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Nordic Tug is starting work on some boat orders once again. Limited, but they indicate there is still interest in their boats, and they are keeping the company going.
Glad to see this happening.
 
The boating industry unlike big Union auto has a "can do" workers attitude that will work with the company owners not agianst them. They have a real understanding of how business gets done. Good for Nordic Tugs they make a great line of boats.
Bill
 
When I was in AK, I went to the Seattle boat show as a Commercial fisherman.
My Sis went with me as we toured a Nordic Tug.
She banged her knees, shins, head and shoulders in that cramped little bugger. She go Clausterphobic down in the Bunks, couldn't fit herself into the Head....
When some other people came up to "see" it we just couldn't get around inside the boat.

I never figured out what the advantage of that boat was!

But.... I sure hope they succeed in securing some orders. The whole industry needs all the Competition and participation they can get. There's something out there for everybody, and somebody for everything made!
 
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Originally posted by Thudpucker

When I was in AK, I went to the Seattle boat show as a Commercial fisherman.
My Sis went with me as we toured a Nordic Tug.
She banged her knees, shins, head and shoulders in that cramped little bugger. She go Clausterphobic down in the Bunks, couldn't fit herself into the Head....
When some other people came up to "see" it we just couldn't get around inside the boat.

I never figured out what the advantage of that boat was!

But.... I sure hope they succeed in securing some orders. The whole industry needs all the Competition and participation they can get. There's something out there for everybody, and somebody for everything made!

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Which size Nordic Tug Thud?
Bill
 
I like the look of those boats. I love the flybridge model.
But they are way overpriced for their size.
 
Bill, I think it was the 26' or bigger. I had a 24' and a 27' at the time. Both were fishing boats, but had Head's and two Bunks. I was used to a lot more room in the boat.

The Head/fridge/helm/ were all one consolidate unit in my fiberform. Maybe a problem for maint, but it sure got a lot of stuff out of the way.
The Nordic Tug had all that stuff, and much much more, but only that little narrow walkway throughout the whole boat and absolutely no back deck at all.

My impression of the Tug was this. Somebody took all the trimmings and equipment off a 40' boat, and stacked it onto a 26' Hull.
Somebody must like that style though, because there are some around Alaska's cook inlet and Prince William sound.
 
They were at both the Newport and Annapolis shows and hopefully got some orders. I always liked the look of them but I think their interiors are small for the size and they've never been on my list to buy. See them all over the place in the northeast though, they definitely have a following.

John
 
Nordig Tugs are very popular with the retiring and never owned a boat before crowd. They have a catchy look, but very impractical.

In years with an actual summer, September boating is a GREAT month to catch up with the full time summer cruiser crowd. These are the serious locals who start in May and don't go home until October, making the Alaska trip most years. These are the ones that you can pick up a lot of ideas from. You can always pick them out with their ready to go stern lines (a typical cozy anchorage practice in these parts), usually a decent capacity freezer tucked into an almost unseen location, easy to deploy dingy and other notables. Boats are usually from 37 to about 55 feet. You will see Roughwaters, 45/47/49 Bay/Meridian series (actually a good NW boat), quite a few OA's, a few 32 GB's. An assortment of interesting steel/aluminum trawlerish vessels of custom build. Among all of these all weather full season boaters, you will almost never see a Nordic Tug. American Tug's, occasionally yes, NT's no.

The problem is that the NT's were built out of an image, not real life practical lessons. You see quite a few NT's locally, but almost exclusively they do the Anacortes, Friday Harbor, Roche and then back home route, staying in marina's almost exclusively. An exception here and there sure, but these are not serious northwest cruising boats. They have the look, that's all. They are not even trawlers for seaworthy benefits, just semi planing hulls and not very deep. They are cramped, poor use of space, and awkward to even entertain in given the small salon's.

In short, the biggest reason for Nordic Tug is to look good in the magazines. On the water, they are a wreck (pun intended). I don't have a picture of one high and dry in the Swinomish slough yet, but I've always had faith that day is coming. For those who don't know, going high and dry outside the well marked channel is the local badge of shame for the "checkbook, but no interest in learning how to boat" crowd. I'm accumulating a decent slide show after starting my collection a few years back.
 
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