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Old 09-28-2014, 05:48 AM   #3
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It may help if you can give us more info on the tug you are considering. If it is a "real" tug that has been converted, be very careful. These hulls,although full displacement are simply not designed to go offshore. 12-15' seas in most small (under 80') tugs are HORRIBLE sea boats. Large engine rooms, low decks and bulwarks make for good work boats, lousy yachts.
I cringe when I see a "go anywhere" tug conversion being marketed to unsuspecting buyers.
The general public mistakenly sees a nice looking tug boat and thinks it must be very seaworthy cause' its a TUGBOAT. I have worked on many 100' tugs that have no business being in 6' seas never mind 12-15'.
The Yacht tugs aren't designed for those conditions either.
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