The Midland harbour jetties are packed with decked-out tug boats
the skies are clearing after a monsoon type downpour that lasted an hour.
The tugs will have a few races and take folk of short harbour rides. They are open to you stepping onboard and trying out the wheelhouse, makes you feel like Popeye or Steamboat Willy, classic shaped rising bows on these small powerful boats.
One of the weekends events is to test the power of the tug.
A compression plate with hydraulic hose to a scale is set on the jetty side, then the tugs take turns to push against it
I don’t think the baby tug has much of a chance, cute and fast though it is
the big boys are trying next 
They are having push battles in the harbour
and a couple push the 350 ton giant of the harbour sideways
The jetty has a few bands playing and a market, at which the turtle outpaces most of the browsing folk
Bravest sight is the little girl happy to be draped with a snake from the travelling zoo
The tugs are happy to parade-on, with what looks like their own cloud each
The TugFest champion takes a bow (pun intended obviously) 
Live music with my poutine and a bottle of moosehead before cycling back to Penetenguishene, superb weekend
Geriatric Gap Years 