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Maritime Throwdown Competitor Uses Winnings For Good Anthony Pettry (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Maritime Throwdown Competitor Uses Winnings For Good

December 21, 2018

The Maritime Throwdown, a three-part competition that pairs line-handling and -throwing challenges with prizes to promote safety and excellence among mariners, held its second annual event October 13 in… Read More

Maritime Throwdown Puts Line Skills, Safety On Display Hobie Johnson with Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel attempts a left handed throw to catch a vertical kevel on the main Maritime Throwdown course October 13. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Hobie Johnson with Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel attempts a left handed throw to catch a vertical kevel on the main Maritime Throwdown course October 13. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Maritime Throwdown Puts Line Skills, Safety On Display

October 19, 2018

The second annual Maritime Throwdown rocked the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, La., October 13, with a total of 14 mariners from as far as West Virginia competing in… Read More

Second Maritime Throwdown Set For October 13

September 25, 2018

The second annual Maritime Throwdown competition is set for October 13 at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, La., near Baton Rouge. The event, created by Capt. Kenny Brown, will… Read More

Maritime Throwdown, IMX Combine For Spirited Competition Martin Parker with the U.S. Maritime Administration takes part in the IMX line-throwing contest. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Martin Parker with the U.S. Maritime Administration takes part in the IMX line-throwing contest. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Maritime Throwdown, IMX Combine For Spirited Competition

June 7, 2018

The Maritime Throwdown, an industrial maritime competition that tests line-handling and line-throwing skills of mariners from around the United States, held its most recent challenge at the Inland Marine… Read More

‘Who Works The Rivers’ Held At Port Of New Orleans

April 16, 2018

Capt. Matt Lagarde demonstrates line-throwing techniques. (Photos by Frank McCormack) Nearly 150 high schoolers gathered at the Port of New Orleans March 28 for RiverWorks Discovery’s Who Works… Read More