. . or I could call this Scale, the next number in line.
Directly below, it’s Commander, the 140′ x 54′ escort tug on its way to Alaska in 2018. Photo comes from my sister, of ketch Maraki. She caught the tug off the east end of the Panama Canal. More on Commander here.
And on the other extreme in size, here’s a cute little tugboat from Jerry Rice, who runs the Pirates on the Pungo races in Pamlico Sound . . . more specifically in Belhaven, where I was born. This tug reminds me of the very popular tug here from over 12 years ago. The info on the “for sale” sign says “Francis Cox, 252-702-0623.”
And finally, from Jed, and taken a year and a half ago, it’s a Damen RSD 2513 tug. RSD expands to “reversed stern drive.” Specs are here.
photo date 17 june 2018
Innovation shows some innovative design.
photo date 17 june 2018
Many thanks to Lucy, Jerry, and Jed for these photos. I’m also happy to share other folks’ photos.
tugster: a waterblog 
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January 15, 2020 at 1:51 pm
Frederick H Mallett
Take a look at that bow mat on that small Crosby 26 foot tug. I built that mat for a customer way back in the mid 1995s. It looked like the loops stretched over the years as the original opening was very tight. If you looked at it close I build the mats with the line going through the outer frame line so it would not move left and right. Over the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, I built many bow mats in my garage. Learned bow mat building when I was a deckhand on the tug Texaco Marfak 11 (now High Roller)