Tug Captain's Career Spanned Era Marked By Progress And Conflict

摘要

One can imagine the FloridarnRoom jutting out from Capt. John Willmots home in St. Petersburg as a spacious wheelhouse with large windows on three sides revealing water, in the form of a pool, stretching across the patio.rnInside, the large roundrntable can take a chart with room to spare for the coffee mug, never far from Willmots hand. "This is my kingdom," said Will-mot, recendy retired from Moran Towing in New York. He started as a deck hand on a steam tug at 18, and retired Feb. 17, 2009, as a captain of a z-drive, atrnage 70. Among his peers he is something of a legend, more for the way he went about his business in the wheelhouse than any incident or event.rn"I gave him the name 'Pops' because he had a fatherly attitude, but not in a condescending way," said Paul Roura, a delegate for Local 333, United Marine Division of the ILA on Staten Island. Roura started as a deck hand under Willmot in 1990 on Kathleen Turecamo.