Diegoboy's monster tug

[Diegoboy]

This is the monster tug that I am going to get after I sell the Chris Craft (SOLD) and the 38" Tow boat (Pusher Tug).

She is scratch built, 45" long 15" beam
Functional winch with remote release
Cabin, mast, deck, search and nav lights (soon to be LED)
Kort nozzle steering
Rotating radar
Rotating fire monitor (water cannon)
All doors are functional (hinged)
Tool box is functional (hinged)
Tug sound board installed

This is a Sweet boat!

http://www.diegoboy.com/misc/100_2248-sm.jpg (http://www.diegoboy.com/misc/100_2248.jpg)

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http://www.diegoboy.com/misc/100_2251-sm.jpg (http://www.diegoboy.com/misc/100_2251.jpg)

[Diegoboy]

...one more of inside the pilot house

http://www.diegoboy.com/misc/100_2252-sm.jpg (http://www.diegoboy.com/misc/100_2252.jpg)

To get an idea of how BIG she is, the Atlantic harbor tug by Aquacraft is 30"
This one is 45"

[eric-paul]

Very nice indeed. You cant beat the price either

[Diegoboy]

This boat has pushed a barge with an adult man inside around the lake with ease. She has a automotive Radiator fan motor for power.

[SJFE]

What a score man. I'm all green over here :wink:

[Diegoboy]

Thanks Tom,
It's hard to beat a free tug, especially one like this. I'll take vid of the run when I get a stinkin' motorcycle battery to run her. :frusty:

[crazzy maxx]

a motorcycke battery?!?!?!?!?

[RCprince]

Wow she's a couple inches short than my darby...which weighs in at 67 pounds spinning 2 4-1/2 inchers and she uses a car battery and the said it's capable of pulling 4 men in a dingy. But this one you have here is a beauty....a Beauty

[Jeepers]

Hey Diego are gonna sit in that barge and push yourself around so we can see it on video!?:biggrin:

[Diegoboy]

Wow she's a couple inches short than my darby...which weighs in at 67 pounds spinning 2 4-1/2 inchers and she uses a car battery and the said it's capable of pulling 4 men in a dingy. But this one you have here is a beauty....a Beauty

Thank you, Mine is running a single 3.5" prop in a functional kort nozzle with a 12V radiator fan motor for power. It's a HUGE motor with too much power! What motor(s) are you running?


Hey Diego are gonna sit in that barge and push yourself around so we can see it on video!?:biggrin:

I'll get video as soon as possible. :w00t:

[Eyekandyboats]

i have sat in a barge. our scale club has regattas every year and i made the barges ( 4,6,8 feet)
and i sit in the 6 and 8 foot one while the tugs practice

[Diegoboy]

I finally got a 35Ah battery for the Tug. She had a great time in the water today!

http://diegoboy.com/images/gallery/rc-boats/big-tug01-sm.jpg (http://diegoboy.com/images/gallery/rc-boats/big-tug01.jpg)

http://diegoboy.com/images/gallery/rc-boats/big-tug02-sm.jpg (http://diegoboy.com/images/gallery/rc-boats/big-tug02.jpg)

http://diegoboy.com/images/gallery/rc-boats/big-tug03-sm.jpg (http://diegoboy.com/images/gallery/rc-boats/big-tug03.jpg)

[Doby]

Looks Sweet !!!!!!

[Avanti]

wow beautiful rig diego

[egneg]

Coooool .... looks like I may be able to win a race now!

[dirtysouth31]

shameless bump

[Diegoboy]

Thanks Dirty. I am finally going to bed. I just got the police lights installed on the Dumas American Enterprise. They didn't work properly at first, but I got it fixed now. 2:35AM. Now just the mast, deck, and interior lights!

[shockerman80]

diegoboy what you have there is a dumas shelly foss i have one too. Looks good. The 45inch hull was only avaible(sp) as a bare hull with no superstructure at all All you could get was a hull and drawings.

[Diegoboy]

I do wish I could get those drawings.

[shockerman80]

call dumas thats where i got my plans to finish mine they used to be like 15 bucks for the two sheets there are just side views not really any templates or anything