Members' Tugs

 

This section of the SENTOA website is reserved for photographs of our member's tugs. Please send us your best digital photo of your Nordic Tug including the tugs's name, owner's name(s), hull number, hailing port, where you cruise, and the location of the photo. You can submit your tug photos directly to our Webmaster via email.

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ABACUS

 

Owners: Bernd & Ann Graf
Model/hull number: 42-005
Hailing Port: New Alamaden, CA
Email: abacus@bushwacker.net
Website: www.bushwacker.net/abacus

Bernd and Ann plan to cruise throughout the Northwest to Alaska over the next few years before "we have Abacus shipped to Mexico for a year and then on to the Great Circle and who knows from there."

ADRIANA

 

Owners: Chuck & Marty Berry
Model/hull number: 32-097
Hailing Port: Melbourne, FL
Email: CBerryFly@aol.com

In the photo, we are anchored at the northernmost point on our Great Loop cruise. Snug Harbour is in the North Channel of Georgian Bay, about 100 miles east of Sault Ste. Marie, MI.

ALMAR TOO

 

Owners: Al and Marlene Casanova
Model/hull number: 32-156
Hailing Port: Juno Beach, FL
Email: alcaa@aol.com

Al and Marlene cruise primarily in South Florida. Here is a photo of ALMAR TOO in Boca Chita, a delightful park in Biscayne Bay.

AUTUMN SAGA

 

Owners: Les and Louise Rothman
Model/hull number: 37-054
Hailing Port: Gainsville, FL
Email: lkrothman@yahoo.com

Les and Louise cruise the east coast with their cat, Captain Kitty. You can read Les' chronicle of their trip up the ICW from Florida to Connecticut in the Cruising Notes section of this website.

BUNNY'S HERON

 

Owners: Jack Lynn
Model/hull number: 32-102
Hailing Port: Indian River, DE
Email: ajlynn@aol.com

Tugboat Amy (Hale) and I cruise the Chesapeake Bay. Our actual home port is the Canton neighborhood of Baltimore on the Patapsco River. The photo was taken off Annapolis.

CHILULA

 

Owners: Mike & Deborah Arnold
Model/hull number: 26-103
Hailing Port: Andrews, NC
Email: mike@chilula.com

This is a picture of Chilula in San Carlos Bay, FL. She has recently moved to Chattanooga, TN, where cruising on the "lakes & rivers" has been a great new experience.

CHIP AHOY

 

Owners: Chip & Louise Worster
Model/hull number: 26-145
Hailing Port: Satellite Beach, FL
Email: olesalte@earthlink.net

Chip & Louise were long-time sailors. They are the first elected SENTOA Co-Presidents.

FIDDLER'S GREEN

 

Owners: Tom & Catherine Brophy
Model/hull number: 26-012 - Sport Tug
Hailing Port: Kirkland, WA
Email: tbrophy@cascadefunding.com

Fiddler's Green is an example of one of 15 to 20 Sport Tugs (AKA Work Tugs or Cricket model) that were built by Nordic Tugs in the early years. She has a 10-ft. cockpit and is powered by a Lehman 80 hp.

MORNING MIST

 

Owners: John & Denise Cook
Model/hull number: 32-066
Hailing Port: Fairbanks, AK
Email: johncook@acsalaska.net

John & Denise purchased Morning Mist last spring. They've had a great summer logging about 100 hours on her in Prince William Sound, Alaska.

NOBSKA

 

Owners: Charlie & Sharon Billings
Model/hull number: 32-057
Hailing Port: Bremerton YC , WA
Email:ceb@oz.net

The photo shows Nobska in front of Chatterbox Falls, Princess Louisa Inlet, B.C. Charlie, Sharon, and Bob (their yellow Lab retriever) cruise Puget Sound and British Columbia year 'round.

SEDONA

 

Owners: Ron & Peggy Carter
Model/hull number: 42-19
Hailing Port: Columbus, MS
Email: seasalt007@aol.com

The photo shows Sedona anchored off the Mar Vista Restaurant in Longboat Key, FL in November, 2005.

TREE HOUSE

 

Owner: Walter McCuiston
Model/hull number: 32-155
Hailing Port: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Email: WMccuiston@aol.com

The photo shows Sedona anchored at Key Largo on the Flordia Keys.

TUGLY

 

Owner: Bob & Susan Owens
Model/hull number: 26-035
Hailing Port: Madisonville, LA
Email: tugly@i-55.com

As you can see, Tugly is a chick magnet. She normally cruises the northshore of Lake Pontchartrain and east to Pensacola, FL. The Tenn-Tom and north are in our plans. The photo was taken on the Tchefuncta River in Madinsonville.

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