37VT14 Big Tow
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HIN: HAO370140584 more photos
Hull Laid: May 1984
Yard: Hai O Yachts, Taiwan
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Owner Bought Sold Boat's Name Home Port
Troy Lazzaro September 2014 Big Tow Biscayne Bay, FL
Bob and Birdie Jenkins October 2012 September 2014 Sea Turtle Hernando Beach, FL
Alan Oates and Nancy Caffee May 2002 October 2012 Moby St. Petersburg, FL
Gordon and Janet McCullough March 1998 May 2002 Moby Indiantown, FL
Peggy Hall1 Late 1984 March 1998 Moby Nassau, Bahamas

About the Owners (current and former)

The Jenkins': These Southern California sailors have owned several sail and powerboats and have lived aboard two of them. Bob is a machinist and RN and Birdie is a CNA. They plan to sell their house (2013), move aboard and do the Great Loop.

The Oates': Read about their 2005 SW Florida cruise. From an Oct '08 email Alan writes: "… Annapolis--that's where we came across the first LNVT we ever saw. Yellow Rose was for sale and she was a "stink pot" that a sailor could love. We missed out on her, but ended up buying Moby from Gordon and Janet in Okeechobee. We've moved from the east coast of Florida to the west coast of Florida and we're settling in for the long haul. We were living aboard Moby for the last three years in St. Petersburg, waiting for our condo to sell in Vero Beach—-well, that didn't happen, but we moved ashore anyway. Moby is now at the Gulfport Municiple Marina, we're members of the Boca Ciega Yacht Club, and we're now living in Gulfport, Florida."

The McCullough's: Lived aboard in Ft. Lauderdale and liked to cruise in the Bahamas.

Peggy Hall: Used Moby as a patrol boat as she acted as a park ranger in the Bahamas. Her story was written up in Power and Motoryacht magazine in January of 1986 pdficon.gif.

Layout

  • Galley to port

Mechanical and Engine Detail

  • Ford Lehman SP135H
  • Prop RH 25x22
  • Westerbeke 8kW Genset
  • Ocean Breeze 16000 Btu air conditioners (2)
  • Cable steering
  • Six fuel tanks
  • Bronze rub rail
  • Bronze port lights

Electrical

  • Freedom 2000 Inverter
  • Fresh water wash down
  • 15 gal/hr water maker
  • Power dingy winch

Galley

Electronics

Deck

  • 60lb CQR, 35lb CQR, 40lb Danforth
  • 125' 3/8" chain + 75' 5/8" rode

Maintenance

My tug was built in 1984 and spent most of its life in salt water. The
blisters were bad so I had the bottom peeled twice, over two days, and
left her to dry out for 10months. We rebuilt her using vinylester and
woven mat, to which after grinding smooth we put on two thicknesses of
fairing mat again using vinylester. There are as many points of view on
the way to cure this condition as there are boat owners. I hired a
professional to do the work and I logged 246 hours on the job myself to
ensure no short cuts were taken. The job was completed in March 1999 and
the bottom is still blister free.

The following was posted on the MSN Forum by MOBY on 2/10/2002 at 8:05 AM

Original Purchase Information2

Date Ordered Buyer Hull Laid Hai O's Cost to Build3 Shipping Cost from Taiwan Date Shipped Date Arrived in US Closing Sale Date Misc. Expenses4 Admiralty Ltd. Profit Approximate Delivered Price5
03/27/84 Victory Tugs of FL. 4/84 $54,890.00 $10,053.60 06/09/84 08/01/84 08/02/84 $1,722.07 $5,834.33 $72,500.00

Related Documents

  • Power and Motoryacht, Tugboat Peggy, Jan. 1986, p. 50-52, by Mike and Anne Adair pdficon.gif.
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