen Barger
<coleen at calypsopoet.net>, great-loop <great-loop at lists.samurai.com>
Subject:
Re: GL: Talking to tows 

Ralph,
I think that a tug is a boat that moves
large ships around in harbors etc.
A tow is a towboat that pushes or tows
barges.
A barge is what is moved by a tow(boat).
Towboats don't like to be
called a tug which they are not.
Henry

---- Original message ----
>Date:
Mon, 3 Sep 2007 07:24:25 -0400
>From: "Ralph Yost"   
>Subject: Re: GL:
Talking to tows  
>To: "Coleen Barger" , "great-loop" 
>
>Great tips !
>Suggest you call the TUG, not the tow. Tugs tow barges, "the tow" is the
>barge or other floating object being moved by the tug.
>R.
>----- Original
Message ----- 
>From: "Coleen Barger" 
>> 1. Do not call the tow a barge.
The barges do not have VHF radios on them.
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