American Tug Summer Expedition

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Expedition 2013   -    July 3-16    -    It is time to head north!

Cruise with friends in Northern British Columbia.  A loose itinerary allowing lay days, time to explore alone or as a group, to fish, relax and enjoy your tug.

Sullivan  Bay, BC in the Broughton Islands for Canada Day or the 4th of July.  Watch the parade and try the driving range.  July 1-5, 2013.  Many of the AT owners will be gathering up here and ready to start our summer cruise.

Port McNeil, BC.  We are holding a weather briefing and Cape Caution rounding discussion at the Sportsman Pub, Steak & Pizza house.  July 7th, 2013.  Port McNeil is the last place to top up with municipal water, there is a great grocery store and all the services.

Pruth Bay off Fitz Hugh Sound.  July 9th.  A great anchorage.  Hike the trails through the coastal rain forest and see beautiful west beach or north beach, on the Pacific side of Calvert Island.  These white sand beaches are better than Maui.

Ocean Falls is a unique town.  50 year round residents in the former mill town that supported 5,000.  See the abandoned hotel, bar, apartment building and tennis club.  There is a lot of life left here, they certainly make boaters welcome.  We will have a pot luck on July 12, 2013.  See my Ocean Falls photo album here.

Rescue Bay is a wonderful anchorage and perfect for our Star or Wagon wheel raft on July 15th.  Mike Schoppert, President of American Tugs, will be announcing the winner of the American Tug geocaching challenge while anchored here.  This is the final event of our 2013 Summer Expedition and a perfect northern destination, or the jump off point for the Inside Passage route to Alaska.

Download our Summer Expedition Brochure here.

The American Tug Summer Expedition is open to any and all of those in the American Tug family.  Call Steve Scruggs at Tomco Marine to sign up.  Join the fun by calling 360-466-2961 or email steve@americantugs.com.

Factory Tours and Open House – May 17 & 18th

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Take a factory tour and visit Trawler Row this Friday & Saturday, from 10-5.

American Tug display moorage

Come on up to La Conner and visit the American Tug factory.  We would be happy to give you a tour and show how our boats are built.  Friday & Saturday, 10 to 5.

Take a walk down Trawler Row – our factory dock in the La Conner Marina.  We will have several late-model American Tugs on display including:

  • Morning Rose – 2001 AT-34
  • Ashika – 2008 AT-34
  • Western Spirit – 2012 AT-365
  • Ocean Mistress – 2006 AT-41
  • See all of our listings at www.trawlerrow.com

For additional information call Steve Scruggs at 360-466-2961

New Product: The American Tug 485

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Tomco Marine Group is proud to announce their latest boat, the new AT-485

The new American Tug 485

The new American Tug 485

At just under 50-feet (49’11″ with anchor!) she will be the perfect size for the long distance cruiser. The new American Tug 485 offers a large salon with opportunities for owners choice of arrangement.

Large salon with perfected lounging space

Large salon with perfected lounging space, shown with optional dinette

Using American Tugs time proven Lynn Senour semi-displacement hull form, the 485 will deliver excellent efficiency at speed and incredible stability provided by her hard chines and full keel. The long keel allows smooth tracking and protects the running gear.

Larger galley with dual refrigeration and chest freezer

Big galley with dual refrigeration and chest freezer

We have been meeting with and listening to owners of our American Tug 435′s, 395′s and 365′s in an effort to learn how we can build the very best boats possible. “Our boat owners have tremendous amounts of experience and are very sharp, they love their American Tugs” quoted Mike Schoppert, President of Tomco Marine Group. The input has helped perfect the space utilization and kept the focus on how the boats are really used.

The AT-485 will be available with a variety of salon layouts including either an “L-shaped or U-shaped” settee, a forward dinette, desk or bar area. The traditional pilothouse can have a companionway to the optional upper flybridge or “skylounge seating area”. The large aft cockpit can be accessed via a single or optional french double-door. Twin swivel chairs and a 40-inch hidden/rising LED television are standard equipment. “The owners need to be comfortable while on extended cruises, these boats will be covering a lot of miles” said Steve Scruggs, sales manager at Tomco Marine Group.

Full Specs including the large standard equipment list is here.

Specifications:
Length Overall: 48.96-feet plus anchor (designed to fit into a 50-foot slip)
Length at Waterline: 44-feet
Beam: 15′ 10″
Draft: 4′ 10″
Displacement: 34,000 Pounds Light Load
Power: Single Cummins QSC-550 8.3L Diesel
Range: 1,700 NM

Contact Steve Scruggs, CPYB at American Tugs & Trawlers for full information on the new AT-485. Now offering the American Tugs factory direct to the west coast. Anytime at 360-466-2961 or steve@americantugs.com

New display moorage at American Tugs – Trawler Row

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Now a boat show every day on Trawler Row!

American Tug display moorage

We have just moved pre-owned boats onto our new display moorage.  Located on L-Dock, just behind the American Tug factory, in La Conner, WA.   One stop shopping!

See www.trawlerrow.com

Offering gorgeous pre-owned American Tugs, American Tugs & Trawlers is now selling both new and brokerage Tugs factory direct.  See all of the boats in one place, take a shop tour and see the quality build.  We know these boats best.

If you are interested in buying or selling an American Tug, you want to be on this dock!  Come to Trawler Row to see your next boat or let’s list your boat and put it on the new dock for best visibility.  Please call Steve Scruggs at 360-466-2961.    Thank you,  Steve