Saw something interesting the other evening. There is a ship building company just up the bay from us. The other evening I see Jill reach down and pick up the binoculars, rather intensely I might add. Shortly thereafter, she calls me on deck to "take a look at something strange". Up I go, she hands me the binoculars and I take a look. Neither of us could figure out what we were seeing... just a huge gray shape coming down the intercoastal with little black dots at each end. Then finally the image gelled... being towed down the intercoastal by two 80-90 foot tugs, one on each end, was a large (and I mean very large), off-shore, resupply/utility type vessel. There was another little 30 foot tug running around, doing we know not what; kinda like a mother hen keeping her brood in line. What's unusual about this? They were towing the thing backwards, bow down and the stern high and dry. Weren't necessarily going slow either; the tugs looked like they were going about as fast as they could with such a huge boat in tow and this isn't the straightest part of the intercoastal either. We can't estimate its size, but anyone who has seen one of these huge off-shore supply vessels can imagine what we saw. Not even going to guess at how many gallons of water it took to get the head on that fella to bow down so far. These tug guys always impress me! When I grow up, that's what I want to be. Didn't notice what we'd consider appropriate day shapes or lights, but I'd like to think that pros like this didn't neglects little pesky details like this. However, in their defense, they did just come under a 50 foot vertical clearance bridge which probably explains why they had to sink the front of the boat (where the superstructure was located). But backwards, that was interesting to see. A first for us. Rudy and Jill Briney Bug, Panama City, Fl

What you and Jill saw was the latest stealth ship designed by Dr. Doolittle. The pushme-pullyou design is meant to so confuse the enemy they are unable to launch an attack before the vessel opens fire with its circular weapons. The smaller tug, which is call in the trade a boarder collie tug races around to be sure that the level of confusion remains high. It also manages to stir up enough water to prevent anyone seeing the flushing of the heads overboard. They have no holding tanks. Wasted space the designer claimed. For that matter my source tells me they carry not VHS either, but that has not been confirmed. If you have pictures of this vessel, please destroy them. The story isn't meant to go public until Saturday when the National Enquirer is running an exclusive on this ship. It is embargoed until then. They were selected by N S A as the official media source as part of the National Freedom of Information act II, scene 5. Its best to keep Jill working and not aimlessly looking around enjoying life. She can get into all sorts of trouble. George On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Rudy and Jill <rudysechez@yahoo.com> wrote: > Saw something interesting the other evening. There is a ship building > company just up the bay from us. The other evening I see Jill reach down and > pick up the binoculars, rather intensely I might add. > > Shortly thereafter, she calls me on deck to "take a look at something > strange". Up I go, she hands me the binoculars and I take a look. Neither of > us could figure out what we were seeing... just a huge gray shape coming > down the intercoastal with little black dots at each end. > > Then finally the image gelled... being towed down the intercoastal by two > 80-90 foot tugs, one on each end, was a large (and I mean very large), > off-shore, resupply/utility type vessel. There was another little 30 foot > tug running around, doing we know not what; kinda like a mother hen keeping > her brood in line. > > What's unusual about this? They were towing the thing backwards, bow down > and the stern high and dry. Weren't necessarily going slow either; the tugs > looked like they were going about as fast as they could with such a huge > boat in tow and this isn't the straightest part of the intercoastal either. > We can't estimate its size, but anyone who has seen one of these huge > off-shore supply vessels can imagine what we saw. Not even going to guess at > how many gallons of water it took to get the head on that fella to bow down > so far. These tug guys always impress me! When I grow up, that's what I want > to be. > > Didn't notice what we'd consider appropriate day shapes or lights, but I'd > like to think that pros like this didn't neglects little pesky details like > this. However, in their defense, they did just come under a 50 foot > vertical clearance bridge which probably explains why they had to sink the > front of the boat (where the superstructure was located). But backwards, > that was interesting to see. A first for us. > > Rudy and Jill > Briney Bug, Panama City, Fl > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers-and-trawlering > > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change > email address, etc) go to: > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/options/trawlers-and-trawlering > > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited.