Comments on: Tug Grouper

By: tugster

tugster — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:41:06 +0000

dear anon– make an offer. so far as i know, the current owner purchased it a year and a half ago and MIGHT be in over his head. make a specific offer.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:15:41 +0000

Anyone know if the tug is still up for sale? My greatgrand father was the tug green bays captain for many years. If anyone has any info let me know at the email below thanks

tritan84@hotmail.com

By: jeff

jeff — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:27:59 +0000

Here’s Tug Green Bay 1940′s, Video Footage http://www.flickr.com/photos/28495439@N05/6046153351/

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:32:05 +0000

News paper Archives in Manitowoc and came across alot of information and some old pictures . Heres one Interesting piece of History I Found . In June 29,1953 tug Green Bay had a Boiler Explosion in the outer harbor in manitowoc which blew out the top of the boiler, Engineer Adrian Paska escaped injury as the pieces of steel from the boiler showered down on him. The Green Bay was towed to the manitowoc shipbuilding Inc for repairs. A boiler, similar to the one wrecked, was located on an old tug at Cleveland, Ohio, was brought and trucked to manitowoc shipbuilding and was placed in the green bay and was back in service in three weeks.

By: tugster

tugster — Tue, 17 May 2011 11:46:00 +0000

thanks, jon. i’ll pass this along.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 17 May 2011 11:43:40 +0000

Tugster, please contact the new owner & have the tug re-tied. She is now on the west side of the Lyons lock. Her forward line is too tight and the rear too loose causing her to bang into the concrete wall below the rub rail forward. This will cause damage to the hull if not corrected. I would have done it but did not want to trespass. (I would suggest some bumpers or bumper boards) Thanks

By: tugbuff

tugbuff — Fri, 13 May 2011 11:34:15 +0000

Angela, just came across this blog. We have had an eye on the Grouper for a while as I live 8 miles west of Newark. I live on the NY Barge Canal just above lock 29. My brother and I are pretty boat saavy being raised working on my relatives car ferry in the Thousand Islands. I’m a radio guy by trade but very much at home on commercial boats having done every job on the ferry my whole life.
I’m not sure if we can be any assistance to you in your great effort to bring the tug back to life.

By: tugster

tugster — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:56:52 +0000

angela– i love it that you and alan have adopted grouper and will make her shine and roar. thank you. to have seen her go to scrap would have been a loss.

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:21:53 +0000

Amazing feedback! Thank you all, again…what can I say. We have been busy with the canal and required insurance and making travel arrangements. Alan will be moving her this weekend and will be with her for a week. I will post any news I get from him on her.

This is a historical moment, once again, and we are grateful to be a part of her history in the making.

I am not looking forward to the bureaucracy and the expenditures, but am completely confident that she will shine like never before and roar.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:42:39 +0000

Some ideas to assist your restoration I hope!
The NY Canal Corporation (Erie Canal)http://www.canals.ny.gov/corporation/index.html
The Great Lakes Towing Company (They made the “Gary”)
http://www.thegreatlakesgroup.com/