Blogs, Photos, Companies & Other Links

Blogs

Some great blogs about members' boats, projects, work, etc. (Blogs about a particular boat are also listed in our Boat Roster.) If you have a blog that you'd like to include here, please let us know!

• Campbell Maritime's Captain's Log: Brian shares a daily blog about life as a tugboat captain in "Captain's Log"
• Fremont Tugboat Blog: Mark posts pictures from the daily activities of Fremont Tugboat Co. as well as photos from his vast and ever-growing tugboat photo collection
• Old Tacoma Marine: Adrian catalogs boats with old engines in the Puget Sound area and blogs about his experiences working in the field
• This Old Tugboat: Story of the renovation of Red Cloud from WWII Navy tug to luxury adventure cruiser; also, follow Rick & Karie's facebook page, "This Old Tugboat"
• Tug Galene: Skip & Marty share the progress of their work on the Miki tug, Galene
• Tug Iver: Follow their progress as Bill & Juli transform Iver into a "tughome"
• Tugboat SF

Photos on the Web

Here are a few photo collections of tugboats. If you've found another, please let us know!

• Boatnerd.com: Great Lakes tug & work boat photos
• David Wike's Northwest Tugboats
• Ed Whitebone's Tugboat Photos

Tugboat Companies, Charters & Related Services

Here are some tugboat companies around Puget Sound. Please let us know about others that we've missed, in the Puget Sound area or other areas around the US & Canada.

• Campbell Maritime
• Crowley & Crowley's Vessel History
• Dunlap Towing
• Foss Towing & Foss Towing's History
• Fremont Tugboat Co.
• Island Tug & Barge
• K-Sea
• Western Towboat Co.

Other Clubs & Organizations

Here are a few clubs and other organizations that might be of interest. Please let us know about others that we've missed, in the Puget Sound area or other areas around the US & Canada.

• Model Tug Forum: information on the world of tugboat model building
• NAFTS - National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors: also welcoming of non-military folks with ex-military tugs
• Tugboat Enthusiasts Society: publish a quarterly journal, have an extensive list of boats on their web site, and much more!
• Tugboats Yahoo Group
• Westcoast Work Boat Association: based in Sidney, B. C. and comprised of retired workboats, fishboats & tugboats

Museums

Please let us know if you have suggestions of other museums we should include in this list!

• Working Waterfront Maritime Museum (Tacoma, WA)

Other Links

Some other links you might be interested in. If you'd like to suggest others, please let us know!

• Mother of All Maritime Links: Tugboats and Towboats section of John Kohnen's vast list of links
• ShipbuildingHistory.com: Construction records about vessels built by major shipbuilders, for the military, etc.
• Transport Canada Vessel Registration Search: Canadian vessel registration search for a particular boat, by name or number
• US Vessel Documentation Search: search the US Coast Guard documentation database for a particular boat, by name or number