GOLIATH
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an 18'6" tug for work or pleasure
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Build in
PLYWOOD, ALUMINUM, STEEL
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CATEGORY: Tug yachts
CONSTRUCTION: Sheet plywood/wood framing, or welded aluminum
or steel
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Characteristics
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Length overall
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18'6"
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Beam
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8'2"
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Draft
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2'9"
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Displacement
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4800 lbs.
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Suggested power range
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10-30HP
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Speed within HP range
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6 kts.
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Fuel capacity
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40 gals.
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This Mini-Tug is a step up in size with the result being more
space in the cabin and cockpit. The deckhouse shows a seat or
galley cabinet partially concealing the motor, but is only a
suggestion. You can lay out the area to suit. Or if you wish,
you can extend the deckhouse a foot or two for even more
interior space, if at some decrease in cockpit length.
It's an easy alteration most can carry out so the details
are not a part of the plans.
A private double stateroom is located forward. The berths are
6' 3" long with sitting headroom above the berth
tops and space below forward for a portable head. Plenty of
windows, ports, and a trunk cabin hatch assure generous
ventilation and light. Storage is below the berths as well as
along the house sides below the side decks, and in any
cabinets you might provide in the deckhouse.
Looking much like any other steel boat in progress, the novel
SHRINK-WRAP techniques make construction quicker and more
accurate. These amateur-proven methods assure super-smooth,
fair surfaces virtually free of distortion. Fairing and
filling compounds are virtually unnecessary. The final boat
is so fair it might be confused with one molded in
fiberglass.
Photos of the Sorenson Steel shrink wrap process
About
our Mini-Tugs
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