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Calling All Tugs for the
Sixteenth Annual
Great North River Tugboat Race and Competition
Sunday 31 August 2008
Pier 84, North River
Hudson River Park, NYC, NY
For Spectator Information visit www.WorkingHarbor.Org
To order tickets for the Circle Line spectator boat, click here
9:30 AM – Tugs gather near Pier 84
10:00 AM – Parade of tugs from Pier 84 to the start line near the 79th Street Boat Basin.
10:30 AM – Race starts
11 AM – Nose to nose pushing contests and line toss competition.
Noon – Tugs tie up to Pier 84 for lunch and awards ceremony.
1 PM – Awards ceremony. Tugs depart at about 2 PM.
Sponsored by the Working Harbor Committee, in conjunction
with Capt. Jerry Roberts (founder of the event), Bert Reinauer (Reinauer Transportation) and the Tugboat Race Steering Committee.
There is no entry fee, but to cover
costs (insurance, sound, awards, food, permitting, administration and so forth), this year’s event is being made possible
by generous contribution, so far, from (list in formation)
• Bren Transportation Corp
• Henry
Marine Services
• Reinauer Transportation
• Portland Tugs
• Miller’s Launch
• Kosnac – K-Tugs
• Others needed…
If you’d be willing to contribute,
please let me know, but it’s strictly voluntary. Checks should be made to the Working Harbor Committee (a 501(c)(3)
not-for-profit) at the address listed below. Contributions are for expenses only and any funds in excess will be banked to
be used for next year’s event.
Pier 84
Pier 84 is a brand new recreational park pier at West 44th Street, North River. It’s one pier south of
the event’s traditional location at the Intrepid Sea*Air*Space Museum. The pier is being provided by the Hudson River
Park Trust and they will be concerned about damage. The Working Harbor Committee will provide insurance for the event (one
of our major costs) but that will not relieve tugs from any responsibility for damage. There are fender piles but they are
not industrial grade and the Trust requires that any vessel tying up to the pier have additional soft fendering. If anyone
can bring additional Yokahama or similar type fenders, that would be great.
The ties ups at noon will take place about 3 hours before low water which is why we moved the event up timewise this year. We will work out a docking plan that takes into consideration vessel’s drafts. Best water is on the north side of the pier. More tidal info to follow.
Your
Vessel(s)
You may not know yet which tug or tugs will
be able to participate this year, but if you do know, or as soon as you do, we’d like to know the following for each
tug: Vessel name, LOA, Draft, HP (total), Owner, Type, Year Built.
If you don’t
know, we’ll register tugs as they arrive before the parade as we have in the past.
Send via email to John@HiddenharborTours.Com or call 212 757 1600 or via mail at
Working Harbor Committee, 455 West
43rd Street, NYC, NY 10036.
Best regards & good tugboating
to all
Jerry Roberts, Bert Reinauer, John Doswell,
The Tugboat Race & Competition Steering Committee
C/o
Working Harbor Committee – 455 West 43rd Street – NYC, NY 10036
Also let us know if you’d like
to be part of the Steering Committee – just a matter of an hour on the phone every so often. We’d love to have
your input.
PS – Race rules, chart
of the area and docking plan will follow.
For Spectator Information visit www.WorkingHarbor.Org
To order tickets for the Circle Line spectator boat, click here
Thank you
Capt. John Doswell
Executive Director
Working Harbor Committee
455 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
212 757 1600
fax 212 265 4833
cell 917 578 4292
email John@HiddenHarborTours.Com
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