Calling Boat Experts

[Hover Fly]

The boat in the OP looks very like USS Hoga (Pearl Harbor, now in a museum in Arkansas). I gather she has been in Whitby for a few years now, presumably being slowly restored or converted. What bothers me is the bulbous forefoot, there was no point in having one on a tug, and to work it would have to be completely submerged.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Not the USS Hoga, unless heavily modified.

Last I heard, Hoga was still in mothball fleet in Suisun, Bay, awaiting transfer to Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum..
http://aimmuseum.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suisun_Bay_Reserve_Fleet

 

[Gravity Aided]

Is this at Parkol Marine's Dock in Whitby? Scuttlebutt I hear is that it was a U.S. Tug from the 1950's, built for the U.S. Navy. The new owners were going to build a luxury explorer yacht out of her.

 

[TVC]

Thanks for the hint GA. Here she is.

http://www.parkol.co.uk/cgi-bin/parkol.cgi?TASK=DrawStory&ARTICLE=1406899215

 

[Deleted member 23692]

So it's a new build and not a refurb then! Impressive work

 

[Gravity Aided]

I still wonder about the bow. I wonder if that's a sonar transducer, or just a bulbous bow for efficiency.

 

[snorri]

As above, it's a newbuild based on the 'Charleston' a US Army tug of 1955 later renamed Able Three which had lain in Whitby since the1990s, might still be there.. The story goes that the original tug lay in Whitby waiting conversion until the owner decided to have a new vessel built, larger but on similar lines to the original.
The original did not have a bulbous bow, but the superstructure was very similar.

 

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North of Vancouver, boom tugs tow huge rafts of logs through narrow channels. In this clip, there's a fierce tide running. Incredible seamanship by the helmsman.

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View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqSqnhLHGto
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[Gravity Aided]

Looks like a dandy. Some fancy workmanship there. Both on the new build and on the boom tug

 

[Tin Pot]

Are there restrictions on boat naming?

If I had a Tug, I'd call it Jobe.

I'd not really want to own one, but I've wanted to sail in the Med for a while, a Cat ideally.

 

[Cheddar George]

Are there restrictions on boat naming?

If I had a Tug, I'd call it Jobe.

I'd not really want to own one, but I've wanted to sail in the Med for a while, a Cat ideally.

Don't think there are restrictions, there used to be a small fishing boat down this way called the "Isaac Hunt".
Best pronounced with a bristolian accent.