Just wondering: you can see the bridge clearance height sign (for over, not under it I presume) is in both feet and metres.

Is that really something you'd see in Alabama in the 70's?

So I guess that's just standard towing technique, eh: when you're going downriver you don't actually tow the barge, you just put a line on its stern and try not to let it get away. Which begs the question: how come the barge didn't get miles away while this tugboat roll was going on?

Anyway, next time I go shopping for a tugboat for inland use, I'll be sure to check the seals on all the hatches.

Like I needed another thing to worry about.

W-O