Charles W.

All right, I promised talk of history, and here we go, because if you wanted to invent a tugboat, the 18th and 19th centuries was a pretty good time to do it because we were using sailing ships at the time for transporting people and goods and all kinds of things. And those things are gorgeous, beautiful on the water.

All right, I promised talk of history, and here we go, because if you wanted to invent a tugboat, the 18th and 19th centuries was a pretty good time to do it because we were using sailing ships at the time for transporting people and goods and all kinds of things. And those things are gorgeous, beautiful on the water.

All right, I promised talk of history, and here we go, because if you wanted to invent a tugboat, the 18th and 19th centuries was a pretty good time to do it because we were using sailing ships at the time for transporting people and goods and all kinds of things. And those things are gorgeous, beautiful on the water.

They sailed great out on the high seas, but they did not do well, especially because they were just sailing ships when they got around land in small, tight spaces.

They sailed great out on the high seas, but they did not do well, especially because they were just sailing ships when they got around land in small, tight spaces.

They sailed great out on the high seas, but they did not do well, especially because they were just sailing ships when they got around land in small, tight spaces.

So they would, you know, you've seen it in movies, they would dock, or not dock, but they would anchor, you know, a couple of hundred feet from shore and then start shuttling people and stuff in little tiny boats because that's about as close as they could safely get. And that's not efficient. Taylor would be rolling over in his grave.

So they would, you know, you've seen it in movies, they would dock, or not dock, but they would anchor, you know, a couple of hundred feet from shore and then start shuttling people and stuff in little tiny boats because that's about as close as they could safely get. And that's not efficient. Taylor would be rolling over in his grave.

So they would, you know, you've seen it in movies, they would dock, or not dock, but they would anchor, you know, a couple of hundred feet from shore and then start shuttling people and stuff in little tiny boats because that's about as close as they could safely get. And that's not efficient. Taylor would be rolling over in his grave.

Yeah, I think he was. He was from England, 18th century inventor. His name, no lie, was Jonathan Hulls. That's nuts. It is pretty nuts. And he thought it was like a helper vessel is what he called it. It was powered by a steam engine. But what he was talking about was tugboats. It could tow a sailboat in and out of port. This was in 1737 when he filed for a patent.

Yeah, I think he was. He was from England, 18th century inventor. His name, no lie, was Jonathan Hulls. That's nuts. It is pretty nuts. And he thought it was like a helper vessel is what he called it. It was powered by a steam engine. But what he was talking about was tugboats. It could tow a sailboat in and out of port. This was in 1737 when he filed for a patent.

Yeah, I think he was. He was from England, 18th century inventor. His name, no lie, was Jonathan Hulls. That's nuts. It is pretty nuts. And he thought it was like a helper vessel is what he called it. It was powered by a steam engine. But what he was talking about was tugboats. It could tow a sailboat in and out of port. This was in 1737 when he filed for a patent.

It was called a description and draft of a new invented machine for carrying vessels or ships out of or into any harbor port or river against the wind in tide or in a calm. And it was totally genius. 30 years before James Watt's steam engine hit the scene. Yeah. And everyone was like, what a dumb idea.

It was called a description and draft of a new invented machine for carrying vessels or ships out of or into any harbor port or river against the wind in tide or in a calm. And it was totally genius. 30 years before James Watt's steam engine hit the scene. Yeah. And everyone was like, what a dumb idea.

It was called a description and draft of a new invented machine for carrying vessels or ships out of or into any harbor port or river against the wind in tide or in a calm. And it was totally genius. 30 years before James Watt's steam engine hit the scene. Yeah. And everyone was like, what a dumb idea.

I guess so. All I know is we're getting kicked out of this pub any second now.

I guess so. All I know is we're getting kicked out of this pub any second now.

I guess so. All I know is we're getting kicked out of this pub any second now.

Yeah.

Yeah.