I currently work aboard the Liberty Service and the Chief Engineer aboard, ironically, worked aboard the boat in 1984 for a year. Much to his chagrin as be approached his new billet, in a new job after working on various other tugs since he realized something was familiar about the Liberty. Once aboard he signed in and asked the captain if by chance the boat was the Mac Tide 63 in a former life. I frequently see him pacing around with his coffee at watch change and I ask what’s on his mind; “thirty years ago, man, never thought I’d be here in thirty years.” Oddly small this industry can seem at times.