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The lives of men and women working under potentially dangerous conditions must not only cooperate, but they must watch out for one another, and even care for their fellow workers. Knowing the family members of the people whose life may depend on your actions creates a special bond. Those who do not take that responsibility seriously are not part of the family. Ship and tugboat operations are one of those dangerous professions. Potential danger is lurking nearby most days, and the vessel crews feel committed to protect each other. Because of these close working relationships, the crew members also help to deal with family issues outside the working environment. The crews and their wives, children, and significant others become one large family, and racial and romantic relationships are accepted at face value. Discrimination is not only unacceptable, but it is not safe. The Tugboater Family will impress you and make you wish the rest of the world could be as responsible and caring as these people show us.

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Bob Ojala earned a BSE in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the University of Michigan and has spent nearly five decades in the maritime industry, including service with the U.S. Coast Guard, the American Bureau of Shipping, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. For more than thirty years, he has also run his own marine surveying and consulting business, traveling the world to survey cruise ships, tankers, dry docks, and warships.Inspired by his father, a merchant mariner of thirty-two years, Bob has spent his career honoring the men and women of the maritime world. He is the author of several non-fiction books and Sweetwater Sailors, a picture book celebrating Great Lakes sailors. More stories are on the way, including The Tugboater Family and additional tales drawn from his experiences aboard 165 ocean cruises.

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