- "This is a conch shell, I love finding this. You can hear the ocean, if you listen. That's funny. The ocean sounds like a...oh it's the telephone!"
- — The Harbour Master, Northumberland is Missing, fourth season
The Harbour Master is the narrator of the series which we also see him at the start and the finish of each episode. He was played by Denny Doherty. Rodney plays tricks on him.
Bio
He's seen most of the world's waterfront but still hasn't figured it all out. Of all the vessels he's seen or worked on through his former career as a captain, he likes the tugboats the best. The stories he tells are from their point of view, and his affection for them is obvious.
His role in the functioning of the harbour is akin to being the Mayor, or President. It's his office that sets out the code of conduct for the harbor, balances the sometimes competing interests of all the various harbour users, and determines which docks will be assigned to which boats.
It's a demanding job that usually keeps him in his office overlooking the harbor, where he tries to keep on top of everything with a collection of charts, two-way radios, scanners, harbor radar, phones, and his trusty binoculars.
Generally, he remains only the narrator and keeps out of the model series. However, in one episode, while narrating, he claims a ship was moving dangerously close to "my office."
