here you go! *The first 2 pics are "before and after" via photoshop that an acquaintance sent me after asking around....
nomadwilly wrote:"They're a bunch of traditionalists over there, you know. All devoted to old stuff." Trying to bait me Marin? Ha Ha! Do you consider FBs to be "next generation"? Do you remember this boat from Ketchikan? Looks like Spray put I suspect it was a burnt hull and home made replacement cabin. What's your opinion?
Watch out.* That*could be where there is stored a tank to fuel the stove.nomadwilly wrote:
If I get a Nordic I'll prolly remove the tug boat "smoke stack" too. Just don't like that silly stuff.
nomadwilly wrote:
JohnP,
There's so few full displacement trawlers that I scrutinize every one. The Lord Nelson (LN) looks like it would be a full bodied heavy hull below the WL but it's NOT. It's a fairly light disp canoe shaped that i'm quite sure would roll a lot and not much of anything to dampen it. It's cutesy old time tug boat look is, in my opinion taken too far. The cabin roof looks like an old sway back horse or a rocking chair leg. Just too cutesy. BUT IT IS full disp and if the 99K LN was on the west coast i'd prolly be look'in at it. If I get a Nordic I'll prolly remove the tug boat "smoke stack" too. Just don't like that silly stuff. Now that you mention it I'll look at them. One very important thing is that it is a sizeable boat without being too big to be still in the handy catergory. Can't even remember what engines they have. Over powered like most all trawlers probably. Thanks for the heads up John.
The LN does look like it may have taken the tug look a bit too far.* I like the fact that the displacement hull will probably be easy on fuel.* The 3'6" draft caught my attention, there is a lot of skinny water where I boat. When I do go offshore it is usually only a short run "down the beach" no longer than a day so I plan my weather to keep things as pleasant as possible for the first mate. However if she rolls at anchor that probably would not work so well.I do find the size about right.*** Happy New Year.
JohnP
IG32* #25
TR*** NJ
The Victory Tug was the boat we wanted to get long before we got serious about getting a boat.* It is still one of our favorites.* We really like the design, and think it does a much better job of replicating the harbor tug look than the Nordic Tug, which to me does't really look like a tug at all.* If you think the Victory Tug's lines are way over the top, then I assume you think the boat it is based on-- the New York harbor tug of the first half of the 1900s, is way over the top, too.* I think Lord Nelson did a pretty good job of capturing the look of what inspired their design.nomadwilly wrote:
Can't even remember what engines they [Lord Nelson Victory Tug] have. Over powered like most all trawlers probably. Thanks for the heads up John.
1.* Minot's Light was hauled out in the yard at Seaview North several months ago and that's when I saw the For Sale sign on it.* It is back in its slip but it's in a different section of the marina than we are so we just see it from a distance.* I don't know if the sign is still there but if the sale listing on the internet is still current then I guess it is.nomadwilly wrote:
1. How long has the Bellingham boat been for sale?
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2.Why don't you buy the cute green tug Marin