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07-19-2014, 10:49 AM
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Senior Member
City: Lake Oswego, Oregon
Vessel Name: Stout
Vessel Model: Nordic Tug 42
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 189
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AT-34 Launch
We launched our new to us American Tug 34 on the Columbia River yesterday. Will have to spend a few days getting her back together from her trip across country. Pictures of the launch:
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07-19-2014, 11:35 AM
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TF Site Team
City: California Delta
Vessel Name: FlyWright
Vessel Model: 1977 Marshall Californian 34 LRC
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 13,728
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Congrats on your new 34! She's a beaut! I always get a little nervous when I see my boat suspended in the air like that.
Love the Tigard/Lake Oswego area. Spent a night there a few years back and was very impressed with the experience. Found a great brewpub on the Willamette with a long deck out to the river. It would be one of my top choices for places to live in the Portland area.
Where was the boat transported from? How did that over-land transport go? Any lessons learned?
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07-19-2014, 04:34 PM
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Master and Commander
City: Vallejo CA
Vessel Name: Carquinez Coot
Vessel Model: penultimate Seahorse Marine Coot hull #6
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 12,559
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyWright
Congrats on your new 34! She's a beaut! I always get a little nervous when I see my boat suspended in the air like that.
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The higher the suspension, the greater the nervousness.
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07-19-2014, 11:16 PM
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Senior Member
City: Victoria BC
Vessel Name: LUCKY US
Vessel Model: American Tug
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 267
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Congrats and welcome to the club!
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07-20-2014, 01:01 AM
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Guru
City: Santa Cruz, CA
Vessel Name: Concerto
Vessel Model: 1980 Cheoy Lee
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 1,531
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Congratulations. Great looking boat! More pictures when you have time!
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07-20-2014, 07:14 AM
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Senior Member
City: Spring Lake, MI
Vessel Name: Great Laker
Vessel Model: American Tug 34
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 346
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Welcome and congratulations on your American Tug! It is one great boat and you are going to love her.
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07-20-2014, 08:27 AM
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Senior Member
City: Lake Oswego, Oregon
Vessel Name: Stout
Vessel Model: Nordic Tug 42
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 189
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Hi Al, The yard that unloaded her was very professional and their equipment looked well taken cared for. I checked out the lifting straps and they looked good.
There are a lot of good brew pubs up here in the Portland area. Also a lot of coffee shops. I think our mild wet winters here breed them!
We bought the boat out of the mid west. There are not a lot of boats moving across country so it took forever to get a truck to move the boat. The trucking company we used did not damage the boat. But they really hammered us on the price. They gave us a price and then when the boat was loaded on the trailer came back and raised the price by 20%. No negotiation, he said it was for the oversize permits & construction detours. Bait & switch?
We are spending the weekend remounting the upper deck ladder & railings. Then need to clean her up, she is really dirty from the trip.
Mark, you win on the height! Not to mention hanging over steel containers instead of water. Looks like they had good rigging.
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07-20-2014, 08:29 AM
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Senior Member
City: Lake Oswego, Oregon
Vessel Name: Stout
Vessel Model: Nordic Tug 42
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 189
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Juksey, Bligh, Larry: Thanks, It took a while but we are very happy with the boat.
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Cheers, Kevin
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08-12-2014, 06:08 PM
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Senior Member
City: Lake Oswego, Oregon
Vessel Name: Stout
Vessel Model: Nordic Tug 42
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 189
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Have reinstalled all the upper SS rails & radar mast. All went together fairly well with only a little 3M-4200 pookum in my hair
We have taken her out a few short shake down cruises. She handles well and docking her is easier than I expected. Need to finish the vacuflush rebuild so we can take an overnight trip.
At our temporary moorage: My wife enjoying the helm:
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11-23-2017, 01:53 PM
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Guru
City: Aventura FL
Vessel Name: Kinja
Vessel Model: American Tug 34 #116 2008
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 10,595
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Anyone know of an opportunity/availability to change the 'destroyer' type wheel with an old fashion wood spoke wheel?
The design of the American Tug begs for a wooden wheel.
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Two days out the hospital after a week in the hospital because of a significant heart attack.
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11-23-2017, 03:33 PM
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Senior Member
City: Lake Oswego, Oregon
Vessel Name: Stout
Vessel Model: Nordic Tug 42
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 189
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Maybe one from a Nordic Tug would fit? If so, you could find someone local and trade?
