Let’s hear it for the Capt. Brian A. McAllister (above), the fastest tugboat in New York. In fact, the Capt. Brian A. McAllister, a one-year-old, 100-foot-long, 6,770-hp monster, just beat 12 other tugboats to come in first in the 25th annual Great North River Tugboat Race & Competition. Its winning speed over the one-nautical-mile course in the Hudson River off Manhattan’s Pier 84: A blazing 17 knots.
As the winner, the Capt. Brain A. McAllister got a trophy of a bronze tugboat. And its captain, Jackie Benton Jr., got major bragging rights. This was his first race, and he was working under the eye of Brian Fournier, a tugboat captain from Maine, who had already won seven times.
For more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/sports/great-north-river-tugboat-race.html?mcubz=0
