Anybody ever seen another one of these aluminum tugs?

www.nanaimo.en.craigslist.ca/boa/2725980265.html

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I like..* a little small for us, but pretty neat!



-- Edited by Badger on Sunday 4th of December 2011 11:08:28 PM



-- Edited by Badger on Sunday 4th of December 2011 11:09:56 PM

RE: Anybody ever seen another on of these aluminum tugs?

Good looking boat. I've never seen another but it's a big area. A lot of custom builders plus some talented builder owners, could be a one off.

It was professionally built and marketed. It is a Bruce Roberts design .. The seller sent me the sales literature all in PDF.* Built by a company in BC Canada


-- Edited by Badger on Sunday 4th of December 2011 11:19:10 PM

some pics I found

Yeah, I cannot remember the builder but I think it was built in the Fraser River about 10-15 yrs ago. Don't quote me but something clicked, of course it could be a brain hiccup. If I;m right the builder were commercial trying out the recreational market.

Fast Water Marine was the builder...** I don't think it would accomodate our family of four, but it is pretty neat.*

I recall seeing a review of this boat in Pacific Yachting back when it was introduced; very intriguing. I think it was called a Pacific Isle or something similar. I can't open the link so don't know its dimensions; 30 feet or so?

Sure has nice lines.

Link wouldn't work for me either so I did a Google search for nanaimo craigslist. Found it listed on Nov 28.

30' Welded Aluminum Cruising Tug - $69000 (Victoria)


30' Pacific Cruiser Tug, heavy duty build in aluminum, perkins 85hp diesel, heat, hot water, dry exhaust, etc

The link in the first post is correct as far as I can see.

Hope that helps, nice rugged looking boat.

Yes, but I'd like more railings.

What a neat design, kind of like a grown up Murphy Alaskan Trader.

The boat yard I work at is five miles up the New River in Fort Lauderdale. The river is narrow and has sharp bends, sometimes strong currents and it is lined with very expensive yachts. Many of the yacht captains will hire tugs to assist them in running the river so our yard has tugs for this. This one was built in*1973 by Gladding Hearn*and is the original un painted aluminum.

That is the Tug "HERO" it used to be owned by Capt Red Koch I believe. I think it had an air cooled Deutz for main engine power. In talking with the owner, he said he never had an overheating issue...in the South Florida sun with bare alumn. His daughter and son in law used to work with him also. Her refit ex-Coast guard 30' FG boat was "Heroine" They had a good business towing and shifting large yachts up and down the New River to the various yards . Etremely competent single screw boatsman/boatswomen!

We are headed up next week to take a look.* We have been planning and had been talking witha builder about building a custom steel boat (38')*

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I stumbled upon this one and am not sure it is is the right one, slightly small for our family, but much more affordable...

There are few things I would like to change, but nothing that can not be addressed in time.* It would get us on the water sooner..

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-- Edited by Badger on Sunday 18th of December 2011 09:26:33 PM

If it's really only 30' it only needs 40hp so it's very overpowered. Can't be much different than my Willard in displacement.*

Mark, * Ever seen a tug w railings? Railings are for old ladies.

nomadwilly wrote:** Ever seen a tug w railings? Railings are for old ladies.

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******* God, all of a sudden I feel so old. (Not to mention somewhat effeminate.)

******* If I remove my rails will it make me feel more manly?

nomadwilly wrote:Railings are for old ladies.

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******** I pulled this out of the TF archives. Must be before you owned the boat, huh Eric?


-- Edited by SeaHorse II on Monday 19th of December 2011 04:01:22 PM

Hahaha *You've got me there Walt. Fair and square. I threw that out for bait for someone. If I had that aluminum tug yacht I'd have as much rail as I've got on Willy. I usually do'nt like the looks of the things and I really dislike it when they get in the way of my fwd visibility. Willy is almost perfect. This is the view I expect to have on a boat. In the pic my fwd hatch was refinished a long time ago.*

"Railings are for old ladies". Or maybe Erica had one of those "operations"? (Couldn't resist. My mind is in the gutter since the "bung" thread)


-- Edited by dwhatty on Monday 19th of December 2011 04:53:43 PM

nomadwilly wrote:
Mark, * Ever seen a tug w railings? Railings are for old ladies.

