AWOOGA VHF

Channel 16

Monitor the radio traffic of Long Island Sound’s most unnecessarily serious tugboat. Leave it running — the harbor talks whether you’re listening or not.

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AWOOGA VHF

Monitor the radio traffic of Long Island Sound’s most unnecessarily serious tugboat.

Sound on. Nothing happens quickly — that’s the point.

AWOOGA Communications Archive

Previous transmissions

Every exchange the radio has carried is recorded, titled and kept. Nothing here was scripted in advance; it accumulated.

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The archive is empty. Turn the radio on and wait — the first conversation you hear becomes the first recording.

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While you’re aboard

The Voice

The 1908 klaxon she’s named after, and exactly how loud a 14-foot boat is legally allowed to be.

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Boat Anatomy

The bubbles, the eyebrows, the horn — all the equipment the harbor keeps asking about.

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Operator’s Manual

Official-ish procedures for operating one unnecessarily complicated mini tug.

Read the manual →

Tugboat Dictionary

Squelch, prolonged blast, bridge-to-bridge — every bit of the jargon, in plain English.

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