Lady #8 arrives
Cooper, Laurie and Joe Payne, Hiaqua #3, our hosts in Bremerton
Past Commodore Tom Blackwood and his Chief Engineer Charlie Bialko, Thistle Dew #46
Phil and Nancy de l'Etoile, Brave Duck #67
Craig and Juliea Kurath, Annie #38
Lou and Debbie Steplock, Pet Tug #60
Kim and Ted Shann of Tug E. Bear #62
Patrick Mitchell on Elnora #37
Captain Bob and Sandy White, Rengade #72
Alice and Jerry Morris, Guinea Rider 49' #8
Macy Galbreath, Bill Rothert and Zoe of Lady #8
Craig and Rosemary Smith, Rose Bud #34
Ken Smith, Polar Mist 49' #7, models his new boat shoes and rum/arm sling ...
Nurse Pat Smith, Polar Mist 49 #7, loads up on arm sling remedies
Dave and Bicki Howell, Nellie D. #63
Good eating at our Tug Talk and Saturday night dinner venue
Dave opening Tug Talk
Nancy de l'Etoile displays Brave Duck's new fender supports
Renegade's rudder chocks--Capt Bob told how they improve boat handling
Elnora's new setee cabinetry
Pet Tug's #60 new composite counter top
Rose Bud's new genset, inverter, batteries and power control box
What are they talking about?
Sandy White suffers from too much Tug Talk ... but was quickly revived
Mad rush to the silent auction
The silent auction gets competitive ...
Macy and Bill with an award at Saturday night's dinner
The amount of time Tom told Dave it would take to lead the LNVT Association ... he kept to himself that those minutes could add up to hours a day!
We celebrate Kim's birthday with a zillion calorie choclate cake ...
... unfortunately all those candles, and a strong breeze, set the zillion calories on fire. Note: no humans were injured in the making of this photograph.
Bremerton Marina
Phil? Charlie? Phil? ... Janice?
Looks like a hit squad reunion--on no wait, their talking about LNVTs ... still.
Polar Mist gets underway for Poulsbo
Elnora enroute to Poulsbo
Photographing tugs is serious work
Departing bremerton in formation--just not a tight formation
Annie in the foreground tries to tighten up the formation
The Tugs in Poulsbo
Enough said ...
“Hey baby. Want to see a naked tug captain for a $1.00 ?”
”Yes he's begging--but don't give him any money he'll just blow it on boat parts.“
Teddy E Bear and Guinea Rider practice aerial refueling ...
... and that's mighty tasty fuel!
Guinea Rider flies Admiral Nelson's checkerboard flag
Craig documents the very late arrival of Pet Tug and Thistle Dew in Kingston while a helpful deck hand/lawyer warns the tardy skippers of the cost of a bad docking
Tugs make good fishing boats--just not sure what these two are fishing for.
Thistle Dew finally makes it to Kingston--just in time for a BBQ dinner
