Unclematt
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Just bought this 1990 Sundowner 32. I love the boat it needs some upgrades and cosmetics. https://www.trawlerforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=103305&stc=1&d=1591147702
Here is my new Tug
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Hey, NICE! What are your immediate underway plans? Electronics OK, or is that part of the upgrade plan?
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Wow! She's a looker! Congrats.
I've always thought Mr. Sarin nailed the deck- and pilothouse proportions perfectly for that 32ft hull.
I've always thought Mr. Sarin nailed the deck- and pilothouse proportions perfectly for that 32ft hull.
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Congrats on your new boat. Have lots of run with it.
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Congratulations, VERY handsome boat. Enjoy!
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Looks great! Enjoy!
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Nice looking boat except for the wood frames around the windows. The wood pilot house doors add a certain class to the boat.
Depending on the interior lay out of the boat, you are proving you don’t need a big boat to enjoy life. SMILE
Depending on the interior lay out of the boat, you are proving you don’t need a big boat to enjoy life. SMILE
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Replacing the electronics, salon windows with sliders and new genset are part of the this year upgrade plan. Solar is also in the plans but that is two years away. This morning I have a marine electrician coming to sort some electrical issues and teach me a lesson or two about the systems. Thanks everyone.
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I am strongly considering painting the wood window frames on my Albin. It would look pretty plain but I was thinking of adding some painted or decal scrollwork to the frames to set them off. Maybe an accent line ending in a Fleur de Lis or some "artsy" design.
Any ideas?
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Any ideas?
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That's a great-looking boat! Congrats. Keep us posted.
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Congrats, UncleMatt! Sundowners are such handsome boats. They look just right. Enjoy!
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Nice looking tug, congratulations!
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Matt,
Congrats on the new Tug!!
All Tugs are great, and I am not the least bit prejudiced
Enjoy your time with her.
Congrats on the new Tug!!
All Tugs are great, and I am not the least bit prejudiced
Enjoy your time with her.
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Compared to our 30 footer, it looks like they added a foot of length to the pilothouse (doors wider, aft side window bigger) and a foot to the saloon.
Hope yours builds a huge bank of memories like ours has
Hope yours builds a huge bank of memories like ours has
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congrats on your new boat,looks great!
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Compared to our 30 footer, it looks like they added a foot of length to the pilothouse (doors wider, aft side window bigger) and a foot to the saloon.
Hope yours builds a huge bank of memories like ours has
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LOL, that’s the question when it comes to, “What makes it a trawler.” Then you ask, “What makes it a tug.” Read the link in message 23. That will get you started.
Basically, there is no simple answer for either question.
That discussion can take more than a week..... We have tried to define “What’s a trawler??” As I recall, we never arrived at a complete list of parameters defining a trawler.
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Marketing.
They hit the sweet spot where my wife thinks it's cute, but I like the hairy chested workboat lines with no over the top ostentatiousness.
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Having the general appearance of a tugboat but with additional living space behind the pilothouse.
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Most Rec Tugboats are descendants of Rec Tugboats. Like the original 26’ NT w it’s stupid look’in or cute little smokestack. The 32 had foredeck lines remotely like a commercial boat and they retained the smokestack. They retained the stack and kept calling it a Tug. The low freeboard aft was probably a significant part of it. It was then marketing and they knew it and stuck to it.
So all the boats that descended from the toot toot 26 became Tugs for marketing reasons. The early GB’s and IG’s could just as easily be Tugs but those builders chose to be Trawlers. They had FB’s and normal freeboard aft. There are Tugs that are so purely a Tug one couldn’t call them anything esle .. like the Lord Nelson. But it dosn’t take much to declare a Trawler a Tug.
So all the boats that descended from the toot toot 26 became Tugs for marketing reasons. The early GB’s and IG’s could just as easily be Tugs but those builders chose to be Trawlers. They had FB’s and normal freeboard aft. There are Tugs that are so purely a Tug one couldn’t call them anything esle .. like the Lord Nelson. But it dosn’t take much to declare a Trawler a Tug.
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78puget-trawler
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I looked at a couple of the Sundowners before I bought my CHB. I really like them. The big selling point for the CHB though was the aft cabin as I am not that fond of a V berth foc'sle.
Called a tug because of the vague resemblance, no other reason. I think the Sundowner is better looking than an NT though. Congrats to the new happy owner!
Called a tug because of the vague resemblance, no other reason. I think the Sundowner is better looking than an NT though. Congrats to the new happy owner!
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