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11-23-2017, 04:50 PM
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Guru
City: Aventura FL
Vessel Name: Kinja
Vessel Model: American Tug 34 #116 2008
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 10,595
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kpoling
Maybe one from a Nordic Tug would fit? If so, you could find someone local and trade?
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That might be best and least expensive way.
The man who does my carpentry is excellent and I am sure he would be very happy to build one for me but, I don't have any children to give him in trade.
They are in such demand, they do not take on new clients. To get him to work on your boat, you have to had him work on your boat before. I think I was either his first client or one of the early 5 clients. He did significant work on my Nordhavn and now, he does a little bit of work on my AT.
Always top notch, he can see a design before me and I supposedly know what I want.
Hmmmm, I wonder if I can rent out my place in line to others. LOL
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Two days out the hospital after a week in the hospital because of a significant heart attack.
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11-24-2017, 09:28 AM
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Senior Member
City: Markham
Vessel Name: currently boatless
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 280
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Welcome and congrats! You will enjoy your AT 34 - best couples boat out there.
David
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12-29-2017, 01:42 PM
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Guru
City: Aventura FL
Vessel Name: Kinja
Vessel Model: American Tug 34 #116 2008
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 10,595
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kpoling, if you dont fall in love with your boat, may I suggest you seek emotional counseling? LOL
Once you get used to the 1/2 hanging closet all will be fine. That is assuming your wife allows you 1/2.
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Two days out the hospital after a week in the hospital because of a significant heart attack.
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12-29-2017, 03:42 PM
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Senior Member
City: SOBX North Carolina
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 348
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The only problem that I have experienced in limited space helms such as you are showing and spoke wheels is that you are always running your leg into one of the spokes when moving side to side and not thinking.
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12-29-2017, 03:45 PM
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Senior Member
City: SOBX North Carolina
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 348
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OldDan1943
That might be best and least expensive way.
The man who does my carpentry is excellent and I am sure he would be very happy to build one for me but, I don't have any children to give him in trade.
They are in such demand, they do not take on new clients. To get him to work on your boat, you have to had him work on your boat before. I think I was either his first client or one of the early 5 clients. He did significant work on my Nordhavn and now, he does a little bit of work on my AT.
Always top notch, he can see a design before me and I supposedly know what I want.
Hmmmm, I wonder if I can rent out my place in line to others. LOL
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Interesting, the fellow must be on up in age too. This does have a way of slowing you down for doing a lot of tedious work while having lost your patience with consumers. [my experience anyway] That's the hardest thing these days attempting to educate most consumers to how long it takes to do absolutely nothing, or so it seems . This translates into dollars for sure.
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12-29-2017, 03:52 PM
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Guru
City: Aventura FL
Vessel Name: Kinja
Vessel Model: American Tug 34 #116 2008
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 10,595
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scratchnsaw
The only problem that I have experienced in limited space helms such as you are showing and spoke wheels is that you are always running your leg into one of the spokes when moving side to side and not thinking.
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Either will do but, really need a cord to tell us when we are getting closer to centering the rudder, that is assuming the rudder was centered when the AP was shut off.
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Two days out the hospital after a week in the hospital because of a significant heart attack.
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12-29-2017, 03:56 PM
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Senior Member
City: SOBX North Carolina
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 348
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OldDan1943
Either will do but, really need a cord to tell us when we are getting closer to centering the rudder, that is assuming the rudder was centered when the AP was shut off.
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Well that is if you only have one turn for hard over to hard over. Have you considered a rudder indicator wired from your rudder stock?
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12-29-2017, 03:58 PM
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Guru
City: Aventura FL
Vessel Name: Kinja
Vessel Model: American Tug 34 #116 2008
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 10,595
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scratchnsaw
Well that is if you only have one turn for hard over to hard over. Have you considered a rudder indicator wired from your rudder stock?
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Yes, I have 2 rudder indicators independent of each other, both attached to the rudder stock.
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Two days out the hospital after a week in the hospital because of a significant heart attack.
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12-29-2017, 04:05 PM
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Senior Member
City: SOBX North Carolina
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 348
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Well I am a bit confused. You said that you wanted to know when you were close to centering the rudder. So the indicator that you have should do that. No?
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