Nordic Tug 42 review...
NO FREAKIN' WAY!!!!That is one god ugly boat. They look nice in photos, but up close and
personal, uu guh lee... The broker, a wise and older gentleman, knew it the minute we rounded
the corner of the yard and saw the boat on the hard. I must have been
kind of obvious about it. :>) However, in the true tradition of not ruining his day, I took the tour
and listened to the spiel. At the end, I told him that this wasn't my
style and I apologized for taking up his time to which he replied that
he didn't have anything else to do that day anyway. :>) On the plus side, we have a couple of other boats to look at including
a Hatteras and a Viking - perhaps this week, more likely next. So the research into cruising vessels continues. So far, the Hinckley
has it all over the other boats I've viewed ten times over. |
Short
Nov 20
2006
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| Have you looked at Riviera? Solidly built sportfishermen with a lot of creature comforts. |
Chuck
Nov 21
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Jim
Nov 21
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| What's wrong with relaxing a little? Take time to enjoy the
scenery. Pretend you're sailing. DSK |
DSK
Nov 21
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| My wife really wanted a sport fish because she likes the way they
look. We previously owned a Bertram 33 and looked at a bunch of
Berts and Hatts in the 50 to 53 foot size range. It soon became clear
however that none of them had half the living space of our Grand Banks
49, and the sport fish did not have the fuel capacity for long range
cruising. |
Wayne.B
Nov 20
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| Tom, Why don't you and Mrs. Wave take a ride up sometime and take a look at the
Navigator.
Not to buy ... just to see another type of boat style. In some ways it's
sorta between a GB and a Sportsfish in terms of purpose of design. It also
has lotsa room. Might give you some other ideas. Eisboch |
Eisboch
Nov 20
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| Thanks Eisboch - I'll mention it to her when she returns from her
conference duties. Something like that might be a good indicator of where she's what she
would be comfortable with too. I'm not against displacement hulls (although the slow boat to China
approach just grates against my psyche) - I'm probably going to have
to adjust my thinking on the subject. |
Short
Nov 21
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| You can get a GB or GB type boat with twins that will cruise at nearly 20
knots.
From what I've read about the GB hull ... and contrary to popular belief ...
it *is* a planing hull ... but has the advantage of a full keel. Mrs.E's. GB certainly won't plane, but it's a totally different type of
cruising, and surprisingly enjoyable and relaxing. I calculated that I
could almost make it from Cape Cod to southern Florida on one tank of fuel. The Navigator is a true planing hull, although I often cruised along at
10-12 knots. The nice thing about it is that on plane at it's cruising
speed of 19 kts, it only burns about 25-27 gals per hour which is not bad
for a 52 footer. A Viking, Hatteras or similar of that size and designed for
more speed will typically burn 50 gals or more per hour at cruise. Eisboch |
Eisboch
Nov 21
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| It's really a question of adjusting my thinking on the whole subject.
This will be the last large/big boat I buy so I need to put some
thought into it. I was spoiled by the performance of the Contender and the outboard set
up on that boat. I had speed up the wazoo when I wanted to run it
flat out, yet it was still efficient on fuel and at cruise, performed
extremely well. ~~ mutter ~~ Decisions, decisions, decisions... :>) |
Short
Nov 21
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| That's what they all say. |
Eisboch
Nov 21
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| Heh - well, in this case it's true if only for physical reasons. |
Short
Nov 21
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Another issue that I know you have a handle on, but affects most of us here
in the Northeast is dockage for larger boats. At Kingman, where I am, there
are probably 10 times as many slips for 36' and under boats as there are for
boats over 36'. And often, it's not just the length that makes finding a
slip difficult ... it's the beam. In Scituate, the town slips technically
were restricted to boats of 30' or less, but they made exceptions for some
that were bigger as long as the beam was 10' or less. When you start
getting into 15+ foot beams, the availability of slips in this part of the
country starts drying up fast. Down south, however, a 15' beam boat is a peanut. Eisboch |
Eisboch
Nov 21
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| Have you looked at the Monk yet? |
JohnH
Nov 20
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| You might take a look at one afloat to see how it sits its lines. That
boat has a pretty decent keel, so if you were looking at it hauled out
and blocked you might have been about eye level with the chines. Not that you would necessarily have liked it if you had viewed it in
proper context and proportion; but a boat hauled out is at a serious
disadvantage- like a Hollywood starlet just before breakfast after a
long, rough night. (As if I'd know......) :-) |
Chuck
Nov 20
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| That's funny. The Nordic Tug 37 is not a bad looking boat.
> .... So far, the Hinckley
> has it all over the other boats I've viewed ten times over. It only cost money, that's all. DSK |
DSK
Nov 20
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| Nah - not my cuppa if you will. I just didn't warm up to it at all - |
Short
Nov 20
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| I didn't care for it at all - not in the least. |
Short
Nov 20
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| Are you sure you know what you want? You are comparing a Viking and a
Hatteras to a Nordic tug???? Viking and Hatteras along with Ocean and Bertram are short distance fast
boats made to eat a 6' chop to fight fish.... A nordic tug (like a
Nordhaven etc) are long distance cruisers with totally different
characteristics. I own a 48' Ocean which is a great short distance boat for the
fish/cruise/dive crowd that doesn't mind paying $5-7/NM. If you slow
them down to displacement speed you can get there for $3/NM but they
don't take seas great at that speed and you are paying 3x for the power
to go 25kts ++ Once my kids go off to College I will probably downsize and "up sea" to
a 40 Nordhaven and not worry about the time it takes to get somewhere
and not worry if I hit 10'++ seas You are covering a WIDE range of capabilities. |
Ed
Nov 20
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| You're new to the discussion, so let me fill you in. I sold my 32' Contender Fisharound as my other half didn't like it all
that much. We had the pleasure of joining Wayne B and his wife aboard
Wayne's Grand Banks 49 last year and SWMBO liked it very much. So, this is an exploration more of what I'm comfortable with more than
what I'm actually going to purchase in a boat with more of the
comfortable amenities for SWMBO. Thus, I'm looking at a bunch of different styles from displacement
hulls to planing hulls. Additionally, I'm not comfortable with the whole inboard thing being
more of an outboard type guy - personal preference. I'm also a bit of
a speed freak, but I've giving displacement it's due in the search. |
Short
Nov 21
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