William JL Kleaman worked on the Galiot, 1941. History 80 years of tugboating history in the Kleaman family.  William Kleaman began Kleaman towing back in the 1920's.  His son, William JL Kleaman, now 95, recalls the days during the depression when it was hard to make a living. He remembers when his dad would lower his lunch on a pole and rope from the Kitsalino Bridge as he passed through on a tug. The "white bag lunch" would include two sandwiches and a note of where to go for the next job.  The Company has changed a lot since those days.  Many Kleaman's have taken tugboating into their lives, William JL's brother Gordon L Kleaman, two of his sons and several grandsons. Four generations later, Coast Marine is owned and operated by Gordon R Kleaman (Senior) and Gordon N Kleaman (Junior).

Coast Marine is an established company with a large prestigious client list:

Aggressive Dock and Pile Allied Shipyards BC Hydro Bel Pacific Excavating Bellingham Marine Burrard Civic Marina Burrard Clean Burrard Yacht Club Caldwell Marine International Canadian Coast Guard Canadian Fish Co. Cannery Restaurant City of Burnaby City of Vancouver Coal Harbour Marina Deep Cove Yacht Club Dept. Of Oceans & Fisheries District of Maple Ridge Edgewater Excavating ESSO False Creek Harbour Athority False Creek Yacht Club Fraser River Pile Driving GVRD GCCJV Gadd Marine Gisbourne Marine Golden Ears Bridge Crossing HSBC Celebration of Light Harbour Air Kinder Morgan Litchfield and Co. Nanaimo Port Authority North East Commonwealth Mackenzie Barge MacMillian Fish Mcdonalds Barge Mitsubishi Canada Ocean Fisheries Ltd. Plaza of Nations Port Moody Fire Dept. Pyro Furtado Quadra Construction Quantum Harbour Services Reed Pt. Marina Shell Canada Shelter Island Marina Royal Vancouver Yacht Club Spruce Harbour Marina Telus Thunderbird Marina TYAM Construction VanBurn Construction Vancouver Pile Driving Vancouver Rowing Club West Coast Air West Shore Constructors Westin Bayshore Westminister Terminal and hundreds of private dock owners