Maritime Throwdown

🔥 THE MARITIME THROWDOWN WILD CARD QUALIFYING TOUR IS COMING! 🔥

This video is from last year at BBQ on the River in Paducah — and we’re coming back September 25!Beautiful Paducah

But first… HOUSTON, YOU’RE UP! 🤘

📍 Houston — Breakbulk Americas
📅 September 22

📍 Paducah — BBQ on the River
📅 September 25

If you’re a mariner who’s been watching these videos thinking, “I can do that…”

GOOD. Now come prove it. 🪢

The MTD course is built around real-world line-handling fundamentals. Skills you may not use every day or in every geographic area — but skills that can make you a more well-rounded mariner and a stronger asset to your crew.

These are WILD CARD QUALIFIERS. Your shot to earn your way to the Maritime Throwdown Finals at IMX27!

💰 $10,000 CASH ON THE LINE AT THE FINALS!

Quit watching from the sidelines.

GET REGISTERED. GET SOME PRACTICE IN. COME COMPETE.

Who’s punching their ticket? 👊

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🗓️
Wildcard qualifiers
Houston Sept 22
Paducah Sept 25

Throwback to and past Champ Justin Truong on the line.

We can't post a vid of the without saying RIP Aquarius Lowman.


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Casting off the line is just as important as catching it. 🪢

to Brennan Templet with Businelle Towing — a DAY ONER with Maritime Throwdown!

He’s quiet… but he’ll smoke your roast on this course! 😂🔥

On the MTD course, casting off is scored too. You get 3 attempts to cast off the Single-Part Extended Pile.

Watch the fundamentals:

✅ Palm UP
✅ Work from the hip
✅ Give yourself plenty of slack
✅ Send the wave of energy down the line

It’s not about memorizing one obstacle. It’s about understanding what makes the line react and building the line-handling skills you can apply in the field.

Every MTD obstacle comes from real-world line handling. You may never see the exact setup, but the fundamentals and techniques behind it can show up anywhere.

Practice the fundamentals. Keep your skills sharp. Then come put them to the test.

🗓️ NEXT QUALIFYING EVENTS
Houston — September 22
Paducah — September 25 Beautiful Paducah

Recruit. Train. Retain.

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THROWBACK.

✅ wet line
❌not frozen (we in Florida)
✅ 2” line
❌ not 6” 8 strand (sorry tough guys)
✅ calm inland waters
❌ not 6-22’ seas

We both knew we wasn’t stopping until we caught this!
We was throwing just to throw…
Great hitch was had this trip!
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Just because she can do it… don’t mean YOU can. 👀😂

She walked over in HIGH HEELS and said, “Give me the line.”

So now we’ve got questions. 😂

Deckhands… y’all really gonna let her make it look that easy?
Tag somebody who talks a big game and tell ’em to come prove it. 👇

This is what Maritime Throwdown brings to an event — people stop, people watch, people talk trash, and before long everybody wants their shot.

🔥 NEXT UP:

📍 Houston — Breakbulk Americas
September 22
Competitors, get registered and come throw.

📍 Paducah, KY — BBQ on the River
September 25
Come see if you can back up all that talking.

And remember…

Just because SHE can do it… don’t mean YOU can. 😏 TowWorks, LLC Beautiful Paducah UMC Marine Yale Cordage

Can you make this throw for $10,000? 💰⚓️

Upcoming events
Sept 22 Houston, TX

Sept 25 Paducah, KY

You’ve got 12 minutes or less to prove your deck skills:

⚓ 8 line-handling obstacles
🪢 3 knots
🔗 Technical tie-offs
🦺 Work vest off → Type I PFD on
🎯 Throws,securing & line handling
⏱️ All against the clock

These are the basic fundamentals a deckhand should know. The same skills you use on deck every hitch.

The difference? Here, 12 minutes of hard work could earn you thousands of dollars.

You already do the job.

So what’s stopping you from competing? 👀

Tag the deckhand who says they can do it. 👇

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FUNDAMENTALS: THE 2-PART FAIRLEAD

The 2-Part Fairlead tests your line handling, accuracy and your ability to properly secure a working line.

The standard:
✅ High-water hitch the eye
✅ Send the bight up to the kevel
✅ Fairlead the line
✅ Secure it on the lower side
✅ Working end goes between the timbers
✅ Lay clean figure 8s on top
✅ 4 wraps
✅ Take it off and finish clean

Here’s the catch — we don’t count how many attempts it takes you to catch the kevel.

Miss it? Throw again.

But every miss eats up your time. ⏱️

Maritime Throwdown was built to incentivize mariners to practice the fundamentals. You may not use this exact setup every day, and some techniques change based on where or how you work. Practicing them still builds a more well-rounded mariner who can bring more to the crew and the industry.

Accuracy comes from repetition.
Speed comes from being smooth.

Practice the fundamentals. Then come put them to the test.

Recruit. Train. Retain.

Think you can catch it and finish clean? Come compete.
Thank you Benji and crew

Texas A&M University Galveston Campus Yale Cordage UMC Marine

FUNDAMENTALS: SUITCASING THE WORKING LINE

One of the final obstacles on the Maritime Throwdown course is suitcasing the working line.

The standard:
✅ Eye or tag end DOWN
✅ Coil CLOCKWISE
✅ Keep your coils clean and controlled
✅ Wrap the eye around the coils to secure the line
✅ Carry it — don’t drag it across the deck and create a trip hazard

Maritime Throwdown was built to incentivize mariners to practice the fundamentals.

You may not use every one of these skills every day. Some techniques may be more common in one geographic area or operation than another. But keeping those skills sharp makes you a more well-rounded mariner and a more valuable asset to your crew and our industry.

That’s what MTD is about: Recruit. Train. Retain.

Practice it. Get comfortable with it. Then come put your skills to the test.

Think you can run the MTD course? Come compete. ⚓️ UMC Marine Yale Cordage Texas A&M University Galveston Campus San Jacinto Maritime Technology & Training Center