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Life Along the Banks: M/V Kyle A. Shaw
Posted on May 26th, 2013
![]() The M/V Kyle A. Shaw is seen frequently pushing barges filled with petroleum products heading to and from the Phillip’s 66 San Bernard terminal near Sweeny. She was christened into the Houston Higman Marine Services fleet on August 19, 2009.
The following is from a June 2010 article in THE TOW LINE, a Higman Service Corp. newsletter:
A dropping tide and a lack of local knowledge is a bad combination. > |
There is not much out there at mile 422 ICWW, east of Matagorda, TX. At 1830 on May 28, 2010, the M/V Kyle A. Shaw was west bound, awaiting traffic, when the crew spotted a stranded Sports Fishing Boat up on a mud flat. The boat had become the victim of an outgoing tide and would not be going anywhere soon.
The boat's owner had neither a VHF radio, a working cell phone nor supplies of food and water. There were no charts or tide tables aboard. He was about to spend a long night in an area where if the mosquitoes don't carry you off, the wild hogs will.
Captain Dave Box noticed the boater’s plight and was able to contact him through the loud hailer. Tankermen Mike Rack and Juan Pena were then sent via skiff to assess the situation. They offered the boater the option to ride with the tow to the next landing near Matagorda or they could leave him with food/water/bug repellant with the hope that the tide would later raise enough for self rescue.
The anxious boater opted for the ride offer. Once aboard the M/V Kyle A. Shaw, he was fed, given dry clothes and was later delivered to his family. Though the rescue was not dramatic and no life was really ever in jeopardy, the crew of the M/V Kyle A. Shaw arose to the occasion and helped a stranded boater.
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