I ventured into town tonight and caught them moving the ship. Scott alder came with me and used my canon400D with a sigma 18-125mm lens, and I used the Pentax K10D with a sigma f2.8 20-40mm lens.
Wasn't too bad to start with but man did it get packed by T hour (tide). Standing room only. People were coming in who were watching TV and saw a news update then just ventured on down to the Ocean Baths.
It was indeed a treat to see the tugs in action. The Pacific responder is a sizable tug. OK the fisrt few were taken by Scott on the canon - I have no idea of the settings he used.