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*Can't say that I have, but wouldn't be without railings.

This tug-salvage ship has railings midship!

I have no idea what railings have to do w sex but most are not attractive and many are worse. But I (like Mark) would'nt be w/o railings. I however refuse to have them as a forest of tubing on the bow. And I'm sorry to say Mark that most rails on metal boats are the least attractive of all the railings but if I was to inherit your boat I may not change a thing except perhaps on the very bow. Would depend on visibility. The rails on metal boats do look very stout and I'm quite sure they are and the appearance of strength has some merit also. And I think the tugs w/o railings are that way to not interfere w line handling. Also I think railings on metal boats should be painted a dark color that sorta matches the boat. As in try to make them disappear.

I personally think the San Juan line of powerboats have the sweetest looking designs, largely due to the total lack of railings.

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This is the view I expect to have on a boat. In the pic my fwd hatch was refinished a long time ago.*

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*I dunno Eric.* I find that hatch really distracting as it draws the eye away from what's out ahead of the boat.* Sort of like a big open sore in front of the scenery.* If it was my boat I'd either paint the hatch and glass the same color as the deck or, better yet, get rid of the hatch altogether and replace it with a flush hatch the same color and texture as the deck.

I'd also move those angled-down life-lines much farther*aft so they were out of my peripheral vision.* They block too much of the view forward and also cause the eye to be drawn to the sides of the sight picture instead of out front.

And that bow roller on top of the stem.... That thing's got to go.* Really distracting and annoying when I look at your picture.

See, the big advantage of a bow rail and pulpit is that it keeps the eye centered on the sight picture, and that's where the things are that you're going to hit.* So you see them right away because that's where your eyes are looking.* Your boat, on the other hand, has all this stuff that draws the eye away from what you're going to hit.* Very bad layout in my view.

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-- Edited by Marin on Monday 19th of December 2011 07:19:42 PM

I treasure the bow railings too.* They're handy while messing with the anchor as when stepping on the windlass's control buttons.* One of my selection criteria was for a 360-degree deck and railings.


-- Edited by markpierce on Monday 19th of December 2011 08:02:01 PM

You guys really got me feeling inferior and concerned about my masculinity. Here's a picture of my sissy railings and my sorry-ass, wimpy Bruce anchor.




Tomorrow, I'm going to the boat with a cutting torch to remove both. Maybe then I'll feel more like a man.


-- Edited by FlyWright on Wednesday 25th of January 2012 10:15:52 PM

Oh wait a minute....If I remove the railings, the admiral won't go to the bow to help with the anchor.



I might have to rethink this plan. Maybe being a wimpy, sissy Captain with an inadequate Bruce isn't the worse thing...




-- Edited by FlyWright on Wednesday 25th of January 2012 10:18:12 PM

Your railings are fine. You might want to rethink that sorry-ass anchor, though. Since you've kept the railings your wife will still assist with whatever you replace the Bruce with.* So a win (railings)-win (wife assist)-win (decent anchor)*for you.


-- Edited by Marin on Monday 19th of December 2011 10:18:30 PM

Fly, *Your railings look great and I take it you operate the boat from the FB so the're not even close to obstructing the view. Nice looking winch and wench and at least I even approve of the anchor. Not the best but you probably do'nt need the best ....whatever that is.

Marin, *I thought my picture drove my point home especially to a man working in visual communications. The bow roller is gone and replaced w a much bigger unit .....very highly polished. Too bright to be shown on this mostly trawler manly forum. I'm surprised nobody in Thorne Bay has given me flack about it. It'll look fine down in Washington. Keeping my eyes centered is hard as even my brain wanders especially on OTDE. My white vinyl "life lines" worked well in one of my pictures.*

Wrong pic. Here's the right one.

Mark I'm really suprised .....your railings look really great.*

In the first pic one can see my cap rails look good w the home made "teak oil".

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-- Edited by nomadwilly on Monday 19th of December 2011 11:12:57 PM

I was just hoping to keep my kids on the boat with adding a railing..l does that affect my manliness?