Basic Safety and Towboat Tours

Today we started BST (Basic Safety Training) and did our First Aid and CPR class. Pretty straight forward and fast since almost everyone had been certified at one point. We finished the day with a mock-up hands-on practical test down at the training center where they do all the fire-fighting and other fun stuff.
Afterwards, one of the guys (Brett), took Jake and I on a tour of the "Gulf Titan", which is one of the flagship vessels of Western Towboat. Brett has worked with them for about 2 years and loves it. Western is known in these parts as having some of the cleanest, most detailed tugs in the Pacific Northwest. The pictures below will pretty much sum it up. This boat is similar in size and purpose to what I will be working on, however I doubt that I will be as blessed with such wow factor. The crew for this boat is typically about 5 from what I understand and each person usually gets a full stateroom to themselves, even though each room has double bunks. This boat will run 1 Captain, one 1st Mate, one 2nd Mate, and 2 deckhands or AB's.

If you are curious about the specs on a boat like this, check out Western's website and see some of their other vessels.        Western Towboat - the Gulf Titan

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