In 1975 at the tender age of 17 a very wet behind the ears Bob Deck
left high school to learn the art of being a deckhand on
Mississippi River towboats with the goal of becoming a "harbor
pilot." The men who trained him were colorful and unique
characters. Men like "Steamboat" Bill Ruport a grizzled River Rat
at the ripe old age of 24who learned Bob how to handle the lines
(what rivermen call ropes) and "lay riggin" (wire barges together)
into "tows" (rafts of barges to be pushed downriver from St. Paul
to St. Louis). Bob learned that rivermen have a whole different
nautical vocabulary. Later decking under the iron-fisted Captain
Crash provided danger and humor to a young man's coming of age. If
you have ever driven across a bridge over the river and wondered
what life on those Mississippi riverboats is like then this is one
view that is enlightening and entertaining.
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