furnessvale Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 (edited) It does make you wonder about this one, then ! (Petter PD2, but quoted as 21 feet overall length for the boat!....) Link to sale details - Rex Wain Tug "Hebe" If it can be handled, I bet it goes, though !...... My tug, SANDBACH, was built in 1946 by Yarwoods at 25ft long. In less than 12 months she was sent back to have 10ft inserted in the middle. My guess is that she handled like a pig and needed to be longer. Even at 35ft she is "lively" and will turn to go home rapidly if I take my hand off the tiller! The advantage is that I can turn at many more places than just winding holes (but not anywhere I feel like, even at 35ft long). George ex nb Alton retired http://peakforestcanaltowing.blogspot.com/ Edited February 20, 2011 by furnessvale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddywaters Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 If I am honest don't know what I think of them. Can see why they might be an anvantage but at the same time would not want to lose the space inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott :P Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 go a tug deck on our boat the dinette sofa thing lives under there so we can have loose chars during the day making our little 6ft saloon very useful and they make it easy to get on and off the boat if your a bit old and cant move very easy like my mum just make sure you got some sort of sandex grip or something in a terential downpour become a little slippy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Humdinger Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 I like tugs! There, I said it!! I'm out of the closet! Mrs Hum looks around nervously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andywatson Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 I like tugs! There, I said it!! I'm out of the closet! Mrs Hum looks around nervously. No need to be nervous. I'm sure you feel a lot better. Welcome to the fold. You can now face the world with confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSer Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 I like tugs! There, I said it!! I'm out of the closet! Mrs Hum looks around nervously. So do I, for me it is a very practical space. I can store a motorbike or my little fishing dingy on there, it's a picnic area, an outdoor space for the dogs, easy access on and off the boat is a bonus. The under deck storage is a bonus I have space for a washing machine, a water tank, pumps and accumalators, a calorifier, all the kitchen pots and pans, a wine rack & storage for the dogs food. THEN I have a garden shed area with hoses, tools, seats tables, umberallas, paints etc etc all the bits and bobs I normally stored in the front lockers of my old boat but much more space available. On my old boat, the large (4 person) front well was used, but nowhere near to the level of the tugs front deck. Without the cratch and cover of the old boat, the Tug has a real airy feel with the main cabin doors open, it's just a nice place to be looking out. At 70' it's a bit long for some peoples tastes but It does give us plenty of room for living. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEO Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 hi, A useful point with tug decks is easy access, we sometimes take a friend who is confined to a wheelchair out for a trip and the tug deck makes it easy for them to get on or off and remain in their chair as we trundle along. Have just caught up with this post, nice pics of Albion Mills Alan!, I agree about standing in the hatch, but it was the morning after the Southern GU banter and ................headache!. Leo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twbm Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 Meanwhile away from the narrow canals http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/zz102/twbm/LR20Walton20Cutting.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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