A videos from my time working on tugs at great haywood. Just some random moments really:
Smaller the boat, greater the fun - so just imagine the fun you can have in a canal tug boat!
I happened to be involved with dredging operations at Great Haywood in early 2015. While I was there, I did some filming of the operations. Some of it is a bit shaky as I was concentrating on steering rather than filming!
Two tugs were employed on the job. Plover had an ex-Genset HRW3 in her. Thor was IIRC powered by a 3-pot Perkins.
The crashing about in ice was the only way to get the flat fronted tug through the thick ice. By setting up a wave ahead to break it first, and then using the bow wave to break the ice into smaller manageable bits. It was a bit rough and ready, but did the job.