The Travels of Tug 44


About Tug 44 - The Boat



Tug 44 is an American Tug model AT34, the world's best pilothouse trawler. She is about 38 feet long and 14 feet wide, the 44th one built by Tomco Marine Group of LaConner, Washington state. She is equipped with all the amenities one would generally find in a much larger vessel.

She is a "fast" trawler, able to cruise at 18+ knots (20+ mph) fully loaded, and sleeps 4 comfortably. There is a 5kw (41 amps) Onan generator and central air and heat, a very nice kitchen, a queen-sized stateroom and a Cummins 370B turbo diesel.

Early versions of this boat were built as commercial fishing tugs, used to tow nets in Alaska waters. The fishing versions lacked the rear cabin and were configured like a pickup truck with a large open area in the back for the net spool & winch, and room to transport the catch back to the mother ship.

Later, the pleasure boat version was built, and greatly outsold the fishing tugs, so the commercial version was abandoned. That same original mold used to lay up the fiberglass hulls for the fishing tugs, was also used to build Tug 44. Her commercial tug hull is extremely tough, as the crew of her sister ship discovered after a 15 knot crash stop onto the rocks with no damage.

Tug 44 was built and delivered in June 2003, and has cruised mostly on the Hudson River and the New York Canal System including the Erie Canal and Champlain Canal. Her distinctive appearance draws onlookers at every port.



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