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TUG AMERICA & CAPT PAUL C. LAMARRE III which is a rarity because her rudder is the size of a barn moment in my opinion.” door and she’s got a big propeller and 1,250 horsepower.” In one memorable operation, the 1897 tug towed three

LaMarre takes particular satisfaction in making the older modern Damen tugs simultaneously. (pictured left). “She’s tug perform maneuvers that younger captains might as- still got it,” LaMarre mused.

sociate only with modern equipment. “The proudest mo- Yet the important measure remains commercial perfor- ments as a tug captain are when I can make the America mance.

maneuver like one of the new tugs.” He describes taking “She’s never let me down. That’s the most important her out as getting to dance with his lady, and affectionately thing because, as you said, it’s about the commercial in- calls her the ‘Sophia Loren of tugboats’. dustry, it’s about economics, ef