Jack Gaston: 20 years with Maritime Journal

摘要

Time goes quickly in the Tugs & Towing business and Maritime Journal's illustrious correspondent Jack Gaston has now been documenting the industry's progress for MJ for 20 years. It has been a period of immense technological change for the industry, as tug design and development has diversified to meet demand for a wider range of more versatile and powerful vessels. Jack's interest in tugs began in the early 1960s. He had just finished an apprenticeship in heavy plant engineering and, always a keen model maker, saw a plan for a tug in The Model Engineer magazine. He had never seen a tug but contacted the owners of the tug Moorcock, berthed at Gravesend near his home in Kent UK. A tour of the ship with the tug's chief engineer and Jack was hooked. "I was so fascinated by the direct reversing Polar engine, I have never been away since."